Steven D. Collins, Ph.D., CDI, currently works as Assistant Professor in the Department of Interpretation at Gallaudet University where he is the departmental chair of the bachelors and masters degree programs. Dr. Collins is a Fullbright Scholar who has worked extensively with deaf-blind communities in the U.S. and Italy, with a specialty in Tactile American Sign Language (TASL) interpretation. His doctoral research focused on sociolinguistic variation in the use of non-manual signals in TASL.

Deaf Interpreters

Training Interpreters for DeafBlind individuals

TASL (Tactile American Sign Language)