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Dr. Rachel Hartig and Dr. Pia Taavila have joined the list of Gallaudet faculty members who had books published in recent months, or will do so in the near future.
Hartig, a professor in the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and coordinator of the department’s French Section, recently had her book, Crossing the Divide: Representations of Deafness in Biography, published by the Gallaudet University Press.
Crossing the Divide examines the manner in which French deaf biographers Jean-Ferdinand Berthier (1803-1886), Yvonne Pitrois (1880-1937), and Corinne Rocheleau (1881-1963) attempted to cross the cultural divide between the deaf and the hearing worlds through their work. These writers shared a passion for narrating lives; they all used the biographical form not as a means of external exploration to commemorate others' lives, but as a way to explore their own personal attitudes towards their deafness. They differed, however, in the manner in which they crossed the cultural divide between the deaf and the hearing. For Berthier, the divide was crossed through his social and political activism and his scholarship. Pitrois was dedicated to telling the stories of the deaf and deaf-blind with a moral end in view and Rocheleau presented a radiant feminism, inclusive of both deaf and hearing women.
The adventures Hartig experienced while researching and writing her book were recounted at a November 9 presentation at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. The title of her talk was "Discovering French Deaf Literature: The Story of a Personal Journey." It was sponsored by the Adaptive Services Division of the library and attended by its staff and visitors, including those from the Gallaudet community.
Hartig continues her biographical analyses on other prominent deaf figures, presenting a paper on French deaf actress Emmanuelle Laborit at the "150 Years on Kendall Green" Conference in April of 2007, and her current work on American deaf educator George M. Teegarden. Hartig is a member of the Advisory Board of the Office of Students with Disabilities and a member of the Faculty Senate. She also serves on the Advisory Council of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Last spring, she received the Dr. James E. Haynes Memorial Academic Freedom Award from the Gallaudet Chapter of the AAUP for service to the University.
Taavilla’s book of poems, Moon on the Meadow, is expected to be published by the Gallaudet University Press this spring. The book’s 128 poems represent 30 years of her poetry and reveal her emotions through visual imagery to reveal her innermost feelings on important parts of her life. She shares her experiences growing up as a hearing child of deaf parents, the comfort she feels within the deaf and CODA communities, and her love for sign language. There are poems about marriage and the loss of love, about her children, and about love and remarriage in middle age.
Several publications included Taavilla’s poetry in their issues this summer. “Snapshots 1-12” appeared in The Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel, a publication of the Southern Appalachian Writers’ Cooperative; “Guest Room” appeared in the book Bear River Writers Respond to War; and “Home Run,” “Mailman,” and “Mother’s Day” appeared in The Southern Review.
Taavila attended the prestigious and competitive Sewanee (Tennessee) Writers’ Conference, held in July at the University of the South, and gave a poetry reading while there. In January, she will attend a poetry workshop at Western Kentucky University, and accompany Gallaudet student Joshua Feldman to the highly competitive Key West Literary Seminar, where he has received a scholarship based on his short story “Price Check,” to serve as his interpreter.
Dr. Rachel Hartig and Dr. Pia Taavila have joined the list of Gallaudet faculty members who had books published in recent months, or will do so in the near future.
Hartig, a professor in the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and coordinator of the department’s French Section, recently had her book, Crossing the Divide: Representations of Deafness in Biography, published by the Gallaudet University Press.
Crossing the Divide examines the manner in which French deaf biographers Jean-Ferdinand Berthier (1803-1886), Yvonne Pitrois (1880-1937), and Corinne Rocheleau (1881-1963) attempted to cross the cultural divide between the deaf and the hearing worlds through their work. These writers shared a passion for narrating lives; they all used the biographical form not as a means of external exploration to commemorate others' lives, but as a way to explore their own personal attitudes towards their deafness. They differed, however, in the manner in which they crossed the cultural divide between the deaf and the hearing. For Berthier, the divide was crossed through his social and political activism and his scholarship. Pitrois was dedicated to telling the stories of the deaf and deaf-blind with a moral end in view and Rocheleau presented a radiant feminism, inclusive of both deaf and hearing women.
The adventures Hartig experienced while researching and writing her book were recounted at a November 9 presentation at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. The title of her talk was "Discovering French Deaf Literature: The Story of a Personal Journey." It was sponsored by the Adaptive Services Division of the library and attended by its staff and visitors, including those from the Gallaudet community.
Hartig continues her biographical analyses on other prominent deaf figures, presenting a paper on French deaf actress Emmanuelle Laborit at the "150 Years on Kendall Green" Conference in April of 2007, and her current work on American deaf educator George M. Teegarden. Hartig is a member of the Advisory Board of the Office of Students with Disabilities and a member of the Faculty Senate. She also serves on the Advisory Council of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Last spring, she received the Dr. James E. Haynes Memorial Academic Freedom Award from the Gallaudet Chapter of the AAUP for service to the University.
Taavilla’s book of poems, Moon on the Meadow, is expected to be published by the Gallaudet University Press this spring. The book’s 128 poems represent 30 years of her poetry and reveal her emotions through visual imagery to reveal her innermost feelings on important parts of her life. She shares her experiences growing up as a hearing child of deaf parents, the comfort she feels within the deaf and CODA communities, and her love for sign language. There are poems about marriage and the loss of love, about her children, and about love and remarriage in middle age.
Several publications included Taavilla’s poetry in their issues this summer. “Snapshots 1-12” appeared in The Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel, a publication of the Southern Appalachian Writers’ Cooperative; “Guest Room” appeared in the book Bear River Writers Respond to War; and “Home Run,” “Mailman,” and “Mother’s Day” appeared in The Southern Review.
Taavila attended the prestigious and competitive Sewanee (Tennessee) Writers’ Conference, held in July at the University of the South, and gave a poetry reading while there. In January, she will attend a poetry workshop at Western Kentucky University, and accompany Gallaudet student Joshua Feldman to the highly competitive Key West Literary Seminar, where he has received a scholarship based on his short story “Price Check,” to serve as his interpreter.