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Landing Badjie

Senior Staff Specialist

Substance and Addiction Intervention Services for the Deaf
National Technical Institute for the Deaf

585-286-1969
Office Hours
Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
Office Location
23A-2914
Office Mailing Address
Rochester Institute of Technology 115 Lomb Memorial Dr. 23A August Center- Room 2914

Landing Badjie

Senior Staff Specialist

Substance and Addiction Intervention Services for the Deaf
National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Bio

 

Landing has over 18 years of experience working with Deaf communities in developing countries. He began his career as a Sign Language Instructor, later advancing to Deputy Director and then Project Coordinator with the Gambia Association of the Deaf. He also served as the Regional Coordinator for the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) Regional Secretariat for West and Central Africa, covering 16 Anglophone countries.

After migrating to the U.S. in July 2015, he continued supporting the Deaf community by volunteering with Deaf Refugees Advocacy (DRA), where he currently serves as a Board Member, advocating for Deaf newcomers to the U.S. He now works as the Senior Staff Specialist for NTID Substance Addiction and Intervention Services for the Deaf (SAISD) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).