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Papers by Doug Stringham

Updated comparative language continuum demonstrating the overlapping relationship of American Sig... more Updated comparative language continuum demonstrating the overlapping relationship of American Sign Language and English that results in manually coded English (MCE) forms and approaches (PSE, CASE, SSS, SimCom, TC, etc.). Identifies etymologies and briefly describes the most commonly known and/or used languages and MCE forms and approaches. Adds references to at least six known ASL progenitors/roots. Revised 2006, 2008, 2011, 2018, 2019.

Waypoints: Deaf Studies Today! 2014 Conference Proceedings, 2019

James Smedley Brown was a meteoric yet overlooked figure in mid-nineteenth century American Deaf ... more James Smedley Brown was a meteoric yet overlooked figure in mid-nineteenth century American Deaf education. By the time he left the profession, he had served as the superintendent of two schools for the Deaf, contributed to the emerging national deaf education dialogue, and pioneered vocational education in asylums and institutions for the Deaf in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. Although his professional career lasted only twenty years, his contributions were publicly noted by his professional peers and beloved by his students and their communities, but remain largely unknown to history. Most notably, Brown’s two attempts at signed language dictionaries in 1856 and 1860 would be the first — and for almost fifty years, the only — published reference works on the developing sign language in the United States, pushing back the timeline of exploring lexemic parameters an entire century before Stokoe, Casterline, and Cronenberg.

Updated comparative language continuum demonstrating the overlapping relationship of American Sig... more Updated comparative language continuum demonstrating the overlapping relationship of American Sign Language and English which results in manually coded English (MCE) forms and approaches (PSE, CASE, SSS, SimCom, TC, etc.). Identifies etymologies and briefly describes the most commonly known and/or used languages and MCE forms and approaches. Revised 2006, 2008, 2011, 2018.

A comparative language continuum demonstrating the overlapping relationship of American Sign Lang... more A comparative language continuum demonstrating the overlapping relationship of American Sign Language and English which results in manually coded English (MCE) forms and approaches (PSE, CASE, SSS, SimCom, TC, etc.). Identifies etymologies and briefly describes the most commonly known and/or used languages and MCE forms and approaches. Revised 2006, 2008, 2011.

The visualization strategy of small multiples (Tufte, 1983, 1990, 1997) is not merely the clever ... more The visualization strategy of small multiples (Tufte, 1983, 1990, 1997) is not merely the clever or ordered arrangement of similar and personable images; small multiples—purposeful compositions of similarly sized, repeated illustrations—contain a great deal more than the sum of their respective parts. The purpose of this study is to define a set of objectives and guiding tactics for using small multiples in the visual language of instructional designs. This study aims to (1) compile a targeted literature review cataloging the historical treatment of small multiples and their pedagogical and cognitive virtues and (2) analyze examples of small multiples usage in visual design artifacts to determine efficacious and expansive applications of this technique.

This paper provides a description and analysis of a five-minute narrative produced by a Deaf sign... more This paper provides a description and analysis of a five-minute narrative produced by a Deaf signer in an professional interview. It focuses on the motives behind calculated deviations (or asides) in the narrative that the protagonist uses to mark his identity as a qualified member of the discourse community and asserts that Deaf discourse, seated in well-established cultural and historical contexts, allies more closely to orality-based as opposed to literate-based discursive practices (cf. Ong 1982). Deaf discourse is marked by persistent formulas (Johnstone 2002) or genres, several of which are evidenced in the narrative, including introductory moves, name sign establishment, school name referencing, “survivor” and “redemption” talk, and knowledge and experience aggregation. In orality-based discourse, speech acts are not merely thought but practice; the knowledge and deliberate usage of these scripts also shapes conversants’ identity and membership in the discourse community. The paper also briefly discusses implications for interpreters who work with communicating these genres to conversants outside the Deaf discourse community.

This document outlines a prospectus and functional specifications to create a comparative and fun... more This document outlines a prospectus and functional specifications to create a comparative and functional language learning application for signed language learners and users. Section one outlines historical prototypes and development concerns and needs associated with this undertaking, discusses the significance of the application, and outlines what the proposed application should do. Section two visualizes potential users (through use case personas), possible metrics, and introduces some comparative products of the application. Section three discusses human interface guidelines and visual direction while section four proposes flow, navigational development, user task analysis, and interface wireframes (not actual visual design compositional directions). Finally, section five outlines a roadmap of recommended production phases, steps, and tasks.

This is a sample context-dependent item set that could be used for mid-unit student cognition ass... more This is a sample context-dependent item set that could be used for mid-unit student cognition assessment in ASL 3360: Simultaneous Interpreting, a course taught in the American Sign Language and Deaf Studies department located at Utah Valley State College (UVSC) in Orem, Utah. This course has been offered in one form or another by the Foreign Languages department since the Fall 2000 semester.

This written test plan seeks to enhance and operationalize a classroom achievement test (Examinat... more This written test plan seeks to enhance and operationalize a classroom achievement test (Examination 1) for ASL 3310: Interpreting I (Introduction to Interpreting), a course taught in the American Sign Language and Deaf Studies department located at Utah Valley State College (UVSC) in Orem, Utah. This course has been offered by the Foreign Languages department since the Fall 2000 semester.

This is a two-part performance assessment exercise for students in Design 245: Typography II, a h... more This is a two-part performance assessment exercise for students in Design 245: Typography II, a hypothetical second-year course for students pursuing a specialized undergraduate degree (BFA) in graphic design. This course focuses designers on compositional and letterform essentials of typographic design; in addition, consideration is given to using industry-standard computer-based layout tools in typographic design. This examination is intended to assess capacity across all four major knowledge categories—factual, conceptual, procedural, and metacognitive—proposed in Anderson & Krathwohl’s (2001) revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Talks by Doug Stringham

This work traces the formation of the Deaf-Mute Latter-day Saint Sunday School, the first ecclesi... more This work traces the formation of the Deaf-Mute Latter-day Saint Sunday School, the first ecclesiastical unit to serve Deaf Mormons. Organized on 10 January 1892, the class created a critical mass of empowered, educated Deaf scholars and leaders who would fan out across the Western U.S., and eventually the world. All Deaf units, missionary programs, and Churchwide programs can ultimately be tied to the work of the first group of twenty-seven pupils, and their instructors and leaders.

Historically and popularly, the odyssey of Deaf Latter-day Saints has been considered to have beg... more Historically and popularly, the odyssey of Deaf Latter-day Saints has been considered to have begun in Ogden, Utah in 1917. Inside the Mormon corridor exists a story of thriving ecclesiastical units, lay administered by incredibly capable Deaf men and women who contribute to the on-going Deaf Latter-day Saint story. Outside of the Wasatch Front, however, many Deaf Latter-day Saints are too often unaware that there have been others — frontiersmen, pioneers, immigrants — like themselves, those who have experienced and exercised faith in the Savior through a rich and storied visual language, even as the Church was maturing through the nineteenth- and twentieth centuries.

Our research and resulting projects represent a very small way that we are able to give back to the community that has carried, nurtured, taught, and embraced us for more than twenty years. The purpose of our work is to dig, to find, to obsess, to corroborate, to verify, and to otherwise unearth the stories and personalities of Deaf Latter-day Saints that “cry out from the dust.” To our Deaf friends, neighbors, and colleagues: we hope that you will analyze, relate, and retell these stories to the community. These stories are for you.

"Historically and popularly, the odyssey of Deaf Latter-day Saints has been considered to have be... more "Historically and popularly, the odyssey of Deaf Latter-day Saints has been considered to have begun in Ogden, Utah in 1917. Inside the Mormon corridor exists a story of thriving ecclesiastical units, lay administered by incredibly capable Deaf men and women who contribute to the on-going Deaf Latter-day Saint story. Outside of the Wasatch Front, however, many Deaf Latter-day Saints are too often unaware that there have been others — frontiersmen, pioneers, immigrants — like themselves, those who have experienced and exercised faith in the Savior through a rich and storied visual language, even as the Church was maturing through the nineteenth- and twentieth centuries.

Before the first Latter-day Saint Deaf branch was organized in 1917 in Ogden, Utah, Deaf Mormons ... more Before the first Latter-day Saint Deaf branch was organized in 1917 in Ogden, Utah, Deaf Mormons maintained strong faith in the gospel, despite little or no opportunity to magnify their Church membership. Little-known first-person and reported accounts from these members, record their declarations of faith and identity.

Conference Presentations by Doug Stringham

An evaluation and analysis of the historical corpora of geographical or ‘country’ lexemes publish... more An evaluation and analysis of the historical corpora of geographical or ‘country’ lexemes published between 1909 and 2006. This study seeks to answer the following questions: 1) How does the corpus of geographical signs change from 1909 to 2006? 2) What, if any, frameworks exist that can help researchers identify and validate future additions to the corpus? 3) What, if any, are the detectable influences on the historical corpus change? Why do some signs change? Why don’t others? 4) What are some of the unique findings in the data? This study did not seek to be a seminar or position paper on geographic/country signs (i.e. what is ‘right’ or ‘wrong') nor a survey about what country signs participants use, know, or have seen.

Historically, their journeys and spaces largely unknown and misperceived, Deaf women of the early... more Historically, their journeys and spaces largely unknown and misperceived, Deaf women of the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traversed boundaries of Church, community, and family in their own right. Though Deaf, female, and Latter-day Saint by Providence, most were displaced by the aggressive marginalization of their stations in latter 19th- and early 20th-century public discourse. Deafness,
to most, is often perceived as a deficit or a lack of sense. As long-held Aristotelian ideology—equating the lack of hearing with an inability to learn—was internalized by philosophers, educators, and clergy, they considered deafness a moral and cognitive constraint. Despite the reports and histories of their abilities and exploits, narratives constructed about Deaf people of the late 1800s still tinted them “pathetic,” “unable,” “unfortunate,” and “deprived.”

Further, eugenic experiments on Deaf people into the new century ranged from physical modification to legal prohibition of Deaf intermarriage in an attempt to eradicate the condition
altogether (Greenwald, 2006, Lane, 2002; Van Cleve & Crouch, 1989). In the early LDS tradition, church members and leaders reconciled deafness by invoking the scriptural admonition to heal
and “cause the...deaf to hear” (cf. Matthew 11; Isaiah 35). Until they were made “whole,” however, Deaf people were perpetual recipients of charity, and consequently, if divine appeals were
successful, instruments to glorify God (cf. Matthew 15).

Despite these obstacles and perceptions, however, Deaf Latter-day Saint women charted new territories and recontexted familial and social spaces, not despite their deafness, but because of it. Women were the first Deaf converts to the Latter-day Saint movement and the first to receive its temple blessings. Notwithstanding societal hindrances to education or literacy, Deaf women—often displaced by misperceptions of both inability and ability—traveled the continent with their pioneer families, settled townships alongside their neighbors, and scaffolded spaces in the nascent LDS Deaf community as its first leaders, recordkeepers, and confidants.

In this presentation, the authors will discuss existing and currently-developing narratives of Deaf Latter-day Saint pioneer women: sisters, wives, mothers and leaders who not only impacted their immediate courses but also beat down the trails that present-day Deaf Latter-day Saints now travel."

Wayne Morris observed that “a relationship with an invisible God” less unnatural for Hearing peop... more Wayne Morris observed that “a relationship with an invisible God” less unnatural for Hearing people, who are accustomed to communicating in such a way. For 120 years, Deaf Latter-day
Saints have confronted received conventions of worship by at turns adapting, then revising, and finally creating a wholly Deaf LDS space. The physical and symbolic centers of a Deaf-led and
visually-based body of Saints are the remarkable customized chapels where the first congregations met. This paper will trace those spaces conceived, built, and celebrated by the Deaf community, which fostered architectural and liturgical "diversit[ies] of operations” (D&C 46:16) that have become today’s unquestioned standard.

Waypoints: Deaf Studies Today! 2014 Conference Proceedings, 2019

Updated comparative language continuum demonstrating the overlapping relationship of American Sig... more Updated comparative language continuum demonstrating the overlapping relationship of American Sign Language and English which results in manually coded English (MCE) forms and approaches (PSE, CASE, SSS, SimCom, TC, etc.). Identifies etymologies and briefly describes the most commonly known and/or used languages and MCE forms and approaches. Revised 2006, 2008, 2011, 2018.

James Smedley Brown was a meteoric yet overlooked figure in mid-nineteenth century American Deaf ... more James Smedley Brown was a meteoric yet overlooked figure in mid-nineteenth century American Deaf education. By the time he left the profession, had served as the superintendent of two schools for the Deaf, contributed to the emerging national deaf education dialogue, and pioneered vocational education in asylums and institutions for the Deaf in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. Although his professional career lasted only twenty years, his contributions were publicly noted by his professional peers and beloved by his students and their communities, but remain largely unknown to history. Most notably, Brown’s two attempts at signed language dictionaries in 1856 and 1860 would be the first — and for almost fifty years, the only — published reference works on the developing sign language in the United States, pushing back the timeline of exploring lexemic parameters an entire century before Stokoe, Casterline, and Cronenberg.

Presented at the 2014 Deaf Studies Today! conference at Utah Valley University. Article at press (2018).