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Peter Hauser

Research Faculty

Center for Culture and Language
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
pchgss@rit.edu
Office Location
RSC-2140
Office Mailing Address
53-2140

Peter Hauser

Research Faculty

Center for Culture and Language
National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Education

BA, Central Connecticut State University; MA, Ph.D., Gallaudet University

pchgss@rit.edu
Personal Links
Personal Website
Areas of Expertise
Deaf cognition
Sign language research
Deaf capital and psychosocial well-being
Post-secondary science mentoring
Deaf Education Research

Select Scholarship

Journal Paper
McKee, Michael M., et al. "Predictors of Health Literacy Among Deaf American Sign Language Users." Patient Education and Counseling 142. (2025): 109348. Web.
Tomaszewski, Piotr, et al. "Internalized Oppression and Deaf People's Mental Health." Scientific Reports 15. (2025): 5268. Web.
Chandanabhumma, P. Paul, et al. "Examining the differences of perceptions and experience with online health information accessibility between deaf and hearing individuals: A qualitative study." Patient Education and Counseling 122. (2024): 135 – 161. Print.
Paracha, Mariam, et al. "Medication-Related Experience of Deaf American Sign Language Users." Health Literacy Research and Practice 7. 4 (2023): 215 - 225. Web.
Schönström, Krister and Peter C. Hauser. "The sentence repetition task as a measure of sign language proficiency." Applied Psycholinguistics. (2021): 1-19. Web.
McKee, Michael, et al. "Deaf Adults' Health Literacy and Access to Health Information: Protocol for a Multicenter Mixed Methods Study." Journal of Medical International Research 8. 10 (2019): 0-0. Web.
Clark, D. M., et al. "The Importance of Early Sign Language Acquisition For Deaf Readers." Reading and Writing Quarterly 32. (2016): 127-151. Print.
Hauser, P. C., et al. "American Sign Language Comprehension Test." Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. (2016): 1-10. Print.
Stone, A., et al. "Fingerspelling as a Gateway into Reading Fluency in Deaf Bilinguals." Public Library of Science ONE. (2016): 1-12. Web.
Hirshorn, A. E., et al. "The Contributions of Phonological Knowledge, Memory, and Language Background to Reading Comprehension In Deaf Populations." Frontiers in Psychology 6. 1153 (2015): 1-16. Web.
Twitchell, P., J. P. Morford, and P. C. Hauser. "Effects of SES on Literacy Development of Deaf Signing Bilinguals." American Annals of the Deaf 159. (2015): 433-446. Print.
Quinto-Pozos, D., et al. "Atypical Sign Language Development: A Case Study of Challenges with Visual Perspective-taking." Cognitive Neuropsychology. (2013) Print.
Guldenoglu, B., et al. "A Comparison of the Letter Processing Skills of Hearing and Deaf Readers: Evidence Form Five Orthographies." Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. (2013) Print.
Clark, D. M., et al. "The Importance of Early Sign Language Acquisition for Deaf Readers." Reading and Writing Quarterly. (2013) Print.
Hauser, P. C., J. Lukomski, and V. Samar. "Reliability and Validity of the BRIEF-A for Assessing Deaf College Students' Executive Function." Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment 31. (2013): 363-374. Print.
Corina, D. P., et al. "Lexical Processing in Deaf Readers: An FMRI Investigation of Reading Proficiency." Public Library of Science ONE 8. 1 (2013): e54696. Web.
Hauser, Peter C., Jennifer Lukomski, and Vincent Samar. "Reliability and Validity of the BRIEF-A for Assessing Deaf College Students' Executive Function." Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. (2012) Web.
Miller, Paul, et al. "Factors Distinguishing Skilled and Less Skilled Readers: Evidence from Four Orthographies." Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 17. (2012): 439-462. Print.
Kargin, Tevhide, et al. "Differences in Word Processing Skills of Deaf and Hearing Individuals Reading in Different Orthographies." Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities 24. (2012): 65-83. Print.
Miller, P., et al. "Factors Distinguishing Skilled and Less Skilled Readers: Evidence Form Four Orthographies." Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 17. (2012): 439-462. Print.
Kargin, T., et al. "Differences in Word Processing Skills of Deaf and Hearing Individuals Reading in Different Orthographies." Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities 24. (2012): 65-83. Print.
Bochner, J. H., et al. "Learners Discrimination of Linguistic Contracts in American Sign Language." Language Learning 61. (2011): 1302-1327. Print.
Hauser, P. C. "Deaf Eyes: Visual Learning and Deaf Gain." Deaf Studies Digital Journal 2. (2011): 1-10. Web.
Freel, B. L., et al. "Deaf Individuals Bilingual Abilities: American Sign Language Proficiency, Reading Skills, and Family Characteristics." Psychology 2. (2011): 18-23. Print.
Uninvited Presentations
Hauser, Peter C. "Is Audism Real." Together RIT 24: Campus Week of Dialogue. Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, New York. 25 Oct. 2024. Conference Presentation.
Full Length Book
Hauser, Peter and Marc Marschark. How Deaf Children Learn. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2012. Print.
Hauser, Peter C. and Marc Marschark. How Deaf Children Learn. 1st ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2012. Print.
Marschark, M. and P. C. Hauser. How Deaf Children Learn: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know. 1st ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Print.
Book Chapter
Hauser, Peter C., et al. "Issues and Trends in Sign Language Assessment." Assessing Literacy in Deaf Individuals: Neurocognitive Measurement and Predictors. Ed. Donna A. Morere and Thomas E. Allen. New York, NY: Springer, 2012. 191-207. Print.
McKee, Michael and Peter C Hauser. "Deaf Epistemologies: The Juggling of Two Worlds." Deaf Epistemologies. Ed. Peter Paul and Donald Moores. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press, 2012. 45-61. Print.
Listman, J. D., K. D. Rogers, and P. C. Hauser. "Rethinking Deaf Adolescents Resilience: Why Cultural Capital Matters." Risk and Resilience: Adaptation in the Context of Being Deaf. Ed. D. Zand and K. Pierce. New York: Springer, 2011. 279-298. Print.
Published Article
Hauser, Peter C. “Deaf Eyes: Visual Learning and Deaf-Gain.” Deaf Studies Digital Journal, 1.2, (2010): n.p. Web.
Hauser, Peter C., et al. “Deaf Epistemology: Deafhood and Deafness.” American Annals of the Deaf, 154.5 (2010): 486-92. Web.
Newman, Aaron J., T. Supalla, P. Hauser, E. Newport, and D. Bavelier. “Dissociating Neural Subsystems for Grammar by Contrasting Word Order and Inflection.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107.16 (2010): 7539-44. Web.
Newman, Aaron J., T. Supalla, P. Hauser, E. Newport, and D. Bavelier. “Prosodic and Narrative Processing in American Sign Language: An fMRI Study.” Neuroimage, 52.2 (2010): 669-76. Web.

Currently Teaching

HCIA-760
Research Methods in Interpreting
3 Credits
This is an introductory graduate-level survey course on research design/methods and analysis. The course provides a broad overview of the process and practices of social and linguistic research in translation/interpreting in health care settings. Content includes principles and techniques of research design, data collection, and analysis, including the nature of evidence, types of research, defining research questions, data collection and analysis, issues concerning human subjects from vulnerable groups, and research ethics. This course instructs the learner how to conduct research in real-world contexts of health-care settings, drawing on translation/interpreting theories. The analysis component of the course teaches how to interpret data found in research (including statistics) as well as how to use data analysis software.
HCIA-770
Capstone Prof Proj/Rsrch Paper
3 Credits
The purpose of this course is to provide students the opportunity to conduct research, develop a plan and evaluation components, or submit a project as a demonstration of final proficiency in the program. The faculty teaching the class will guide the topic selected by the student and it will require the student to coalesce and incorporate into the final project or paper a culmination of their entire course work in the program to date (e.g., if a student is employed in a health care setting a project related to enhancing the provision of Language Access Services could be conducted).
INTP-460
Issues in Interpreting
3 Credits
This capstone course offers students an opportunity to integrate content areas in the program curriculum and investigate current issues and controversies in the field of interpreting. The course content and activities will vary depending on current issues, literature developments, and students’ interests, but students will be given guiding research tools through research development with a critical approach to interpreting-related issues.

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