Ben Bahan

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Ben Bahan
Born
New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Alma materGallaudet University (B.A.) Boston University (PhD.)
OccupationASL & Deaf Studies Professor at Gallaudet University
Known forASL advocacy & Storyteller

Benjamin James Bahan is a professor of ASL and Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University[1] and a member of the deaf community. He is an influential figure in American Sign Language literature as a storyteller and writer of deaf culture. He is known for the stories "The Ball Story" and "Birds of a Different Feather". He is known for writing the book A Journey into the Deaf-World (1996) with Robert J. Hoffmeister and Harlan Lane. Bahan also co-wrote and co-directed the film Audism Unveiled (2008) with his colleague Dirksen Bauman.[2]

Biography

Bahan was born to deaf parents in New Jersey and attended Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf located in

Deaf Education, as well as a doctorate degree in Applied Linguistics. During his studies at Boston University, Bahan helped operate the Deaf Studies Program in the School of Education.[3]
In 1996, he returned to Gallaudet as a professor and chair of the Department of ASL and Deaf Studies.

He is currently an Executive Editor with Bauman and Melissa Malzkuhn of the Deaf Studies Digital Journal, the world's first online, peer-reviewed academic and cultural arts journal to feature scholarship and creative work in both signed and written languages.[4]

Bahan and his wife now live in Frederick, Maryland, with their children David and Juliana.

Works

"Bird of a Different Feather"

cochlear implants are mentioned.[6]

A Journey into the Deaf-World offers insights into the deaf world, the community that it is made up of, and the benefits brought to the community by the language it uses. The book also focuses to the topics of education of deaf children, how deaf people assimilated into wider society, the natural development of ASL, the pros and cons of technology for deaf individuals, what can be learned from deaf societies in other countries, and what the deaf world holds in the future.[7]

Audism Unveiled is a documentary film about deaf oppression and how it has influenced people to develop a sense of deaf community and identity. It includes many personal anecdotes from a diverse group of deaf individuals.[8]

Bahan stars in

Sign Gene: The First Deaf Superheroes, the first superhero film about deaf mutants who have superhuman powers through the use of sign language. Bahan plays Hugh Denison, the boss of the Quinpar Intelligence Agency. The film was released in 2017.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "How Gallaudet University's architects are redefining deaf space". 2 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b "- Benjamin J. Bahan, Ph.D. - Gallaudet University". Archived from the original on 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
  3. ^ Lane, H., Hoffmeister, R., & Bahan, B. (1996). A Journey into the Deaf-World. San Diego: DawnSignPress.
  4. ^ "Cochlear Implants".
  5. ISBN 978-1-58121-054-5{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link
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  6. ^ "ASL Literature Series: Bird of a Different Feather". Archived from the original on 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  7. ^ "Google Shopping".
  8. ^ Bahan, B., Bauman, D. (2008) Audism Unveiled. San Diego: DawnSignPress
  9. ^ "IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  10. ^ "Sign Gene by Emilio Insolera arrives at cinema". ASVOFF. 10 September 2017.

External links

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