Adjunct Faculty at the University of Northern Colorado: Skills Development for Legal Interpreters,
Introduction to Civil Procedure, Introduction to the American Judicial System, Criminal
Law, and ASL Linguistics.
Nationally certified ASL-English Interpreter through the Registry of Interpreters
for the Deaf (CI, CT, SC:L, & Ed:K-12)
Heritage signer with deaf parents
Research/Areas of Interest
Heritage language users of signed language
Interpreter education for L1 users of signed language
Interpreting in legal settings
Interpreting in educational settings
Publications/Creative Works
Williamson, A. (2016). Lost in the shuffle: Deaf-parented interpreters and their paths
to interpreting careers. International Journal of Interpreter Education 8(1), 4-22.
Williamson, A. (2015). Educating the heritage signed language learner. RID VIEWS,31(3), 35-37.
Williamson, A. (2015). Heritage learner to professional interpreter: Who are deaf-parented interpreters and
how do they achieve professional status? Master's thesis. Paper 22. www.digitalcommons.wou.edu/theses/22/
