PostDoctoral Research Fellowship

智力优势：国际宣教士在向聋人传福音时使用了什么策略和策略？聋人宣教士的反应如何？皈依聋人社会和皈依基督教之间有什么联系？该研究员提出了一个民族志项目，探索基督教在美国和印度聋人世界中的作用，批判性地提出了关于皈依的黑盒子的问题，并分析了（全球）基督教传播所发生的影响。这项研究将有助于当前批评“宗教”和“世俗”分析边界的文献。更广泛的影响：目前，人们对教会在发展聋人社区中的作用知之甚少。研究结果将有助于社会科学家对美国和印度聋人的了解，并将探索在社会、教育和“主流”社会参与方面存在的可能性和限制。该研究员的研究成果将与社会科学家以及在聋人服务领域工作的政策制定者和服务提供者相关。该研究员打算组织有关耳聋和残疾的课程，并将参加学术和政策导向的会议，以介绍研究成果。最后，该研究员将继续作为考虑STEM领域的残疾学生的导师。聋人在STEM领域和主流学术环境中的代表性不足；因此，该项目通过支持一名聋人研究人员，将增加少数群体对STEM的参与。

Intellectual Merit: What tactics and strategies do international missionaries use in their outreach to deaf people and how do deaf missionary subjects respond? What articulations are there between conversion to deaf sociality and conversion to Christianity? The Fellow presents an ethnographic project that explores the role of Christianity in deaf world in the United States and India, critically asks questions about the black box of conversion, and analyzes impact of what happens as (global) Christianity travels. This research will contribute to the current literature that critiques the analytic boundaries of 'religious' and 'secular.'Broader Impacts: Currently there is little known about role of the church in developing deaf communities. Results will contribute to social scientists' knowledge of deaf people in the United States and India and will explore possibilities and constraints existing in terms of sociality, education, and participation within 'mainstream' society. The Fellow's research findings will be relevant to both social scientists and to policymakers and service providers working in the field of deaf human services. The Fellow intends to organize coursework on deafness and disability and will attend academic and policy oriented conferences to present research results. Lastly, the Fellow will continue to serve as a mentor to disabled students considering STEM fields. Deaf people are under-represented in STEM fields and mainstream academic settings; therefore this project, by supporting a deaf researcher, will increase participation in minority groups in STEM.