Deaf studies

This article is about studies of fine arts and humanities, high culture, integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior and set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an Deaf-related institution, organization or group. For teaching Deaf students, see Education for the deaf. For education of the deaf, trainings for deaf educators, see Deaf education. For auditory-related medical conditions, see hearing loss.

Deaf studies are academic disciplines concerned with the study of the deaf social life of human groups and individuals including anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social studies, and sociology. The Deaf studies comprise the scientific study of the deaf-related aspects of the world.

Deaf studies includes the study of:

• Deaf culture
• Deaf people
• Sign language

University-based deaf studies centers

• United States
  • Masters offered
    • Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
    • Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas (offers hybrid M.S. and Ed.D. in Deaf Education/Deaf Studies)
    • California State University, Northridge, Northridge, California
  • Bachelors offered
    • Boston University, Boston, MA
    • California State University, Northridge, Northridge, California
    • California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California
    • Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
    • Towson University, Towson, Maryland
    • Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah
  • State Certifications
    • Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas (offers Masters in Deaf Education)
  • Associate in Arts offered
    • College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
    • Ohlone College, Fremont, MA
    • Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah
• United Kingdom
  • University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire, England
  • Centre for Deaf Studies, Bristol, University of Bristol, Bristol
• New Zealand
  • Victoria University of Wellington
• The Netherlands
  • Visual Language, Signs and Gestures, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen
• Hong Kong
  • Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• India
  • National Institute of Speech and Hearing, Kerala, India (offers Degree in Deaf Education)

National and transnational Deaf studies centers

• New Zealand
  • Kelston Deaf Education Centre
• Philippines
  • School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies, De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde

Deaf studies associations

• United States
  • CSUN Deaf Studies Association, Northridge, California
• United Kingdom
  • The British Association of Teachers of the Deaf

Deaf-related major projects

• India
  • Deafchild India

See also

• American Annals of the Deaf
• Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
• Deaf Bibliography for a categorised list of publications in the field since 1984
• Deafhood
• Sign Language Studies