Professor
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bbridges@austincc.edu

Dr. Byron Bridges
Byron received his bachelor’s degree in Deaf Studies from CSUN and graduated from Gallaudet with a master’s degree in Linguistics.  Since then, he has traveled all over the country giving workshop on various topics such as non-manual signals, strong language in ASL, structure of ASL, complex classifiers, and CDI training.  Byron also co-authored a book and produced a videotape entitled Deaf Tend Your.  Byron is RID nationally certified and completed his doctoral degree in Deaf Studies. Byron currently teaches at Austin Community College in the Interpreter Preparation Program.

Professor
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nmarbury@austincc.edu

Dr. Nathie Marbury
Nathie earned her Bachelor's degree from Gallaudet University and her two Master's degrees from California State University at Northridge (CSUN). Nathie has completed her doctoral coursework in applied linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She completed her doctorate in Deaf studies/Deaf education during the fall of 2007 at Lamar University. She conducts numerous workshops and seminars all over the United States and Canada. Nathie has taught at schools for the deaf, universities/colleges, and community colleges over the last 35 years. She has made a variety videotapes for several companies over the last 25 years. Nathie teaches primarily ASL classes here at ACC.

Associate Professor
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lgelinea@austincc.edu

Lisa Gelineau
Lisa Gelineau has completed all doctoral coursework in Deaf Studies at Lamar University. She also holds a master’s degree in Deaf Studies/Deaf Education from Lamar University and a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from Texas State University. Currently, she is a full time associate professor at Austin Community College (Austin, Texas) teaching all levels of American Sign Language (ASL) courses. She has taught ASL courses at several colleges and universities before going to Austin Community College in 1999. Having grown up and worked with countless interpreters all of her life, she knows the ASL/interpreting field well. She also has served as a deaf interpreter. Other than teaching ASL and interpreting, she has presented several workshops and training on various interpreting/deaf/ASL-related topics.

Associate Professor
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eanderso@austincc.edu

Emily Anderson
Emily’s academic background includes an associate’s degree in Sign Language Interpretation from Austin Community College, a bachelor’s degree focusing on English, Sociology and Communication Disorders and a master’s degree in deaf studies from Lamar University.  She holds Level III interpreter certification from TCDHH-BEI as well as professional interpreter memberships at state and national levels.  As a professional interpreter she primarily works in educational and video interpreting settings. Emily is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Deaf studies.

Assistant Professor
mmorris1@austincc.edu

Misty Morris
Misty Dawn Morris is a new full time faculty at Austin Community College. She received a Bachelor of Arts in American Sign Language from Gallaudet University in 2005. She received a Master of Science in Deaf Studies and Deaf Education from Lamar University in 2008. She has taught ASL courses at several high schools, colleges and universities.

Adjunct Professor
tshannon@austincc.edu

Tracy Shannon
Tracy acquired a bacheolor's degree in English:Writing from Gallaudet University. After five years of working at TSD, she decided to go to Western Maryland College, now known as McDaniels College, to pursue her masters degree in Deaf Education: Secondary/ASL specialist. Tracy taught at TSD for approximately three years. She has been an adjunct professor at ACC since Winter 2007. Tracy is also the Senior ASL Lab Assistant of the ASL and Interpreting Lab

Ann Horn
Ann was born to a deaf family and currently has a deaf family as well.  Ann attended Gallaudet College in Washington, DC and graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.  Ann earned her Master’s Degree in Deaf Education through Lamar University.  She works full-time as the Direct Services Program Specialist at the Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing under DARS-DRS.