Bailey Smith

Graduate & Honors Research Assistant
2021-

Bailey is a CDIS master's student and former CDIS honors student. She has been a leader on the Deaf Experience, Deaf Expression (DXDX) project since its beginning. Since Spring 2021, she has been Lead Interviewer, Scheduler, and Presenter, and she has also served as a recruiter and captioner. She won several awards as an undergrad: OSU Senior of Significance, College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Junior and Top 10 Senior, and CDIS Outstanding Senior. She is now a graduate teaching assistant working on a thesis about Deaf experiences with law enforcement. 

​Projects:

DXDX

​Presentations (*student authors):

• *Smith, B. & Freeman, V. (to appear 2024, December). Deaf interaction with law enforcement: A survey approach. Poster, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Seattle, WA.
• *Smith, B. & Freeman, V. (to appear 2024, October). Examining interactions with law enforcement officers and the Deaf community. Poster, Oklahoma Speech-Language-Hearing Association (OSHA), Stillwater, OK.
• *Smith, B., *Adams, G., & Freeman, V. (2024, February). Collecting and analyzing interviews with deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Poster, Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association (TSHA), Fort Worth, TX. 
• *Smith, B., *Adams, G., & Freeman, V. (2023, October). Creating and analyzing interview questions for the DXDX Project. Poster, Oklahoma Speech-Language-Hearing Association (OSHA), Edmond, OK. 
• *Smith, B., *Adams, G., & *Olender, C. (2023, April).Collecting interviews of Deaf and hard of hearing lived experiences. Poster, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. [abstract]
• *Smith, B., *Vang, M., & Freeman, V. (2022, October). Building the Deaf Experience/Deaf Expression (DXDX) Project. Poster, Oklahoma Speech-Language-Hearing Association (OSHA), Norman, OK.
• *Smith, B. & *Vang, M. (2022, April). Building the Deaf Experience, Deaf Expression (DXDX) Project. Poster, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.
• Freeman, V., *Pearson, M., *Smith, B., *Pascale, E., *Fitzsimons, T., *Pascual, L., *Patterson, L., & *Unkefer, C. (2021, November). Introducing the Deaf Experience/Deaf Expression (DXDX) Project. Poster, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Washington, DC/Online. [audio tour]
• Freeman, V., *Pearson, M., *Smith, B., *Pascale, E., *Fitzsimons, T., *Pascual, L., *Patterson, L., *Unkefer, C., & *Shannon, K. (2021, October). The Deaf Experience, Deaf Expression (DXDX) Project. Flash talk, Oklahoma Speech-Language-Hearing Association (OSHA), Online.

"I joined this project because I was interested in learning more about experiences from the Deaf community after taking ASL classes throughout high school and college. This project exceeded my expectations. It has helped me further my knowledge of the Deaf community and allowed my respect for this community to grow even further. As a speech-language pathology graduate student, I can use the knowledge I have gained from this project to counsel patients, give them success stories, and impact their lives in an overall positive way. The DXDX project has been one of the best things about my undergraduate career and will continue to impact me in my future career."