Gaurav Mathur
@gvmathur.bsky.social
Linguist at heart, with keen interests in sign languages, language development and processing, and gesture studies.
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Severe blows to the ‘deaf-scientist pipeline’ must not mean abandoning its best practices. Here is how to support current and future students, says Wyatte C. Hall
https://go.nature.com/4eDVjqp
https://go.nature.com/4eDVjqp
Deaf scientists hit by drastic NIH cuts — the research community must support them
Severe blows to the ‘deaf-scientist pipeline’ must not mean abandoning its best practices. Here is how to support current and future students.
go.nature.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Severe blows to the ‘deaf-scientist pipeline’ must not mean abandoning its best practices. Here is how to support current and future students, says Wyatte C. Hall
https://go.nature.com/4eDVjqp
https://go.nature.com/4eDVjqp
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New position statement dropped by our department
gallaudet.edu/linguistics/...
Basically, as y'all know, people and language use are diverse. Respect that. Trying to standardize any of that backfires and is actually racist, classist and ableist
gallaudet.edu/linguistics/...
Basically, as y'all know, people and language use are diverse. Respect that. Trying to standardize any of that backfires and is actually racist, classist and ableist
Complexity and Diversity of SiLs - Position Statements | Gallaudet University
In short: Basically, we respect the diversity and complexity of communities and their languages and encourage you to do the same.
gallaudet.edu
May 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
New position statement dropped by our department
gallaudet.edu/linguistics/...
Basically, as y'all know, people and language use are diverse. Respect that. Trying to standardize any of that backfires and is actually racist, classist and ableist
gallaudet.edu/linguistics/...
Basically, as y'all know, people and language use are diverse. Respect that. Trying to standardize any of that backfires and is actually racist, classist and ableist
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Daz @drdazzy.bsky.social and I are current board members of SLLS (slls.eu/board/) and are seeking feedback about TISLR conferences
Anyone who's interested in signed languages can respond even if you haven't been to TISLR. Please share widely!
Thank you for your time!
gu.live/RWCkP
Anyone who's interested in signed languages can respond even if you haven't been to TISLR. Please share widely!
Thank you for your time!
gu.live/RWCkP
a picture of a bald man with the words " i would very much like to hear your thoughts "
Alt: Captain Picard of Star Trek in uniform seriously says to someone off camera "I would very much like to hear your thoughts" (which appears as white text on the bottom)
media.tenor.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Daz @drdazzy.bsky.social and I are current board members of SLLS (slls.eu/board/) and are seeking feedback about TISLR conferences
Anyone who's interested in signed languages can respond even if you haven't been to TISLR. Please share widely!
Thank you for your time!
gu.live/RWCkP
Anyone who's interested in signed languages can respond even if you haven't been to TISLR. Please share widely!
Thank you for your time!
gu.live/RWCkP
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International Summer School of Sign Language Studies
21-25. July 2025 - Berlin
📌 Topics
📝 Program
👤 Presenters
📥 Call of Papers
👩💻 Registration
Everything here!
www.tlu.ee/en/summer-sc...
Feel free to share and comeeeeee! 🏃♂️ 💨
21-25. July 2025 - Berlin
📌 Topics
📝 Program
👤 Presenters
📥 Call of Papers
👩💻 Registration
Everything here!
www.tlu.ee/en/summer-sc...
Feel free to share and comeeeeee! 🏃♂️ 💨
March 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
International Summer School of Sign Language Studies
21-25. July 2025 - Berlin
📌 Topics
📝 Program
👤 Presenters
📥 Call of Papers
👩💻 Registration
Everything here!
www.tlu.ee/en/summer-sc...
Feel free to share and comeeeeee! 🏃♂️ 💨
21-25. July 2025 - Berlin
📌 Topics
📝 Program
👤 Presenters
📥 Call of Papers
👩💻 Registration
Everything here!
www.tlu.ee/en/summer-sc...
Feel free to share and comeeeeee! 🏃♂️ 💨
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Honored to be mentioned alongside scholars I admire: @naomicaselli.bsky.social, Padden, Mayberry, Chen Pichler, and more! www.science.org/content/arti...
"Imperfect sounds: Cochlear implants give deaf kids unprecedented access to sound. But insisting they avoid using sign language may be risky."
"Imperfect sounds: Cochlear implants give deaf kids unprecedented access to sound. But insisting they avoid using sign language may be risky."
Implants can help deaf kids hear—but many still struggle with spoken language
Some researchers worry about risks of devaluing sign language, overreliance on imperfect devices
www.science.org
March 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Honored to be mentioned alongside scholars I admire: @naomicaselli.bsky.social, Padden, Mayberry, Chen Pichler, and more! www.science.org/content/arti...
"Imperfect sounds: Cochlear implants give deaf kids unprecedented access to sound. But insisting they avoid using sign language may be risky."
"Imperfect sounds: Cochlear implants give deaf kids unprecedented access to sound. But insisting they avoid using sign language may be risky."
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Pleased to share that the 2nd, revised edition of Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts will be available April 30, 2025! Lovely working with @jaceyhill.bsky.social and Sandra Wood on the revised version. www.routledge.com/Sign-Languag...
Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts
Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts provides a succinct summary of major findings in the linguistic study of natural sign languages. Focusing on American Sign Language (ASL), this book offers a co...
www.routledge.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Pleased to share that the 2nd, revised edition of Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts will be available April 30, 2025! Lovely working with @jaceyhill.bsky.social and Sandra Wood on the revised version. www.routledge.com/Sign-Languag...