Deaf Hub Exploring Perspectives: From A to BSN to PhD: My personal pathway to knowledge

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Marita Løkken, a featured presenter at the Deaf Hub Exploring Perspectives

Learn how a deaf nurse navigates the hurdles of becoming a nurse and now a professor in Norway.

Join us to watch Marita Løkken, BRN (BSY), MA, PhD Candidate giving a presentation at the Deaf Hub Exploring Perspectives on Friday, February 27 from 11a.m. to 12 p.m. Access services and ISL-ASL interpretation have been requested. If you have any questions, please email us at deafhub@rit.edu.

Here’s Marita’s bio:

Marita Løkken is deaf, a trained medical nurse and holds an MA in Disability and Society. She is now a university lecturer in the BA program in Norwegian Sign Language and Interpreting at NTNU – the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. Currently, she will soon finish with a PhD in Professional Sign Language Competence at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. Her research interests include deaf experiences, sign language, language, health, communication, and interpreting.

[Image Description: Marita Løkken is featured on the Deaf Hub Exploring Perspectives series to give a webinar on Friday, February 27 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET. The QR code is located on a yellow circle, which leads to the webinar registration. The RIT/NTID Deaf Health Care and Biomedical Science Hub's logo lockup is located in the black banner at the bottom of the graphic post.]


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When and Where
February 27, 2026
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room/Location: Other
Who

Open to the Public

Interpreter Requested?

Yes

Topics
deaf community
diversity
women