In Your Hands: Promoting Early Diverse Deaf Engagement in the Cognitive Sciences
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In Your Hands Team
In Your Hands Team
This project, In Your Hands: Promoting Early Diverse Deaf Engagement in the Cognitive Sciences, was developed by an interdisciplinary team of graduate students at Gallaudet University.
In Your Hands motivates early interest and participation from DHH (deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, and deafdisabled) K-12 students in the interdisciplinary fields of cognitive science by providing direct, accessible instruction and open-access bilingual materials for use by educators of DHH students nationwide.
Introduction to Cognitive Science in ASL
How to Cite: Barrett, B., Suzuki, M., Gagne, D., Alshammari, W., Bates, M., Cook, P., Lopez, S., Okosi, M., Palagano, J., Steichen, A., Tamara, M. (2026). Signing Scientists: Introduction to Cognitive Science in ASL [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/DDs56EujTNo
About our Video:
This video includes a Deaf Scientist Spotlight, including images submitted by deaf scientists.
Thank you to Dr. Julie Hochgesang, Dr. Bobbie Jo Kite, Uiko Yano, Dr. Gaurav Mathur, the ASL Signbank team, and Dr. Bradley White for agreeing to be featured in our video!
🌟 Want to learn about more deaf scientists? Check out the Atomic Hands Deaf STEMist Network.
There are 14 deaf actors involved in this video who introduce different disciplines within the cognitive sciences, describe the scientific method, introduce research ethics, and explain how students can continue learning about language, the brain, and cognitive science.
This video was edited by deaf graphic designer Silvia Palmieri.
Lesson Plans (Sample)
This sample lesson plan is designed for grades 3-5. It is intended for use with a class of 25 students, and will take about one hour. Please modify lesson plans as needed.
Visiting Schools
Our team visited the Maryland School for the Deaf, Columbia Campus, to teach students in grades K-8.
The topic of our lessons was bilingualism and the brain, introducing cognitive science with instruction focused on ASL-English bilinguals and multilingual signers. You can read about our visit here:
Graduate Students Bring Cognitive Science to Deaf K-12 Classrooms and Beyond
Our Team
Misa Suzuki, M.A.
Linguistics, M.A. in Sign Language Education (MASLED)
Bonnie Barrett, M.A.
PhD Student, Linguistics
Deanna Gagne, PhD
Associate Professor, Linguistics
Michaela Okosi, M.S.
PhD Student Accessible Human-Centered Computing
Marjorie Bates, M.A.
PhD Candidate, Linguistics
Masashi Tamura, M.A.
PhD Student, Linguistics
Joseph Palagano,
PhD Candidate, Educational Neuroscience
Wadha Alshammari,
M.A. Student, Deaf Education
Phoenix Cook, M.A. Linguistics
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