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Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Oberlin College's College of Arts and Sciences. She holds a BA from Oakland University (2000), and MA (2003) and PhD (2008) from the University of Michigan. Her research examines the multimodal nature of communicative practices and social factors affecting communication flexibility, with ethnographic fieldwork conducted with deaf signers in Nepal, Malta, Germany, and the US.
Her research interests include linguistic anthropology, sign languages, deaf communities, multimodal communication, and ethnographic methods. She explores how communication practices are shaped by social contexts and how anthropological research can be shared through diverse modalities.
Her publications predominantly focus on deaf activism, sign language ideologies, multimodal semiotics, and ethnographic approaches to deaf communities. Recent work examines language access, sign language literacy, and the relationship between language competency and spatial ideologies.
Awards and Honors:
- Fulbright Scholar Grant (2022-2023)
- Edward Sapir Book Prize Honorable Mention (2017)
She teaches courses including Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology, Language Disability and Sensory Ecologies, and Graphic Anthropology. She mentors students through practicum and internship programs in anthropology.
