Austin Community College Faculty

Byron Bridges
Associate Professor  

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 has his CDI and BEI Level 5 certification.  Byron currently teaches at Austin Community College in the Interpreter Preparation Program and is working on his Ph.D. at Lamar University.

Nathie Marbury
Associate Professor

Nathie earned her Bachelor’s degree from Gallaudet University and her Master’s degree from California State University at Northridge (CSUN).  Nathie has completed her doctoral coursework at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).  She conducts numerous workshops and seminars all over the United States and Canada.  Some of these workshops are ASL Literacy for Parents of Deaf Children, Black Deaf History, Black Deaf Culture, ASL poetry, ASL Storytelling Techniques, Literature and Culture for Deaf Children, Deaf Culture in the Medical Setting, Visual Gestural Communication, Non-Manual Markers and others.  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.  She is also one of the three co-founders of HMB Productions (Humphrey, Marbury, Bridges), which has produced several ASL/Interpreting videotapes.  Nathie teaches primarily ASL classes here at ACC and is working on her Ph.D. at Lamar University. 

 

Lisa Gelineau
ASL Assistant Professor

Lisa began her life in both deaf and hearing worlds thanks to her deaf mother, hearing father and sisters who sign. Little did she know that her native language, ASL, would become her long life dedication.  Lisa Gelineau holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from Texas State University.  Her master’s degree in Deaf Studies/Deaf Education at Lamar University will be completed in May 2006.  After that she plans to pursue her doctoral degree.  She has taught ASL courses at several colleges and universities before coming to Austin Community College  in 1999.  At ACC, she teaches all levels of American Sign Language (ASL) courses.  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.

Emily Anderson
Assistant Professor – Interpreting

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.

 

Adjunct Faculty:

Stephen Mooney
Lab Assistant/ASL Adjunct Professor

Stephen grew up in California and attended California State University at Northridge where he graduated with his bachelor’s in Deaf Studies.  Stephen has taught ASL for 7 years and now teaches here at A CC and works as the lab assistant in the ASL/Interpreting Lab.

Ann Horn
ASL Adjunct Professor

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 currently is working on 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.

Karyl Hummel
ASL Assistant Adjunct Professor

Karyl grew up in South Dakota where she attended the South Dakota School for the Deaf.  She then went on to collegiate studies at Gallaudet University where she obtained her bachelor’s in Liberal Science.  From there Karyl pursued her master’s degree in Deaf Education and graduated from West Maryland College.  She taught various subjects in elementary and middle schools for 28 years.  Karyl has lived in Austin for 19 years now and teaches ASL here at ACC and at Texas State University.

Teresa Eckstein
ASL Adjunct Professor

Teresa has taught ACC classes as an adjunct faculty for 23 years.  She teaches ASL 1 classes year-round at ACC.  In her early years, Teresa attended the Arkansas School for the Deaf and the Opportunity Land in Arkansas.  She earned her Associate of Arts degree from Howard College where she majored in Deaf Studies and General Education.  She has her BEI Level 1 certification and has received many continuing education hours from ASL and teaching related workshops.   She works full-time for the Internal Revenue Service and has done so for 22 years.  Teresa teaches IRS employees ASL and sensitivity training to help those employees understand the Deaf and Hard of Hearing employees' culture. Teresa is also involved in numerous Deaf community activities.

Bill Eckstein
ASL Adjunct Professor

Bill has taught ACC classes as an adjunct faculty for 13 years.  He teaches ASL II classes year-round at ACC.  He was born and raised in Ohio and attended Ohio School for the Deaf; however, he has lived in the Lone Star State of Texas for over 25 years.  Bill earned his Bachelor's degree from Gallaudet University and his Master's degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in Special Education.  He has also earned many credit hours from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, University of Arkansas graduate school, Texas Tech University, and the University of Texas.  Bill has his BEI Level IV certification in interpreting and is a member of the BEI evaluation team.  He is certified by the Texas State Board of Education for teaching high school ASL courses as well as teaching secondary mathematics and science courses.  He has taught at the Arkansas School for the Deaf, Howard College, Texas State University and ASL classes in various school districts in Arkansas.  Bill currently teaches high school classes at Texas School for the Deaf.  He teaches mathematics ranging from basic math to pre-calculus; and physics and chemistry classes ranging from low function to honor students.

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