Robyn Dean

Robyn Dean

Associate Professor
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
American Sign Language and Interpreting Education
ASLIE - Research

2022 Submissions

Full Length Book

Dean, Robyn and Robert Pollard. The demand control schema: Interpreting as a practice profession. 1 ed. Tokyo, Japan: The English Agency (Japan) Ltd., 2022. Print.

Journal Paper

Dean, Robyn K and Robert Q Pollard. "Improving interpreters’ normative ethics discourse by imparting principled- reasoning through case analysis." INTERPRETING AND SOCIETY AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL. (2022): 1-18. Print. *

Dean, Robyn K., Vince Samar, and Daniel Maffia. "Are Two Heads Better Than One? Interpreting Students’ Moral Reasoning Skills." International Journal of Interpreter Education 14. 1 (2022): 17-31. Web. *

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Dean, Robyn. "Content and the discontents: Broadening the definition of professional development for interpreting practitioners." Mental Health Interpreter Training Alumni Series. Mental Health Interpreter Training. Online, USA. 18 Oct. 2022. Conference Presentation. ∆

Dean, Robyn. "“Dorothy, you’re not in Kansas anymore…” How interpreting in mental health changes everything." Carolina Association of Translators and Interpreters annual conference. Carolina Association of Translators and Interpreters. Raliegh, NC. 1 Oct. 2022. Keynote Speech. ∆

Dean, Robyn. "Demand Control Schema and Reflective Practices." Faculty Departmental Research. American Sign Language and Interpreter Education department. Rochester, NY. 9 Dec. 2022. Address. ∆

Dean, Robyn K. "Demand Control Schema and Reflective Practices." Hosted training. Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik. Zurich, Switzerland. 16 Sep. 2022. Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. and Robert Q Pollard. "Mental health interpreting: Clinical information and work strategies for a practice profession." Mental Health Interpreter Training. Alabama Department of Mental Health Deaf Services. Montgomery, AL. 3 Aug. 2022. Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Content and the discontents: Broadening the definition of professional development for interpreting practitioners." Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Wellness Day. Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 23 Jul. 2022. Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Demand Control Schema & Teleological Decision-making: A case-based approach." TerpAcademy Summit. Cirrus Inc. Online, Florida. 17 Jul. 2022. Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K., et al. "I’m doing my own research”: Interpreters-turned-researchers Preconference." TerpAcademy Summit Preconference. Cirrus Inc. Online, Florida. 14 Jul. 2022. Keynote Speech.

Dean, Robyn K. "Justice reasoning: How our ethical discourse counters our ethical claims." Hosted training. American Sign Language Interpreting Services. Minneapolis, MN. 18 Jun. 2022. Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Teaching Demand Control Schema For Interpreter Educators." Faculty Training Series. Utrecht University. Utrecht, Netherlands. 28 May 2022. Keynote Speech.

Dean, Robyn K. "Demand control schema in video remote interpreting." Training session. American Sign Language Interpreting Services. Minneapolis, MN. 9 Apr. 2022. Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. and Robert Q Pollard. "Introduction to Mental Health Interpreting." Online Training Series (hosted). Deaf Mental Health and Addictions. Online, NEW ZEALAND. 8 May 2022. Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Reflective Practitioners: Putting the rigor in reflection." Hosted Training. American Sign Language Interpreting Services. Minneapolis, MN. 31 Mar. 2022. Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "“Talking about ethics (and how not to…)”." Hosted training. European Federation of sign language interpreters. Online, Europe. 9 Oct. 2021. Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "DEMAND CONTROL SCHEMA: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NORMATIVE ETHICS OF INTERPRETING." Hosted Training. Braska does Center on the Deaf and hard of hearing. Online, Nebraska. 13 Nov. 2021. Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "A slippery slope: The tropes of interpreting." Chapter Conference of the Illinois Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Illinois Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Online, Illinois. 16 Oct. 2021. Lecture.

2021 Submissions

Journal Paper

Dean, Robyn. "Reflection-in-action: Measuring ‘context’ in medical interpreting." Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series: Themes in Translation Studies. 20 (2021): 248–266. Print. *

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Dean, Robyn K. "“Neither an advocate nor a member of the team”: Replacing metaphors with principled reasoning in clinical supervision for interpreters." International Medical Interpreter Association Virtual Conference. International Medical Interpreter Association. online, online. 7 Aug. 2021. Conference Presentation. *

Dean, Robyn K. "“Thinking Aloud”: Measuring context & ethical sensitivity in medical interpreters." International Medical Interpreter Association Virtual Conference. International Medical Interpreter Association. online, online. 7 Aug. 2021. Conference Presentation. *

Dean, Robyn. "Justice reasoning: How our ethical discourse counters our ethical claims." Australian Sign Language Interpreting Association. Australian Sign Language Interpreting Association. online, online. 21 May 2021. Keynote Speech.

Dean, Robyn. "Speak and ye shall find: How interpreting creates barriers in ethical reasoning." Australian Sign Language Interpreting Association. Australian Sign Language Interpreting Association Queensland. online, online. 26 Mar. 2021. Keynote Speech.

Dean, Robyn. "Review of demand control schema constructs. Presentation online for faculty, staff, and students of GESDO, interpreter training program." GESDÖ Interpreter Training Program. GESDÖ Interpreter Training Program. Linz, Austria (online). 25 Mar. 2021. Keynote Speech.

Den, Robyn K. "Review of demand control schema constructs. Presentation online for faculty, staff, and students of Utrecht University." Interpreter Education Program at Utrecht University. Utrecht University. Utrecht, Netherlands (online). 15 Mar. 2021. Keynote Speech.

Dean, Robyn. "Beyond the weekend workshop: Professional development along the career path." TerpAcademy Summit. TerpAcademy. online, online. 18 Jul. 2021. Conference Presentation. ∆

Dean, Robyn K. "Justice reasoning: How our ethical discourse counters our ethical claims." Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Fairfax County Department of Education. online, online. 20 Feb. 2021. Conference Presentation.

Dean, Robyn K. "Demand control schema: Introduction to the normative ethics of interpreting." Scottish Collaborative of Sign language Interpreters. Scottish Collaborative of Sign language Interpreters. online, online. 16 Jun. 2021. Guest Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Demand control schema: Introduction to the normative ethics of interpreting." Association of Sign language Interpreters. Midlands UK. Association of Sign language Interpreters. Midlands UK. online, online. 12 Jun. 2021. Guest Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Demand Control Schema: Introduction to the Normative Ethics of Interpreting." Colorado Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Colorado Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. online, online. 8 May 2021. Guest Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Introduction to demand control schema and the practice profession of interpreting." Georgia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Georgia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. online, online. 4 Feb. 2021. Guest Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Introduction to Case Conferencing for Interpreters." Islington Housing and Adult Social Services. Islington Housing and Adult Social Services. Online, online. 29 Sep. 2021. Guest Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "κλινικός: What is medical interpreting at the bedside?" Hosted Training. European Federation of Sign Language Interpreters. Online, Europe. 19 Dec. 2021. Lecture.

dean, Robyn K. "Introduction to Reflective Practices for Interpreters." Presented to the European Union Masters of Sign Language Interpreting (EUMASLI. Presented to the European Union Masters of Sign Language Interpreting (EUMASLI. online, online. 3 Sep. 2021. Guest Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Talking about ethics (and how not to…)." European federation of sign language interpreters. European federation of sign language interpreters. online, online. 11 Sep. 2021. Guest Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Context matters: Defining, teaching, and assessing context in healthcare interpreting." National Council on Interpreting in Health Care. National Council on Interpreting in Health Care. Online, online. 29 Sep. 2021. Guest Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "DC-S: Context and practice decisions." Hosted Training. European federation of sign language interpreters. Online, Europe. 30 Oct. 2021. Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "DC-S Consequences and practice values and principles." Hosted Training. European federation of sign language interpreters. Online, Europe. 20 Nov. 2021. Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Reflective Practitioners: Putting the rigor in reflection." Bi-annual RID Chapter Conference. Northern California Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Online, California. 7 Nov. 2021. Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Demand Control Schema: Introduction to the Normative Ethics of Interpreting." Hosted Training. Scottish Collaborative of Sign Language Interpreters. Online, Scotland. 5 Oct. 2021. Lecture.

2020 Submissions

Invited Paper

DEAN, ROBYN. "Healthcare Interpreting Ethics: A critical review." outledge Handbook of Translation and Health. London & New York: Routledge. (2021). Print.

Invited Keynote/Presentation

DEAN, ROBYN. "Risky Business: Cortisol Dysregulation in Signed Language Interpreters." ROBYN DEAN. Partners in Deaf Education (NY). Rochester, NY. 9 Nov. 2019. Conference Presentation. ∆

DEAN, ROBYN. "The value of demand control schema." ROBYN DEAN. Utrecht University. Rochester, NY. 14 Nov. 2019. Lecture.

DEAN, ROBYN. "Push me-Pull you: The value of group deliberation on ethical reasoning among signed language interpreting students." ROBYN DEAN. NTID/ASLIE. Rochester, NY. 19 Nov. 2019. Lecture.

DEAN, ROBYN. "Reflective practice and case conferencing for interpreters." ROBYN DEAN. Ad Astra. Rochester, NY. 14 Dec. 2019. Lecture.

DEAN, ROBYN. "Risky Business: Cortisol Dysregulation in Signed Language Interpreters." ROBYN DEAN. Association of Sign Language Interpreters (UK). Rochester, NY. 18 Jan. 2020. Lecture.

DEAN, ROBYN. "Risky Business: Cortisol Dysregulation in Signed Language Interpreters." ROBYN DEAN. Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Rochester, NY. 31 Jan. 2020. Lecture.

DEAN, ROBYN. "A Reflective Practitioner." ROBYN DEAN. University of Edinburgh (UK). Rochester, NY. 21 Apr. 2020. Lecture.

DEAN, ROBYN. "Public Service Interpreting: What it would mean to be a Practice Profession." ROBYN DEAN. 7TH PSIT CONFERENCE AT ALCALA. Online, NY. 21 Mar. 2020. Conference Presentation. £

2019 Submissions

Invited Keynote/Presentation

DEAN, ROBYN. "Reasoning, Stress, and Cognition: What interests me about my field." ROBYN DEAN. NTID. Rochester, NY. 3 Oct. 2019. Lecture.

DEAN, ROBYN. "Beyond “It depends...” Demand Control Schema for Healthcare Interpreters." ROBYN DEAN. Medical University of South Carolina. Rochester, NY. 6 Dec. 2019. Lecture.

2018 Submissions

Journal Paper

Dean, Robyn K. "Over the Tipping Point: Using the Diagnostic Discourse of Standardized Patients to Educate Medical Interpreters." Bakhtiniana. Revista de Estudos do Discurso. (2018): 171 - 191. Web. *

Book Chapter

Dean, Robyn K. and Robert Q Pollard. "Promoting the Use of Normative Ethics in the Practice Profession of Community Interpreting." Signed Language Interpreting in the 21st Century: An Overview of the Profession. Ed. Len Roberson and Sherry Shaw. Washington, DC, DC: Gallaudet University Press, 2018. 37 - 64. Print. ˜

Grants

Dean, Robyn K., Robert Q Pollard, and Vincent Samar (2018-2018). Out of the Hot Seat, into the Hot Seat: The Cognitive Effects of a No Rest Approach to Team Interpreting. Grant received/funded by Scholarship Portfolio Development Initiative, RIT. *

Dean, Robyn K. (2017-2019). Introducing Translation and Interpreting Studies for Global Collaboration. Grant received/funded by Provost’s Learning Innovations Grants, RIT. ˜

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Dean, Robyn K. "PBL Approach for Community Interpreters." International Association of Problem-Based Learning and Active Learning Methodologies. International Association of Problem-Based Learning and Active Learning Methodologies. Santa Clara, CA. 5 Feb. 2018. Conference Presentation. *

Dean, Robyn K. "Research: Not Just for Ivory Tower Dwellers." Monterey Institute. Middlebury Institute at Monterey. Monterey, CA. 10 Feb. 2018. Guest Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "The Tipping Point: Seeking Educational Efforts to Improve Legal Interpreters’ Moral Sensitivity." Texas Association of Judicial Interpreters and Translators. Texas Association of Judicial Interpreters and Translators. Austin, TX. 7 Jul. 2018. Keynote Speech.

DEAN, Robyn K. "Demand Control Schema Discussion for Deaf Interpreters." Alabama Department of Mental Health. Alabama Department of Mental Health. Montgomery, AL. 3 Aug. 2018. Guest Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Justice Reasoning: How our Ethical Discourse Counters our Ethical Claims." Southern California Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Southern California Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. San Diego, CA. 8 Feb. 2018. Guest Lecture. ∆

Dean, Robyn K. "Demand Control Schema & Professional Supervision: Application & Practice." Long Island Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Long Island Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Long Island, NY. 10 Aug. 2018. Guest Lecture.

2017 Submissions

Uninvited Presentations

Dean, Robyn K. and Andrea Sinden. "Exploring Accessibility and Transcreation Between Written English and ASL." Mt. Aloyisius Student-Run Interpreter Conference. Pennsylvania Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Mt Aloyisius, PA. 8 Mar. 2017. Conference Presentation. *

Dean, Robyn K. "Moral Exemplars and Their Influence on Ethical Thinking of Interpreting Students." Ethics Across the Curriculum. Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. Grand Rapids, MI. 5 Oct. 2017. Conference Presentation. «

Dean, Robyn K. "Les Miserables and Rest’s Three Moral Schemas." Ethics Across the Curriculum. Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. Grand Rapids, MI. 5 Oct. 2017. Conference Presentation. «

Manuscripts Submitted for Publication

Dean, Robyn K. "English-Dominant Presenters Opting for ASL: Is the Assumption of Access Correct?" 15 May 2017. TS - typescript (typed). «

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Dean, Robyn K. "Demand Control Schema and Supervision in Educational Interpreters." Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind. Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind. Phoenix, AZ. 20 Jan. 2017. Guest Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Justice Reasoning: How Our Ethical Discourse Counters Our Ethical Claims." Oregon Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Oregon Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Monmouth, OR. 20 Apr. 2017. Guest Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "You Can’t Measure A Room With the Color Blue: What the INTERPRETING Profession Gets Wrong About Practical Ethics and How to Make It Right." German Interpreting Association. German Interpreting Association. Zwickau, Germany. 13 May 2017. Keynote Speech.

Dean, Robyn K. and Rachel St. John. "Medical Professionals & Interpreters: Hitting The (Ethical) Mark." Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Loss. Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Loss. Rochester, NY. 11 Jun. 2017. Keynote Speech.

Dean, Robyn K. "Being Seasoned: A Conversation on Finding Meaning in the “Second Half” of our Careers." Mental Health Interpreter Training Alumni Sessions. Alabama Department of Mental Health. Montgomery, AL. 3 Aug. 2017. Guest Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Reflective Practice Techniques for Signed Language Interpreters in the EU." EUMASLI: Magdeburg Block Seminar. European Union Master's of Signed Language Interpreting. Magdeburg, Germany. 18 Sep. 2017. Guest Lecture.

Dean, Robyn K. "Re-imagining the Career Ladder of an Interpreter." Interpretek: Director's Meeting. Interpretek. Rome, NY. 7 Nov. 2017. Guest Lecture.

2015 Submissions

Dissertation/Thesis

Dean, Robyn K. "Sign language interpreters' Ethical Discourse and Moral Reasoning Patterns." Diss. Heriot-Watt University, 2015. Print. ≠

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Dean, Robyn K. "A Member of the Healthcare Team: Transforming the Descriptive Ethics of Medical Interpreting to Collaborative Values." Healthcare Symposium. National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers. St. Paul, MN. 5 Jun. 2015. Address. ∆

Dean, Robyn K. "What we do Well and Where we get Stuck: Case Analysis and the Development of Moral Sensitivity." Healthcare Symposium. National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers. St. Paul, MN. 5 Jun. 2015. Address. ∆

Dean, Robyn K. "From "Do Nothing" to "Do no Harm": Collaborative Values in Medical Interpreting." Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf National Conference. Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. New Orleans, LA. 10 Aug. 2015. Conference Presentation. * £

Dean, Robyn K. "Condemned to Repetition? An Analysis of Problem-setting and Problem-solving in Sign Language Interpreting Ethics." Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf National Conference. Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. New Orleans, LA. 9 Aug. 2015. Conference Presentation. £

Dean, Robyn K. "Revealing our Knowledge-in-action: Situated and Reflective Practice Techniques for Medical Interpreters." Healthcare Symposium. National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers. St. Paul, MN. 5 Jun. 2015. Address. ∆

2014 Submissions

Journal Paper

Dean, Robyn K. "Condemned To Repetition? An Analysis of Problem-Setting and Problem-Solving In Sign Language interpreting Ethics." International Journal for Translation and Interpreting 6. 1 (2014): 60 — 75. Web. *