Joanne Weber, PhD

Area of Study / Keywords

Deaf education bimodal bilingual education dual language education sign language deaf studies applied linguistics

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About

Joanne Weber, PhD (2018) is a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in deaf education and an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, at the University of Alberta. Her research interests include language and literacy education, arts-based literacy interventions, arts-based research, arts education, posthumanism, applied linguistics, and sign language studies. She was awarded the Governor General Academic Gold Medal at the University of Regina Convocation in June 2019. Joanne is also a published author. Her books, The Pear Orchard (poetry) and The Deaf House (creative non-fiction) were finalists in the Saskatchewan Book Awards (2007, 2013). Joanne is also a leader in the deaf community at provincial and national levels. Her lifelong passion is to improve the quality of education for deaf students. She is the artistic director of Deaf Crows Collective which aims to provide opportunities for theatre performance by deaf actors of all ages to celebrate Deaf culture, encourage self-expression, and foster relationships between hearing and Deaf communities.

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Research

2023 - present  Co-investigator, Developing an alternative approach to review of DHH programs within school divisions:  Encapsulating the lived experiences of deaf students and their families. Co-investigators: Dr. Joanna Cannon, (University of Calgary), Dr. Natalia Rohatyn-Martin (Grant (MacEwan University), Dr. Charlotte Enns (University of Manitoba), Dr. Lynn McQuarrie (University of Alberta).  Funded by the Durham School District Division, Ontario, Canada.

2023-present    Co-investigator. Audience Experience of Vibro-tactile Deaf Dance Performance. Co-investigator, Dr. Pil Hansen (University of Calgary). Funded by Canada Research Chair funds.

2022-present    Principal Investigator. Open-Access Education Resources in Deaf Education: E-Books as Pedagogy and Curriculum. Co-investigators, Michael Skyer (University of Tennessee), Genie Gertz (Gallaudet University). SSHRC Race, Gender, and Diversity Initiative. Awarded $448,952.00 CAD

2021-present    Principal Investigator. Playbuilding Community Partnerships in Deaf Education: Co-creating culturally relevant art curricula. SSHRC Insight Development Grant. Awarded $70,618.00 CAD.

2021-present    Principal Investigator. Arts Integration in Bimodal Bilingual Programs. SSHRC Partner Engage Grant. Awarded $24,801.00 CAD

2022-2023         Deaf Aesthetic in Inclusive Higher Online Learning: Re-presenting Material to Maximize Accessibility and Inclusive Education, Support for the Advancement of Scholarship (SAS). Awarded $7,000

2021-2022    Co-investigator. Inclusive early childhood service system project: A longitudinal study of familial viewpoints of early childhood disability. Principal Investigator: Kathryn Underwood (Toronto Metropolitan University). Awarded: $4050.00 CAD

2021-2022    Co-investigator. OpenEd Project. Worldwide University Network, Open and Inclusive Education: WUN and UNESCO Training and Research Networks. Principal Investigator: Maria Soledad Ramirez Montoya (Tecnologico de Monterrey).

2020-2022    Co-investigator. Troubling Vocalities: Disability and Deaf Art on the Canadian Prairies. Principal Investigator: Chelsea Jones (Brock University), Helen Pridmore (Independent Researcher). Abneet Atwal, PhD student (Brock University). SSHRC Insight Development Grant.

2020-2021    Collaborator. Reclaiming Indigenous Sign Languages and Cultures. Principal investigator: Kristin Snoddon (Toronto Metropolitan University). SSHRC Connections Grant.

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Teaching

EDPY 301 Introduction to Inclusive Education

EDPY 470 Survey of Deaf Education

EDPY 474 Introduction to American Sign Language

EDPY 458/555 Assessment and Programming for Children with Reading Disability

I have a limited number of graduate student openings. I only supervise students who are using a social science or humanities lens - not a scientific or medical one. If you are interested in working with me, please specify in your email how much training/experience you have had in deaf education that does not view deaf persons through a deficit lens or in need of a "cure". Your work in linguistics, sign language, deaf studies, sociology, political theory, philosophy, critical disability studies or related sociocultural fields will be a valuable asset to my research program.

EDPY 301 - Introduction to Inclusive Education: Adapting Classroom Instruction for Students with Special Needs

This course provides an introduction to teaching students with diverse learning support needs within the inclusive education context. Course content focuses on adapting classroom instruction and classroom environments to enhance learning for all students. May contain alternative delivery sections; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations section of the Calendar.

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EDPY 474 - Introduction to American Sign Language

This is a practical course to develop basic skills in American Sign Language. Students may not receive credit for both EDPY 474 and EDPSY 451. Not to be taken by students with credit in ASL 111.

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Browse more courses taught by Joanne Weber

Maria-Soledad Ramirez-Montoya, Joanne Catherine Weber, Glenda Cox, Gloria-Concepcion Tenorio-Sepulveda

Computers in the Schools. 2024 March; 10.1080/07380569.2024.2322164

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Joanne Weber

Studies in Social Justice. 2024 February; 10.26522/ssj.v18i1.3904

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Fatima T. Nafisa, Kainat Wahid, Shayla-Rae Tanner, Mustafa Alabssi, Joanne Weber

Studies in Social Justice. 2024 February; 10.26522/ssj.v18i1.3920

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Joanne Weber, Michael Skyer

RIED-Revista Iberoamericana de Educación a Distancia. 2022 May; 10.5944/ried.25.2.33083

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The Canadian Modern Language Review. 2021 August; 10.3138/cmlr-2020-0078

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Critical perspectives on plurilingualism in deaf education. 2021 June;

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Synnyt/Origin. 2017 August;

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Ubiquity: The Journal of Literacy, Literature and the Arts. Research Strand. 2015 January;

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Thistledown Press. 2013 January;

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Saskatchewan Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services. 2012 December;

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Saskatchewan Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services. 2012 January;

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Saskatchewan Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services. 2011 January;

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Hagios Press. 2007 January;

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Ministry of Health Canada. 2003 January;

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National Literacy Secretariat. 1997 January;

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CAEDHH Journal. 1997 January;

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ACEHI. 1992 January;

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