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Publisher of books on deaf history, culture, and education, signed languages, interpreting, and the journals Sign Language Studies and American Annals of the Deaf. Celebrating 45 years!
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SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETING FOR THEATRE is now available! This new book is a groundbreaking and comprehensive guide on the art and collaborative practice of sign language interpreting for the theatre written by three veteran performing arts interpreters.
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Top text reads: NOW AVAILABLE. Below on the left is the cover of Sign Language Interpreting for Theatre. To the right of the cover is a blurb that reads: “I cannot think of a better trio to shed light on both the artistry and technique of interpreting for theatre than Taylor, Feyne, and Broecker Penn.”—Camryn Manheim. Below in the center is a photo of the authors. On the bottom right is the GU Press logo and to the left of the logo is this URL: gupress.gallaudet.edu
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Happy University Press Week! This year's #UPWeek theme recognizes how university presses and authors #TeamUP with a global network of reviewers, librarians, freelancers, community members, teachers, students, and many others to amplify and elevate knowledge. @aupresses.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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**SALE EXTENDED!** Deaf Awareness Month is over but we’re going to keep the sale running through Oct 10. Use promo code AWARE45 at checkout to get 45% off all books and ebooks. This is the biggest sale we’ll have for a while so stock up while you can! gupress.gallaudet.edu/Publishers/G... #ReadUP
Graphic with navy blue background and three bands of purple, salmon, and black on the top left corner. The text reads, from top to bottom: DEAF AWARENESS MONTH SALE **EXTENDED**; 45% off all books and ebooks now through October 10; Use promo code AWARE45 at checkout. On the bottom left the URL reads: gupress.gallaudet.edu. Under the URL is the GU Press logo. On the bottom right is an illustration of four people smiling and their hands raised as if in a signed conversation.
October 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Anne Pfister will be celebrating the release of her book The Evidence Is Life this Thursday, October 2 at 5:30pm at the University of North Florida Gallery of Art. Be sure to stop by if you’re local to the Jacksonville area! 🙌📚
Top text reads: Anthropology Book Event. Below on the left is the cover of Mother Tongue Prestige, and to the right is the cover of The Evidence Is Life. The text below the covers reads: Celebrate an evening of ethnographic research! Dr. Pfister is a medical, socio-linguistic, and visual anthropologist studying deaf youth and their families in Mexico City. Dr. Chandras is a linguistic anthropologist exploring identity construction through multilingual education in India. We discuss how language within communities helps us understand human experience and cultural systems. UNF Gallery of Art; October 2nd at 5:30pm. Refreshments will be provided.
September 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Today is the last day of the International Week of Deaf People, and the theme is Set the Basis for the Future. Read the SLS special issue on technology and the deaf community, which is #OpenAccess on @projectmuse.bsky.social for a limited time: muse.jhu.edu/pub/18/issue... #IWDP2025 #ReadUP
Black background with blue borders. Blue logo for 2025 International Week of Deaf People on the top left. To the right of the logo the text reads: Set the Basis for the Future; 28 September 2025. Below the text reads: Open Access Issue on Technology and the Deaf community. Below is the SLS logo on the left and the Project Muse logo on the right. At the bottom left corner is Gallaudet University Press's logo.
September 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Today’s #IWDP theme is Recognition of National Sign Languages. Use the link below to read the American Annals of the Deaf article “Sign Language Legislation as a Tool for Sustainability,” which is open access on @projectmuse.bsky.social for the rest of the week! muse.jhu.edu/article/676622
Black background with blue borders. Blue logo for 2025 International Week of Deaf People on the top left. To the right of the logo the text reads: Recognition of National Sign Languages; 26 September 2025. Below the text reads: Open Access Article; “Sign Language Legislation as a Tool for Sustainability.” Below is the AAD logo on the left and the Project Muse logo on the right. At the bottom left corner is Gallaudet University Press's logo.
September 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Today is the International Day of Sign Languages, and we’re celebrating by featuring a classic issue of Sign Language Studies on language planning and sign language rights, which will be #OpenAccess on @projectmuse.bsky.social
through September 28! Read it here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/18/issue...
Black background with blue borders. Blue logo for 2025 International Day of Sign Languages on the top left. To the right of the logo the text reads: No Human Rights Without Sign Language Rights; 23 September 2025. Below the text reads: Open Access Issue on Language Planning and Sign Language Rights. Below is the SLS logo on the left and the Project Muse logo on the right. At the bottom left corner is Gallaudet University Press's logo.
September 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Today marks the start of the International Week of Deaf People! The #IWDP2025 theme is “No Human Rights Without Sign Language Rights.” Visit the link below to learn more!

wfdeaf.org/internationa...
Black background with blue borders. Blue logo for 2025 International Week of Deaf People at the center. Above, large white text reads: No Human Rights Without Sign Language Rights. Below the logo the text reads: 22 to 28 September 2025. At the bottom right corner is Gallaudet University Press's logo.
September 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Peer review is essential to our mission of sharing knowledge by and about deaf people and signing communities. For #PRW2025, read the @aupresses.bsky.social peer review handbook, an invaluable guide for anyone working in scholarly publishing. peerreview.up.hcommons.org @peerreviewweek.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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In celebration of #DeafAwarenessMonth, we’re giving away a one year print subscription to Sign Language Studies! Use the QR code or the link below to enter by Sept 30 for a chance to win! The winner will be chosen randomly on Oct 1 and contacted via email. Good luck!

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Top of graphic is GU Press logo. Under the text reads: DEAF AWARENESS MONTH SIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES SUBSCRIPTION GIVEAWAY! Enter here: QR code that leads to the giveaway form: https://forms.gle/EroQLmSKbqwQgopV6. The SLS logo is to the right. The text below reads: Enter by September 30! Winner will be chosen randomly on October 1 and contacted via email.
September 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Did you know that our #DeafAwarenessMonth sale applies to print edition preorders, too? Use the QR codes or visit the link below to preorder your copies using code AWARE45 at checkout. The #BookSale includes our picture book collab with the Clerc Center! gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/Forthc... #ReadUP
Top left is GU Press logo. Below that the text reads: 45% off print preorders of fall books! On the left the text vertically reads: DEAF AWARENESS MONTH SALE. To the right is the book cover of Sign Language Interpreting for Theatre with a QR code that leads to the book page: https://gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/S/Sign-Language-Interpreting-for-Theatre2. Under that is the cover of The Crip Linguistics Reader with a QR code that leads to the book page: https://gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/T/The-Crip-Linguistics-Reader2. Between the QR codes the text reads: Use promo code AWARE45 at checkout. On the bottom right the text reads: Sale ends September 30; gupress.gallaudet.edu. The background is navy blue and there are three bands of purple, salmon, and black on the top right corner. Top left is GU Press logo. Below that the text reads: 45% off print preorders of fall books! Below that are the five Chang Family series book covers, with a QR code on the bottom left that leads to the series page: https://gupress.gallaudet.edu/Collections/The-Chang-Family-Series. Below the covers the text reads: Use promo code AWARE45 at checkout through September 30; DEAF AWARENESS MONTH SALE; gupress.gallaudet.edu. The background is navy blue and there are three bands of purple, salmon, and black on the top right corner.
September 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Join us in celebrating #DeafAwarenessMonth! In honor of DAM and our 45th anniversary, all books and ebooks are 45% off in September using promo code AWARE45 at checkout.

Visit our website to browse our current and forthcoming titles: gupress.gallaudet.edu #ReadUP #BookSale
Image shows a stylized image featuring four adult people standing in a row. They are looking at each other, and their hands are in motion. The GU Press logo and the words, Gallaudet University Press Celebrates Deaf Awareness Month, are above the figures. The background is blue, and the words are white. The four figures are in varied warm earth-colored hues, ranging from peach to a brick red. On two corners of the image, there are stripes in black with a central stripe in a color that could be described as being reminiscent of spiced apple cider. We can’t wait for sweater weather! Graphic with navy blue background and three bands of purple, salmon, and black on the top left corner. The text reads, from top to bottom: DEAF AWARENESS MONTH SALE!; 45% off all books and ebooks through September 30; Use promo code AWARE45 at checkout. On the bottom left the URL reads: gupress.gallaudet.edu. Under the URL is the GU Press logo. On the bottom right is an illustration of four people smiling and their hands raised as if in a signed conversation.
September 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Gallaudet University Press will be closed on Monday, September 1 in observance of Labor Day. Have a safe and restful holiday weekend!
Graphic with a dark gray curved border. White serif text reads from top to bottom: Gallaudet University Press will be closed on Monday, September 1 in observance of Labor Day. Have a safe and restful holiday weekend! Below the text is the GU Press logo, and to the right of the logo is the following URL: gupress.gallaudet.edu.
August 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Happy Pub Day to THE EVIDENCE IS LIFE by Anne E. Pfister! Visit our website for more information on the book, including how you can get your copy: gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/T/The-...

Cover design by @michelvrana.com ✨📚👌

#NewBook #ReadUP
Cover of The Evidence Is Life is centered with a thin black border. Cover description: Background of multicolored rectangles with contrasting uppercase text that makes up the title, subtitle, and author’s name. From top to bottom, the text of the title rezo students with short spiky hair and their backs to the camera. To the right of “Is Life” is an image of two students chatting in a courtyard. Below that on the left is a self-portrait of a student holding a camera in front of his face, where he is framed by a mirror with a brick wall in the background. To the right of the photo is the subtitle: DEAF PILGRIMAGES TO LANGUAGE AND COMMUNITY IN MEXICO CITY. Below the subtitle is the author’s name: ANNE E. PFISTER. In the background of the graphic are the same students who appear on the cover.
August 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Last call for submissions! We’d love to feature your #DeafEd dissertation or thesis in the research section of the 2025 American Annals of the Deaf reference issue. Send the details to deirdre dot mullervy at gallaudet dot edu by August 29. Thanks!
Text reads: 2025 American Annals of the Deaf Reference Issue; We're putting together the research section of the AAD reference issue! If you know of any deaf ed dissertations or theses that were completed and successfully defended in the past year (late spring 2024-on), please send title, author, uni, and links (if they have one) to deirdre.mullervy@gallaudet.edu. The deadline for submissions is August 29. Please do not send the full text. Thank you!
August 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Calling all recent #DeafEd master’s and doctorate grads! We’d love to feature your dissertation or thesis in the research section of the 2025 AAD reference issue. Send the deets to deirdre dot mullervy at gallaudet dot edu by August 29. Thanks!
Text reads: 2025 American Annals of the Deaf Reference Issue; We're putting together the research section of the AAD reference issue! If you know of any deaf ed dissertations or theses that were completed and successfully defended in the past year (late spring 2024-on), please send title, author, uni, and links (if they have one) to deirdre.mullervy@gallaudet.edu. The deadline for submissions is August 29. Please do not send the full text. Thank you!
August 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Thanks to everyone who stopped by John Christiansen’s book signing event yesterday at Streetcar 82 Brewing Co.! It was such a treat to be out in the community celebrating John's book VIBRANT MOSAIC, and chatting with book (and beer) lovers, neighbors, colleagues, and friends old and new.
Man in orange shirt is smiling holding a book, and is sitting behind a table with a tablecloth that reads STREETCAR 82 BREWING CO. The table has books and paper materials laid about. There is a road and landscape in the background. Outdoor beer garden with sun shade sails, string lights, and picnic tables. There are groups of people in lively conversation, and in the background is a colorful graphic mural. There are ominous clouds in the sky. Author John Christiansen is seated at a table signing a book for a woman who is standing in front of the table. An outdoor beer garden with sun shade sails and string lights. There are several groups of people sitting at round tables, drinking beer and engaged in conversation. There is also a booth where people are standing around and chatting. There's a food truck in the far background and ominous clouds in the sky.
August 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Book nerds and beer nerds, rejoice: Streetcar 82 Brewing Co. is hosting a book signing with author John Christiansen next Thursday, August 14 from 4-6pm! We’ll be onsite at their brewery in Hyattsville, MD with copies of VIBRANT MOSAIC for sale. See you there! 🤓📚🍻
Event flyer with GU Press logo on the top left and Streetcar 82 logo on the top right, with centered text between the logo that reads: BOOK SIGNING with John B. Christiansen. The centered text below that reads: August 14, 2025, 4-6pm, Streetcar 82 Brewing Cr., Hyattsville, MD. Under that on the right is a book cover that reads (from left to right): VIBRANT MOSAIC; A Deaf Sociologist Explores Issues Impacting Deaf and Hard of Hearing People; John B. Christiansen. To the right of the cover is a photo of John, a white man wearing a ballcap, glasses, and a button down shirt. He is smiling and there are flowers in the background. Below the book cover is a QR code that leads to the following URL: https://gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/V/Vibrant-Mosaic. To the left of the QR code the text reads: Scan to order online! Streetcar 82 Brewing Co. 4824 Rhode Island Ave. Hyattsville, MD 20781. At the bottom left of the flyer is the GUP logo with GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY PRESS on the right. At the bottom right of the flyer is the following URL: https:/ /gupress.gallaudet.edu/
August 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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It's that time of the year! We're pulling together the research section of the 2025 American Annals of the Deaf. If you've recently successfully defended a dissertation or a master's thesis on deaf education, please send along the details to be added to the list!
August 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Are you attending the ASLTA conference at Gallaudet this week? Be sure to stop by our exhibit on Thursday to come say hello and browse our books! We’ll be at the SAC MPR from 7:30-5:30. See you there!
Top of graphic is Gallaudet University Press logo. Below logo the text reads: Stop by our exhibit table at ASLTA 2025! Below the text on the bottom left is the ASLTA logo. On the right is a logo with a hand with an eye in the palm, and the text to the right of the hand reds: ASLTA 13th Biennial National Professional Development Conference.
July 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Our fall 2025 catalog is now available! Browse our forthcoming books in linguistics, disability studies, translation and interpreting studies, anthropology, plus a collab with the Clerc Center! Check it out: view.publitas.com/p222-9323/ga...

#ReadUP #NewBooks
Catalog cover with a drawing by Christine Sun Kim repeated three times vertically. The drawing features three hands that are palm-up, with two parallel lines that form arches between the hands. In between the top drawing and the center one is a white horizontal band with black serif text that reads: Gallaudet University Press. In between the center drawing and the bottom one is a white horizontal band with black serif text that reads: Fall 2025.
June 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Happy Pride Month from Gallaudet University Press!

#DeafQueer #DeafLGBTQPride
Rainbow flag stripes in background with a white heart in the center. Text centered in heart reads: HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! GU Press logo at the bottom.
June 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Happy Pub Day to Deaf Studies for Educators! This volume offers insights into the early intersections of deaf studies and deaf education. A foreword by Onudeah D. Nicolarakis contextualizes the work for modern audiences.

Visit our website to learn more! gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/D/Deaf...
Set against a black background is a book cover described as follows: On a beige background, "Early Papers in Deaf Studies" in italics is at the top then a bold title in a bigger size, "Deaf Studies for Educators," is below the first text. Below the book title is a large graphic with overlapping shapes in three colors: teal, purple, and pink. "Foreword by Onudeah D. Nicolarakis" in italics is added below the graphic. Behind the book cover on the top right are three diagonal stripes that match the colors on the cover. On the bottom of the graphic is the GU Press logo.
May 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Author John Christiansen will be at the Barnes & Noble Asheville Mall this Saturday, May 31 from 12-2pm to promote his new GUP release, VIBRANT MOSAIC. Be sure to stop by if you’re in the AVL area!

Event info: stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
Top text reads: BOOK SIGNING with John B. Christiansen. Text below that reads: May 31, 2025; 12 - 2 p.m. Barnes & Noble, Asheville Mall. Under that on the right is a book cover that reads (from left to right): VIBRANT MOSAIC; A Deaf Sociologist Explores Issues Impacting Deaf and Hard of Hearing People; John B. Christiansen. To the right of the cover is a photo of John, a white man wearing a ballcap, glasses, and a button down shirt. He is smiling and there are flowers in the background. Below the cover is a QR code that leads to this URL: https://gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/V/Vibrant-Mosaic. The text to the right of the QR code reads: Scan to order online! Barnes & Noble 3 S Tunnel Rd Asheville, NC. Under the QR code is the GU Press logo. To the right is our home page URL: https://gupress.gallaudet.edu
May 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Happy Pub Day to The Language of Home by @raymondluczak.com! This short story collection is an exciting literary contribution that offers rare, nuanced representations of Deaf characters.

Visit our website to learn more!
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Book cover: Against an off-white wall lit brightly from above, a heavily varnished brown wooden chair is set before a table that’s equally heavily varnished. Before the chair is a white plate with two slender circles painted right near the plate’s edge. On either side of the plate is a silver fork and knife; on the left side of the plate is an empty glass. Higher up on the wall above the chair is the following text in dark red: THE LANGUAGE OF HOME; stories; Raymond Luczak. In the background of book cover is the image of the chair zoomed in.
May 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM