Department of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

College of Fine Arts and Communication

Pauline Ballentine

Email: pballentine@lamar.edu

Hometown

  • Raynham, Massachusetts.
  • Currently resides in Evans, Colorado

Current Employment

  • Senior Lecturer, American Sign Language Interpreting Studies Department at University of Northern Colorado

Education

  • M.A. in Organizational Leadership Studies, Regent University, 2005
  • B.A. in Deaf Pastoral Studies, North Central University, 1999
  • Certification of Attendance (18 months) in Deaf Interpreting, Road to Deaf Interpreting, 2011

Research Interests

  • Deaf Interpreters
  • Sign Language Studies

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Buchanan, B., Pirone, J.S., Pudans-Smith, K.K., Leffler, B., Cohen, B., Simmons, P., Ballentine, P.M., Venable, T., Soza, K. (2023). American Sign Language level 1 assessment: What is out there? Foreign Language Annals. http://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12717 

Recent Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Leffler, B. W., Willman, E. C., Cohen, B. S., Metcalf, H.V., Ballentine, P. M., & Greene, A. N. (2022). Unfreezing literature: Spinning the lenses. Journal of American Sign Language and Literature. https://journalofasl.com/unfreezing-literature/

Recent Presentations

  • Metcalf, H. V., Ballentine, P., Greene, A., & Clark, M. D. (2023, February). Do as we say, not as we do: A language policy analysis in deaf education. Presented at the Association of College Educators - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.

  • Ballentine, P. M., & Ballentine, C. (2022, October). Structuring Space and Message Coherence.[Conference Presentation] Colorado Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Golden, CO.

  • Ballentine, P. M., & Harrer, K. (2022, October). Colorado wants YOU to be a Deaf Interpreter! Deaf Interpreter Forum. [Conference Presentation] Colorado Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Golden, CO.

  • Ballentine, P. M., & Garrett, B. D. (2022, September). Pay equity in interpreter and ASL education.[Conference Presentation]. Conference of the Interpreter Trainers, King of Prussia, PA.

  • Ballentine, P. M., Garrett, B. D., Faltinson, S, & Stricklen, M. (2022, September). Enhancing language proficiency in today's interpreting student: A model of collaboration between a traditional two-year ITP and a four-year bachelor's degree interpreting program. [Conference Presentation] Conference of the Interpreter Trainers, King of Prussia, PA.

  • Colomonos, B., & Ballentine, P. (2021, March & November). Deaf Foundations Training I.  [Online Seminar] Bilingual Mediation Center.

  • Colomonos, B., & Ballentine, P. (2019, October). Deaf Foundations Training I and II. [Workshop] Bilingual Mediation Center. Windsor, Ontario.

  • Ballentine, P. (2019, July). Enhance Educational Materials in Canvas. [Conference presentation] ASLTA National Professional Development Conference, San Diego, CA.

  • Colomonos, B., & Ballentine, P. (2018, November). Deaf Foundations Training I and II. [Workshop] Bilingual Mediation Center. Fremont, CA.

  • Nelson, T. & Ballentine, P. (2017, July). Interpreting Techniques: Achieving Semantic and Dynamic Equivalence [Conference Presentation] National RID conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.

  • Ballentine, P. (2016, October). God’s Puzzle. [presentation] 27th Deaf Women Retreat Weekend, Waupaca, Wisconsin. 

Dissertation Area

  • Deaf Interpreters
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