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Jonathan Webb - "Transformation through Story" - Special Event for ADA Awareness, Thurs. Oct. 26

  
EKU Chautauqua presents American Sign Language professor, social justice activist and author, Jonathan Webb, Thurs. Oct. 26, 7:30 PM in O'Donnell Hall, on "Transformation through Story: The Power of Narrative in Developing Critical Consciousness," part of EKU's celebration of Disability Employment Awareness Month. Free and open to the public. Attendance slips provided for students.

Webb is co-owner and President of Sign Enhancers, Inc. In August 2017, after several years developing an ASL program at Iowa State, he began teaching interpreting in the world’s oldest Deaf Studies department at California State University-Northridge. In July 2017, Dr. Webb was invited Plenary Speaker at the 2017 RID (Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) annual conference.

Sponsored by the Department of American Sign Language, the Americans with Disabilities Act Awareness Committee, and the Honors Program.

Event Date: October 26  7:30 PM  Location: O'Donnell Hall, Whitlock Building  Cost: Free