Melinda Kisling

ASL Senior Lecturer

ASL & Interpreting Studies
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Contact Information

Mailing Address

University of Northern Colorado
ASL & Interpreting Studies
Campus Box 106
Greeley, CO 80639

Education

Master of Deaf Education/Deaf Studies, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas

B.A. of Fine Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI

Professional/Academic Experience

Teaching ASL M.A. Instructor, University of Northern Colorado

ASL Online Instructor, Front Ranger Community College, Boulder County Campus, Longmont, CO

Job Coach, Rocky Mountain Employment Service, Denver, CO

ASL Online Instructor, Proximity Learning inc, Austin, TX

Associate Professor for ASL and Paraprofessional program in Deaf Education, Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf, Big Spring, TX

Teaching ASL M.A. Instructor, Blinn College, Bryan, TX

Pre-k – 5^th Deaf Education Teacher, Bowen Elementary, Bryan, TX

Research/Areas of Interest

ASL education – standards, curriculum, educational settings

Best practices of teaching ASL for interpreting students' language competence

Children literature research for children in educational setting

Publications/Creative Works