B.A. in English Literature: Missouri State University, 2014
Ed.M. in Diversity and Equity in Education: University of Illinois - Urbana, 2019
M.A. in Deaf Education: Flagler College, 2020
Courses Taught
Interpreting for Diverse Deaf Communities
Interactive Interpreting
Interpreting Subjects (K-12)
Research Interests
Deaf Anthropology
Deaf Psychology
Parent-Child Interaction and Child Development
Textual Literacy Development in d/D/HH Learners
Early Intervention for d/D/HH Children
Relationships Between Educational Neuroscience, Language/Textual Literacy Development, and d/D/HH Learners
Recent Publications
Williams Jr., D.C. (2022). Bilingualism, deafness, and literacy: Four assumptions and four responses. In M. Musyoka (Ed.), Deaf education and challenges forbilingual/multilingual students (pp. 184-203). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8181-0.ch008
Recent Presentations
Williams, D. (2022, February). Calling All 'Unicorns': Men in Educational Sign Language Interpreting and Deaf Education. [Poster presentation]. Association of College Educators – Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Omaha, NE.
Williams, D. (2021, June). Re-reading strategies and reading comprehension in deaf learners. [Conference session]. Deaf Education Alliance Summit, Baton Rouge, LA.