Kelly Decker

Staff

Project Coordinator

Address University of Northern 黑料社区 IRIS Project c/o Department of ASL & Interpreting Studies Campus Box 106 Greeley, CO 80639
Portrait of Kelly Decker

Education

  • Deaf Studies Certificate, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
  • B.S. in Psychology/Business, University of Albany, Albany, NY

Professional Experience & Affiliations

  • Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT) Nominations Commitee Chair, 2024-present
  • Mark 7 Deaf Foundation (M7DF) Board Member, 2021-present
    • Foundation Secretary, 2024-present
    • Policy Committee Chair, 2023-present
  • Vermont Deaf/DeafBlind/Hard of Hearing Statewide Council, 2021-2023
  • Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) Board of Directors, Secretary, 2019-2021
    • Ethics Committee & Structural Transformation Committee Board Liaison
  • RID Ethical Practice Systems Review Taskforce, 2017-2019
  • RID Job Task Analysis Workgroup for the RID National Interpreter Certification exam, 2015
  • Facilitates and presents at seminars and trainings at state, regional, national, and international conferences, 2011 鈥� Present
  • Deaf-parented Interpreters RID member section executive council, 2010-2019 & 2021 – 2023
  • Nationally certified ASL-English Interpreter through the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (NIC-Advanced), 2007 鈥� Present

Research Expertise & Interests

  • Vygtosky鈥檚 Sociocultural Theory
  • 尝别补谤苍别谤听肠别苍迟谤颈肠听颈苍蝉迟谤耻肠迟颈辞苍补濒听诲别蝉颈驳苍
  • Heritage language learners
  • Integrated Model of Interpreting
  • Process Mediation聽as reflective practice

Publications

黑料社区

  • 2024 IJIE Publication
  • 2020 RID VIEWS Publication 
  • 2018 RID VIEWS Publication 
  • 2016 Street Leverage Publication What Are We Really Saying? Perceptions of Sign Language Interpreting 
  • 2013 Street Leverage Publication Sign Language Interpreters: Team Interpreting and its Ethical Consequences