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Desirée Kirst
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PhD Candidate in Linguistics @gallaudetu
Interests: ASL, crafting, 📚 reading + 💃
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Inspiring chat and yummy food earlier this month with these two lovely humans (Donna Jo Napoli & Barry Furrow).
Donna Jo Napoli (left), Desirée Kirst (center), and Barry Furrow (right) stand hugging and smiling inside the lobby of the Grand Hyatt.
June 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Month began with OSU peeps & REU students.
Good people, good times.
June 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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I did it! Thursday, I defended my dissertation proposal, and now I’m a doctoral candidate!
🥳🎉🥳
Desirée Kirst & Dr. Gaurav Mathur pose side-by-side in a side hug in front of tv showing Desirée’s dissertation proposal topic “Layering affective and grammatical facial expressions in ASL.” A screenshot of the dissertation committee connected through Zoom in clockwise order: Dr. Vadim Kimmelman, Dr. Gaurav Mathur, Dr. Deanna Gagne, Desirée Kirst, & Dr. Rachel Pizzie.
June 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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May 10th, we celebrated NSF's 75th Language Science Fair with Dr. Deanna Gagne, Lilly Berggoetz, & @bonniebarrett.bsky.social at the @langscistation.bsky.social!
Four volunteers smile for a selfie while standing in front of the ‘guess the story” and ‘in your hands’ booths with flyers, stickers, mini brain toys on the tables.
May 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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CONGRATS to Dr. Windell (Wink) Smith, Jr. on his phenomenal dissertation defense on Monday!
Zoom screenshot. The left half shows the title of Wink's presentation, "What is constructed action: Investigating construal in bodily action depictions." The right half shows Wink presenting. This still image shows him signing 'depiction.' Wink stands on an elevated stage presenting. The projector behind him shows 5 agenda items: review of literature, cognitive grammar, construction, action, and future directions. An arrow points to the 4th agenda item, discussing construal dimensions (Langacker, 1987, 1991, 2008) regarding focusing, specificity, scope, and perspective. Below the stage are the tops of folding chairs and the photographer's laptop.
April 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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I submitted my research proposal to my dissertation committee today. Can't believe ABD is ~1mo away 😱🥹
A screenshot of a Google Doc shows an outline of the doc's content on the left and the cover page with the title "Layering of affective and grammatical facial expressions in American Sign Language by Desiree L. Kirst" submitted May, 2025.
April 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Loving my collaboration with the CAN Lab at @gallaudetu.bsky.social ! An fEMG study on ASL nonmanuals coming Fall 2025!!! 🧏🏾‍♂️🦻🧏🏻‍♀️
Desirée (white, 40yo woman with long straight auburn hair) smiles while squinting her eyes. She stands in front of a neon sign of the brain lit up in several colors that is affixed on the wall inside the CAN Lab at Gallaudet University.
April 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Stopped by the basin for a last look at the season’s 🌸 blossoms.
Desirée is wearing a white shirt, whitewash denim jacket, fuchsia pink pants, white hi-top converse, and heart sunglasses. Her hair is up in two “space” buns and her right hand is in her jacket pocket as she looks at the tidal basin. She is standing next to a metal railing in front of Japanese cherry tree branches and blossoms.
April 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Earlier this week, I saw Philip Bravin present his newly released book, showcasing DPN from a board member's POV.

Hyped for the DPN documentary releasing May 16, 2025!

#deafrights #dpn #deafpresidentnow #deafauthor #deafhistory
Left half of the image shows a flyer to attend a presentation, "Controlling Our History" about Philip W. Bravin's experience during DPN, Deaf President Now, movement. The right side of the image shows Desiree Kirst and Philip Bravin posing together with a copy of his book in front of a powerpoint slide from his presentation. Slide shows the following information: Controlling our destiny 37 years since DPN March 1988 No thoughts of writing a book 10th anniversary 2002-2015 Finishing Editing Publication
March 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM