Research & Creative Works

The Scholarship, Resources, & Ideas That Grew from PSI

The Legacy & The Village

Scholarship

Scholarship generated through the PSI Project has contributed to national conversations about educational interpreting, interpreter preparation, and interdisciplinary collaboration in K-12 settings.

Featured Publication (2023)

Research connected to the PSI Project was featured in the 2023 publication:

Johnson, L. J., Taylor, M. M., Schick. B., Brown, S. B., Bolster, L., & Girardin, E. G. (2023). Complexities in educational interpreting: An investigation into patterns of practice (2nd Ed.). Interpreting Consolidated.

The second edition includes research informing the School Interpreting Series Competencies and the interdisciplinary educational interpreting concentration available at the University of Northern Colorado during 2021-2026.

PSI Project Co-Directors, Dr. Leilani Johnson and Dr. Emily Girardin, along with External Evaluator Dr. Marty Taylor, were among the authors contributing to this edition.

Complexities book cover art.

Presentations & Workshops

Research and project outcomes connected to the PSI Project have been shared through national conferences and professional workshops, including:

  • National Deaf Education Conference (National Association of the Deaf) – 2023, Riverside, CA
  • Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf National Conference – 2023, Baltimore, MD
  • Hands & Voices Leadership Conference – 2023, Grand Rapids, MI
  • Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf & Virginia Department of Education – Educational Interpreter Grant Workshop – 2024, Virtual

Featured Conference Poster

At the 2022 National Conference of Interpreter Trainers, PSI Project Co-Director Emily Girardin and curriculum developers Kelli Stein and Angie O’Bleness presented a poster on the development of the School Interpreting Series.

Girardin, E., Stein, K., & O’Bleness, A. (2022, September 21). Preparing School Interpreters (PSI) Project: Redesigning educational interpreting curricula to reflect an interdisciplinary lens [Poster Presentation]. 2022 National Conference of Interpreter Trainers “Connecting through Change” King of Prussia, PA.

The presentation described the curriculum review process and the development of the 16-credit school interpreting concentration, including input from interdisciplinary subject matter experts.

Grant Recognition

The contents of the PSI Project website were developed under a U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Program (OSEP) personnel preparation project (H325K210024). The contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education. You should not assume endorsement by the federal government.