PostDoctoral Research Fellowship

智力优势：国际传教士在与聋人的接触中使用了什么策略和策略，聋人传教士如何回应？皈依聋人社会性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，探讨基督教在美国和印度聋人世界中的作用，批判性地询问有关转换黑箱的问题，并分析（全球）基督教旅行所发生的影响。这项研究将有助于当前的文学批评的分析边界的“宗教”和“世俗”。更广泛的影响：目前，人们对教会在发展聋人社区方面的作用知之甚少。研究结果将有助于社会科学家对美国和印度聋人的了解，并将探讨在社会性、教育和参与“主流”社会方面存在的可能性和限制。该研究员的研究成果将对社会科学家以及在聋人服务领域工作的决策者和服务提供者都有意义。该研究员打算组织关于耳聋和残疾的课程，并将出席学术和政策会议，介绍研究成果。最后，研究员将继续担任考虑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，该项目通过支持聋人研究人员，将增加少数群体在STEM中的参与。

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.