The team
Our talented and dedicated team comes from a wide variety of backgrounds and disciplines, ranging from art, character animation, computer science, linguistics, Deaf culture, mathematics, and human-computer interaction, among others. All of these are essential for creating avatars capable of portraying American Sign Language!
- Nicole Barnekow
- Souad Baowidan1
- Shatabdi Choudhury
- Kathryn Cummings
- Mary Jo Davidson
- Madhu Giridharan
- Diana Jamrozik2
- Mei Harter
- Sara Helgerud
- Edna Johnston3
- EJ Lee
- John C. McDonald
- Robyn Moncrief
- Jami Montgomery4
- Stephanie Posey
- Maria Saenz
- Jerry Schnepp5
- Nina Shay
- Jorge Andres Toro6
- Megan Wilbert
- Rosalee Wolfe
- King Abdul Aziz University
- Columbia College Chicago
- Maryland School of the Deaf
- Georgetown University
- Roosevelt University
- Worchester Polytechnic Institute
Alumni
Our alumni are employed in diverse fields, ranging from character animation and network security to teaching in a university. All of them found the experience of working on the ASL team to be helpful in landing a great job after graduation.- Nora Alba (DePaul, B.S. '05)
- Andrew Alexander (DePaul, BFA, '22)
- Karen Alkoby, (DePaul, PhD., '08)
- Anna Arphan, (DePaul, M.S., '06)
- Souad Baowidan (DePaul, M.S., '14)
- Souad Baowidan (DePaul, PhD., '19)
- Jamita Barnett (DePaul, M.S. '99)
- Tahseen Basherruddin (DePaul, BS, '04)
- Larwan Berke (Gallaudet, BS, '15)
- Melissa Bialek (DePaul, BS, '14)
- Stacey Billups (DePaul, B.S., '05)
- Victoria Bonzani (DePaul, BFA, '22)
- Alyssa Burke (DePaul, M.S., '16)
- Jeff Campen (DePaul, M.S. '02)
- Lesley Carhart (DePaul, B.S. '07)
- Pattaraporn Chomwong (DePaul, M.S. '00)
- Fiona Conneely (DePaul, B.A., '24)
- Brock Craft (DePaul, M.S. '01)
- Mary Jo Davidson (DePaul, Ph.D. '05)
- Rodrigo de Nardin (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, BS, '18)
- Jason Dengler, (DePaul, M.S. '12)
- Tim Dever (DePaul, B.S. '11)
- Ben Dornbusch (DePaul, BFA, '24)
- Cynthia Dwyer (DePaul, M.S. '04)
- Sarah Ebling (University of Zurich, '16)
- Marjana Erceg (DePaul, M.S. '07)
- Dan Ethridge (DePaul, M.S. '02)
- John Fallara (DePaul, M.S. '13)
- Bill Gobber (DePaul, M.S. '11)
- Natalie Guo (DePaul, M.S. '17)
- William Hartmann (DePaul, M.S. '13)
- Damien Hinkle (DePaul, M.S. '06)
- Amy Hitt (DePaul, M.S. '06)
- Gary Honda (DePaul, M.S. '99)
- Ronan Johnson (DePaul, M.S., '17)
- Ashwini Kalokhe (DePaul, M.S. '12)
- Robyn Kelley (DePaul, M.S. '11)
- Brian Kirchman (DePaul, B.S. '05)
- Syd Klinghoffer (DePaul, BFA, '22)
- Brian Konie (DePaul, B.S. '00)
- Bret Kroll (DePaul, M.S. '04)
- Ken Kulinski (DePaul, M.S. '12)
- Tony Lavoie (DePaul, B.S. '99)
- Allison Lewis (DePaul, B.S. '12)
- Ryan Leyesa (DePaul, B.S. '02)
- Meaghan Lidd (DePaul, M.S. '23)
- Deannina Lucas (DePaul, M.S. '23)
- Jade Mansueto (DePaul, M.S. '05)
- Tino Perez (DePaul, M.S. '12)
- Toni Perrien (DePaul, M.S. '05)
- Gabriella Piagari (DePaul, BFA '24)
- Khairul Rahimi (DePaul, B.S. '13)
- Lina Rauchas (DePaul, M.S. '13)
- Peter Schmitt (DePaul, B.S., '05)
- Jerry Schnepp (DePaul, Ph.D. '12)
- Lindsay Semler (DePaul, M.S. '09)
- Rafael Senhorinho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, BS, '16)
- Brent Shiver (DePaul, M.S. '04, Ph.D. '13)
- Brent Shiver (DePaul, PhD '13)
- Lori Smallwood (DePaul, M.S. '03)
- Jessica Stec (DePaul, B.S. '16)
- Marie Stumbo (DePaul, B.S. '14)
- Ben Sturr (DePaul, BFA, '22)
- Anna Suh (DePaul, M.S. '05)
- Irena Svidovsky (DePaul, B.S., '04)
- Carolyn Taylor (DePaul M.S. '00)
- Farah Thomas (DePaul B.S. '13)
- Julie Torkelson (DePaul M.S. '10)
- Jorge Toro (DePaul Ph.D. '05)
- Ryan Tsang (DePaul B.S., '05)
- Jeff Young (DePaul M.S. '05)
- Miaoqi Zhu (DePaul PhD '14)
