LeahSubak

Life in the doctoral program (for the past 3 years) seems to have been a series of serendiptious events and taking this class apparently is another one! I am happy and honored to be with you fellow explorers in this class. I have been married for many years to a wonderful husband Ken, and we have raised 4 children in the midst of all the ups and downs of life. I am a practicing American Sign Language/English interpreter, teach part time in the interpreting program at KSU and was the former lead faculty member of the interpreting program at the University of Akron. My focus of research (today) is looking at the cross cultural identity of interpreters as they interface with the Deaf community. I hope to add to the body of research in our field and perhaps find information which will allow those who speak two or more languages to understand how to make a smoother transition between cultural groups.