NTID Strategic Research Centers

NTID Center on Access Technology (CAT)

The NTID Center on Access Technology (CAT) is charged with investigating, evaluating and reporting on the most effective and efficient use of access technologies, and with training individuals in their use in order to accelerate the widespread implementation of best practices within deaf education at the postsecondary level.

NTID Center on Culture and Language

The mission of the NTID Center on Culture and Language is to conduct translational, transdisciplinary, and cross-institutional research on cognitive, linguistic, and socio-cultural factors to advance learning, well-being, and health. The Center strives to globally disseminate these discoveries and ultimately have a transformative impact on social structures, the deaf experience, and society as a whole.

NTID Center for Education Research Partnerships (CERP)

NTID’s Center for Education Research Partnerships (CERP) seeks to establish and join research partnerships concerning development and learning among deaf and hard-of-hearing students across the lifespan and in various educational settings.

NTID Research Center for Teaching and Learning

The primary mission of the Research Center for Teaching and Learning (RCfTL) is to create a setting in which diverse teams of faculty and students conduct research that will improve deaf education, expose students to research practices and prepare a future generation of educational researchers and scholars. A secondary mission is to facilitate the development of collaborative partnerships between RIT/NTID faculty and faculty in the other colleges of RIT who are focused on the education of deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

Center for International Educational Outreach

The mission of the Center for International Educational Outreach (CIEO) at NTID is to expend education opportunities for Deaf communities outside of the United States by collaborating with Deaf leaders and higher institutions of other countries to build center of excellence in Deaf education. CIEO works to expend research and collaboration opportunities between NTID and international institutions for the Deaf.

The Sensory, Perceptual, and Cognitive Ecology (SPaCE) Center

The Sensory, Perceptual, and Cognitive Ecology (SPaCE) Center is an active research center funded by grants from NIH and NSF. We study the sensory, perceptual and cognitive abilities of deaf individuals and how deaf people create deaf-friendly environments. Our guiding philosophy is that deaf individuals are not just passively transformed by their deafness; they also actively engage with and shape their environments.