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Julie Hochgesang is a Professor of Linguistics at Gallaudet University's School of Language, Education, and Culture. She holds a PhD from Gallaudet and has conducted extensive research in linguistics, particularly focusing on signed languages. Her work emphasizes language documentation, corpus development, and accessibility. She co-edits the Gallaudet University Press Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities series and manages the ASL Signbank and Collections of ASL for Research and Documentation (CARD). She teaches courses in phonology, field methods, and corpus linguistics.
Education:
- PhD in Linguistics, Gallaudet University (2013)
- MA in Linguistics, Gallaudet University (2007)
- BA in English and Native American Studies, California State University, Northridge (1999)
Research Interests: Hochgesang's research spans sociolinguistics of ASL, phonetics/phonology of signed languages, and ethical community-driven documentation. She leads projects like the Motivated Look at Indicating Verbs in ASL (MoLo) and O5S5: Documenting ASL Communities in the time of COVID-19. Her work prioritizes collaboration with Deaf communities and challenges systemic biases in sign language AI research.
Grants & Projects:
- MoLo Project (2019–2022): Analyzing ASL indicating verbs
- O5S5 ASL: Pandemic impact on Deaf communities
- SLAAASh (2015–2020): Sign Language Acquisition, Annotation, Archiving, and Sharing
- Philadelphia Signs Project: Documenting regional variation
Labs/Teams: Hochgesang collaborates with the Gallaudet Linguistics Department, Haskins Laboratories, and international networks like the Sign Language Corpora Network (SLCN). She advocates for Deaf-led research and FAIR/CARE data principles.
