John Neiss
Grew up in North Dakota. NTID/RIT Alumni ‘09 in Electrical Engineer Technology.
Protons & Neutrons
Through simple rhyming sentences, colorful pictures, and engaging characters, you’ll learn about the structure of an atom; protons, neutrons, and electrons; charge and mass properties; molecules and compounds; covalent and ionic bonds; the periodic table; and so much more. This is the story of subatomic particles as never told before. Join Pete the Proton and Ned the Neutron as they get together to build everything in the universe.
Electrons
Ellie the Electron’s story is the stuff of Chemistry legend, full of mystery and excitement! Learn the basics of chemistry through simple rhyming sentences, vibrantly colorful science pictures, and engaging, energetic characters. You’ll learn about the structure of an atom, electrons, charge and mass properties, and so much more. Join this sparky little particle on her adventures in the subatomic world. Let your imagination roam while you and your kiddo ponder what’s it like to live inside an atom!
Lindsey Coulter
CODA and second generation interpreter who currently works in Education.
Paige Jarreau
I am a biomedical scientist turned science communicator. I’m currently a science communicator at NIH where I work with Deaf colleague and biologist Rami Traurig. I’ve been learning ASL and working to make science communication more inclusive.
Andrés García
A Deaf technologist specializing in application development for mobile devices with more than 5+ years of experience. See more in https://link.tech-andgar.me/linkedin
Kim Lucas
Native of Guatemala
Alumni of Florida School for the Deaf and Gallaudet University in Computer Science (Bachelors) and Educational Technology (Masters)
Head coach for Robotics and Drones
Adam Stone, PhD
Winding career path but here goes:
- B.S. in professional & technical communication @ RIT
- Bounced around for a while @ San Diego/Washington DC/Sri Lanka
- M.A. in ASL-English bilingual education @ UCSD
- ASL-English bilingual elementary teacher @ NYC schools
- Ph.D. in Educational Neuroscience @ Gallaudet
- Postdoc in eye gaze & early language experience @ UCSD
- Data science & analytics engineering @ assorted tech companies
- People/technology leader @ assorted tech companies
Marie Coppola
I’m a CODA from the US, a developmental psychologist, a linguist, a cognitive scientist, and I am passionate about language access for deaf children and supporting deaf scientists in their careers and discoveries.
I have collaborated with deaf people and communities in the US and in Nicaragua to study how new languages develop, how language development shapes cognitive development, and how gestures become signs.
I am the founder and chair of Signs and Smiles, a non-profit organization that advocates for access to language and education for deaf people internationally. We developed a smartphone app to promote learning of basic signs in Lengua de Señas Nicaragüense (LSN, or Nicaraguan Sign Language), which you can download for free here: https://www.signsandsmiles.org/
Our most recent collaboration is with EEESMA, a deaf school in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México. We offer professional development to deaf and hearing educators in the region and in August, 2024 released a version of the sign language application in Lengua de Señas Mexicana (LSM, or Mexican Sign Language).
From 2023-25 I am on leave from my position at the University of Connecticut and am an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science, Technology, and Policy Fellow placed at the National Science Foundation (NSF), where I am working on Open Science policy and increasing the participation of deaf and disabled researchers at NSF and in the scientific enterprise.
Dion
Two most important things I’m always interested in are technology and astronomy because I often wondered how they work in natural physics that has been integrated in our lives. For example, whenever I look up I wonder what’s out there and so many technologies help with exploration. Technology such as computers and other electronics are amazing because I always liked to see how they work together ie taking photos in tiny cameras or in larger cameras.
