Doctoral Student
Email: psimmons5@lamar.edu 

Hometown

• Beaumont, Texas

Current Employment

• Graduate Assistant, Department of Deaf Studies Deaf Education, Lamar University

Education

• M.S. in Deaf Education, McDaniel College
• M.S. in Administration & Supervision, Gallaudet University
• B.A. in Deaf Studies, Gallaudet University
• B.A. in History, Gallaudet University 

Research Interests

• Sociolinguistics of Sign Languages
• Deaf History (Western World, United States, and South Africa

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Not yet

Recent Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Not yet

Recent Presentations

• Simmons, P. & Buchanan, B. (2019, January). Is Sign Language a SuperPower for Deaf People? Exploration of Sign Language and Education of Deaf Children in the USA. Presentation at the Educating Children of Color Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Dissertation Focus

• Sociolingustics of South African Sign Language