Congratulations to the following faculty who have been promoted: 

Full Professor

  • Patrick Graham, chairperson, Department of Deaf Education                                   
  • Jason Listman, chairperson, Department of ASL and Interpreting Education

                                                
Principal Lecturer

  • Lisa Johnston, Department of ASL and Interpreting Education

 
Senior Lecturer

  • Jill Burress, Department of ASL and Interpreting Education
  • Mark Jeremy, Department of Information and Computing Studies
  • Trisha Gard-Thompson, Department of Engineering Studies
  • Jeanne d’Arc Ntigulirwa, Department of Liberal Studies
  • Donna Tuffner, Department of Business Studies

Congratulations to Skip Flanagan, who has completed his Ph.D. and successfully transitioned from his staff role as NTID Athlete Development Coordinator, to a faculty position tutoring and teaching in the NTID Department of Science and Mathematics.

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@ntidpres on Instagram: Congratulations to these NTID faculty who just got their promotions! RIT President Bill Sanders started a selfie trend at convocation so here’s one!

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