Erica West Oyedele

Staff

Former Director of Instruction

Location Online
Address University of Northern Colorado Project CLIMB c/o Department of ASL & Interpreting Studies Campus Box 106 Greeley, CO 80639
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Education

  • M.A. in Interpreting Studies, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
  • B.A. in Deaf Studies/American Sign Language, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
  • A.A. in Sign Language Interpreting, American River College, Sacramento, CA

Professional Experience & Affiliations

  • Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for the ASL-English Interpreter Preparation Program at American River College
  • Teaches ASL Discourse (INTRP 301), Communication in a Practice Profession (INT 630), Leadership Roles in Interpreting (INT 670), Mock Interpreting (INTRP 354), and Multicultural Communication (INTRP 314)
  • Nationally certified ASL-English Interpreter through the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (NIC)
  • Credentialed as an educational interpreter through the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment

Research Expertise & Interests

  • Social Justice Education
  • Power, Privilege and Oppression in Interpreting
  • Recruitment and Retention of Signed Language Interpreters of Color

Publications

  • West Oyedele, E. (forthcoming). Doing leadership: Caring for our communities. Leadership Manuscript. 2(1), pp. 31-39. Monmouth, OR: Western Oregon University
  • West Oyedele, E. (2015). Missing Narratives in Interpreting and Interpreter Education. StreetLeverage. Retrieved from http://www.streetleverage.com/2015/09/missing-narratives-in-interpreting-and-interpreter-education/
  • West Oyedele, E. (2015). Persistence of African-American/Black Signed Language Interpreters in the United States: The Importance of Culture and Capital. Retrieved from Masters Theses: http://digitalcommons.wou.edu/theses/19
  • West Oyedele, E. (2015, January). Hidden leaders…missing voices. RID VIEWS, 31(2), pp. 22-24.

Honors & Awards

  • 2015 Western Oregon University Outstanding Graduate Student Award