Harry G. Lang
Professor
Master of Science in Secondary Education (MSSE)
Rochester Institute of Technology
National Technical Institute
for the Deaf
52 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5604
585-475-6777 V/TTY
585-475-2525 FAX
email: harry.lang@rit.edu
Lang is a
deaf professor with 37 years' experience at the National Technical Institute
for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology. He taught physics and
mathematics full time for 14 years, chaired NTID's faculty development
department for 7 years, and has also taught a methods course to science and
mathematics teacher candidates for over 30 years. Lang moved full time into the
Master of Science in Secondary Education (MSSE) teacher preparation program in
the fall of 2006. Over the past 17 years his research has focused primarily on
teaching and learning and the use of technical signs in the science and
mathematics classroom.
He is a graduate of the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, and earned
his BS in Physics from Bethany College (West Virginia), his MS degree in
Electrical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology, and his
doctorate in Education from the University of Rochester. He has published over
50 research and theoretical papers on teaching science and mathematics to deaf
students. "Educating Deaf Students: From Research to Practice,"
published by Oxford University Press, was co-authored with Marc Marschark and
John Albertini. Lang has served in the role of a Project Director or
Co-Principal Investigator in four National Science Foundation grants. He has
presented papers and workshops in many countries.
In the area of Deaf Studies, Lang has published 7 additional books, including
three major biographies. "Edmund Booth, Deaf Pioneer" was published
in 2004. Teaching From the Heart and Soul: The Robert F. Panara Story was published in the fall of 2007; and, by invitation from RIT
President Albert J. Simone, Lang co-authored (with Oscar Cohen and Joseph
Fischgrund) a biography of Robert R. Davila due out in the winter of 2007.
In addition, Lang has authored a history of NTID (with Karen Conner) and a book
on the contributions of deaf women and men in fields of science since the
Renaissance ("Silence of the Spheres: The Deaf Experience in the History
of Science"). He co-authored with Bonnie Meath-Lang, "Deaf Persons in
the Arts and Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary," which includes 150
biographies of deaf scientists, artists, engineers, actors, writers, poets, and
other professionals. "A Phone of Our Own: The Deaf Insurrection Against Ma
Bell," is a history of the invention of the acoustic telephone coupler and
its impact on the lives of deaf people, and was published by Gallaudet
University Press.
On his own time, Lang is authoring (with Judy Yaeger Jones) a biography of the
deaf poetess and journalist Laura Redden Searing. He is also writing a history
of his alma mater, Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, and a book on the
Deaf Experience during the Civil War. He was the Senior Advisor on the
production team of the PBS documentary, "Through Deaf Eyes." In 2006,
he was awarded the Rochester Institute of Technology Trustees Scholarship Award
in recognition of establishing an outstanding record of academic scholarship.
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