{"id":159392,"date":"2022-05-18T13:49:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T23:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=159392"},"modified":"2024-03-14T23:12:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T09:12:36","slug":"deaf-student-first-to-earn-doctorate-uh-manoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/deaf-student-first-to-earn-doctorate-uh-manoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaf student becomes first to earn doctorate at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Emily Jo Noschese and Andrea Berez-Kroeker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emily Jo Noschese<\/strong> is the first deaf student to earn a doctorate from the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa. The Department of Linguistics in the College of Arts, Languages & Letters<\/a> (CALL<\/abbr>) recognizes the recent graduate.<\/p>\n

“I feel honored,” expressed Noschese. “The linguistics department made this happen and took a chance on me. The linguistics department and KOKUA<\/a> worked with me, accommodating needs for me to be successful. I can’t express my gratitude enough!”<\/p>\n

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Noschese comes from a fourth generation of a culturally Deaf family of American Sign Language (ASL<\/abbr>) users, and is the first person in her family to receive a full university education. After graduating from The Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, she attended Gallaudet University, the world\u2019s only liberal arts university for deaf people, and earned a BA<\/abbr> in American Sign Language and an MA<\/abbr> in linguistics. Noschese said she waited to pursue a PhD<\/abbr> until she found the right program at the right university.<\/p>\n

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Emily Jo Noschese with President Lassner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After several years of teaching ASL<\/abbr> in various colleges and universities, Noschese moved to Honolulu and began teaching ASL<\/abbr> classes at Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College. She soon began transcription work on the Endangered Languages Documentation Program project on Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sign Language<\/a> (HSL<\/abbr>) at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa. Impressed by her knowledge and enthusiasm, the HSL<\/abbr> project staff encouraged Noschese to apply to the PhD<\/abbr> program in CALL<\/abbr>\u2019s linguistics department. In her application, she stated that she had wanted to get a PhD<\/abbr> since she was 10 years old, and that UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa was the perfect place, given its expertise in language documentation and revitalization.<\/p>\n

“We are honored that Emily Jo chose to build upon her academic interests and passion here at M\u0101noa,” said UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Provost Michael Bruno<\/strong>. “I know that her extraordinary success and lasting contributions to the university will inspire many haum\u0101na (students) who have yet to begin their own journey of discovery.”<\/p>\n

Noschese\u2019s groundbreaking dissertation focuses on language ideology in younger ASL<\/abbr> users. Her work also helped the department create and teach ASL<\/abbr> courses that are taught by other deaf instructors today.<\/p>\n

“Noschese’s dissertation is a valuable resource for ASL<\/abbr>-based education programs, especially because it targets the attitudes of the young parent generation, who, along with teachers and schools, play a role in deaf education curricula,” said Andrea Berez-Kroeker<\/strong>, professor and graduate chair of linguistics, who co-chaired Noschese’s dissertation committee with Woody Woodward<\/strong>, an adjunct professor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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