Grace Adams

Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant
2022-2024

Grace is a CDIS master's student and former CDIS major with an American Sign Language minor. She worked on recruiting, interviews, captioning, and presentations for the Deaf Experience, Deaf Expression (DXDX) project. Grace joined the video team in Fall 2022 and lead recruiting and communications with participants. After she graduated in May 2023, she became a graduate teaching assistant in our master's program and trained new students on the project. 

​​Projects:

DXDX

Presentations (*student author):

• *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. 
• *Adams, G. & Freeman, V. (2023, October). Collecting interviews of deaf and hard of hearing lived experiences. Poster, Oklahoma Speech-Language-Hearing Association (OSHA), Edmond, OK. 
• *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]

"I took a course in Deaf Communication and Education my freshman year of college and soon became interested in Deaf culture and the connections it has to the speech pathology field. By taking CSD and ASL/Deaf culture courses simultaneously, I have come to know the differing thoughts and perspectives on both speech therapy and hearing loss. I joined the project to further my knowledge about DHH (d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing) experiences to better advocate for DHH clients and educate others in my future field of work as a speech-language pathologist. I am grateful to have been a part of this project to learn more about the DHH community and connect with other students with similar passions as me. It has been a privilege to listen to these individuals' journeys with hearing loss and being entrusted to share their experiences with others.