Emily Noschese
Assistant Professor of Bilingual and Bicultural Education for American Sign Language
Noschese@wayne.edu, hf7809@wayne.edu
Office Hours: email to make an appointment
231 Education Bldg.
Emily Noschese
Degrees and Certifications
P.h.D., Linguistics, University of Hawai'i at Māona
M.A., Linguistics, Gallaudet University
B.A., American Sign Language, Gallaudet University
Responsibilities
- Develop curriculum and program for American Sign Language
- Deaf Studies Minor
Area of Expertise
- American Sign Language
- Sign Language linguistics
Research Interests
- American Sign Language (ASL) Linguistics
- ASL bilingual curriculum
- Sign Language documentation
- ASL word order
- ASL Literature
- ASL acquisition for L1 and L2
Awards
- Outstanding Alumni Award, Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf 2022
- Bilinski Dissertation Fellowship, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa 2020-2021
- Bilinski Summer Fellowship, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa 2019
- Graduate Assistantships, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa 2018-2020
- Lecturer of the Year Award, Kapi’olani Community College 2017-2018
Community Engagement Activities
- Lead-K Hawai’i
Presentations
- “The Importance of Linguistics in Sign Language: Understanding the Usage and Context” - First National Seminar: Linguistics for all without accessibility; Mexico. April 30, 2022
- “Sign Languages of Laos” - University of Hawai’i at Mānoa September 17, 2019
- “Classifiers: What is it and how to use it”- Hawai’i School for the Deaf and Blind; Honolulu HI June 10, 2017
- “A Bilingual Approach to Teaching Grammar” - Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf; Louisville, KY June 29, 2016 and National Deaf Education Conference; Phoenix, AZ July 6, 2016
Publications
Noschese, E. (2021). Younger Deaf People’s Attitudes Toward American Sign Language Structure. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
Laszakovits, Sabine, Quadros, Ronice Müller de, Noschese, Emily Jo & Lillo-Martin, Diane (to appear, 2022). Object shift in ASL and Libras. In Sabine Laszakovits & Zheng Shen (Eds.), The Size of Things II: Movement, Features, and Interpretation. Berlin: Language Science Press.