Education
MA in Deaf Studies, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
BA in English, University of Nevada-Reno
Allison (Ali) Tyler, M.A.
Lecturer of Deaf Studies
Areas of Expertise
American Sign Language, Linguistics of Sign Language, Deaf Studies, Deaf History
Biography
Ali Tyler (she/her/hers) is a native of Maryland. She is a graduate of Maryland School for the Deaf in Frederick, Maryland, and University of Nevada in Reno, NV, with a BA in English. Ali then obtained a MA in Deaf Studies from Gallaudet University in DC. Ali taught several subjects in the K-12 school system in Arizona. Ali also taught ASL at Coconino Community College in Flagstaff, Arizona, University of Nevada in Reno, and University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. Ali is currently a full-time Lecturer with the Deaf Studies Program at Towson University in Towson, Maryland. For fun, Ali loves taking road trips, and exploring remote areas with her wife. Ali enjoys diamond paintings and reading.
Research Interests
Deaf communities before the 1880s, Eugenics and Genetics, the American Indian Boarding Schools, and Oral Education during the late 1800s
Selected Publications
- Selected poems, Brushfire Literary Arts Journal Edition 60 vol. 2 Spring 2008
- Bauman, H-Dirksen, L. Reframing the Future of Deaf Education: From Hearing Loss to Deaf-Gain
Presentations
- Murray, Joseph. Deaf Culture and the Emergence of Deaf Studies in the Late Twentieth Century.
- Murray, Joseph. Difference as Diversity: emerging perspectives on Deaf-gain, disability and physical diversity as an enhancement of the human condition.
- Bauman, Hansel; Durand, Stephanie; Kopitz, Danielle; Hurwitz, Alan; Sirvage, Robert; Takeuchi, Kaori and Markowski, Daniel. 2022 Campus Plan Visioning Workshop
Service
ASL I Coordinator