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Michael Ballard

Faculty Member

Michael Ballard

Education

PhD, Drake University, 2019

Major: Education

MA, Gonzaga University, 2014

Major: Communication and Leadership

Teaching

ASL 3060

American Sign Language Proficiency, Spring 2025

ASL 3400

ASL Visual-Spatial Production, Spring 2025

ASL 3000

Technology for Deaf Studies, Spring 2025

Presentations

Ballard, Michael (Presenter Only), Simposio Internacional de Educacion de Personas Sordas, "Los modelos sordos, el Capital Social, y el cómo navegamos el mundotomando nosotros las riendas de nuestra vida e indentidad", Gobierno de la Republica Dominicana - Educacion, Republica Dominicana. (November 12, 2021)
Ballard, Michael (Presenter Only), 2021 Utah Association of the Deaf Conference, "What Deaf Culture & Identities Could Be in a Barrier-Free World", Utah Association of the Deaf, Salt Lake City, Utah. (October 30, 2021)
Ballard, Michael (Presenter Only), Simposio Internacional de Educacion de Personas Sordas, "El ciclo_ de la contra-narrativa: Examinando las realidades vividas por las personas sordas", Gobierno de la Republica Dominicana - Educacion, Republica Domincana. (October 16, 2021)
Ballard, Michael (Presenter Only), Skyer, Michael (Presenter Only), Rems-Smario, Julie (Presenter Only), International Conference on Disability Studies, Arts & Education, "From Dilemmas to Rejuvenation_ Three analytic approaches to deaf-centric artforms as tools for ethical, rhetorical, and political change in deaf education", https://www.dsae2021.com/. (October 8, 2021)
Ballard, Michael B (Presenter Only), Iowa Educational Interpreter Immersion Conference, "Research Presentations and Applications in Educational Interpreting", Iowa Department of Education and Iowa School for the Deaf, Zoom. (June, 2021)
Ballard, Michael (Presenter & Author), Deaf Lives 360 - Deaf Studies Today! 2021 Digital Conference, "The Counter-Narrative Cycle_ Examining Lived-Realities in Deaf Lives", UVU ASL & Deaf Studies , Online. (April, 2021)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Hall, Sarah , Ballard, Michael , (2023) "Deaf patients’ preferred communication in clinical settings_ implications for healthcare providers" (Issue: 2, vol. 29). Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education.
Hall, Sarah , Ballard, Michael , Loosli, Faith , Steadman, Mindy , (2023) "Preparing Students to Emerge as Healthcare Leaders in Serving Deaf Communities" (Issue: 2, vol. 7). Orem, Utah: The Journal of Student Leadership.