Peter Hauser
Research Faculty
Center for Culture and Language
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Office Location
Office Mailing Address
53-2140
Peter Hauser
Research Faculty
Center for Culture and Language
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Education
BA, Central Connecticut State University; MA, Ph.D., Gallaudet University
Areas of Expertise
Deaf cognition
Sign language research
Deaf capital and psychosocial well-being
Post-secondary science mentoring
Deaf Education Research
Select Scholarship
Journal Paper
Chandanabhumma, P. Paul, et al. "Examining the differences of perceptions and experience with online health information accessibility between deaf and hearing individuals: A qualitative study." Patient Education and Counseling 122. (2024): 135 – 161. Print.
Paracha, Mariam, et al. "Medication-Related Experience of Deaf American Sign Language Users." Health Literacy Research and Practice 7. 4 (2023): 215 - 225. Web.
Schönström, Krister and Peter C. Hauser. "The sentence repetition task as a measure of sign language proficiency." Applied Psycholinguistics. (2021): 1-19. Web.
Uninvited Presentations
Postl, Daphine, et al. "Deaf Community's Experience of COVID-19." Health Literacy Annual Research Conference. Boston University. Boston, MA. 15 Oct. 2020. Conference Presentation.
Mussallem, Ashley, et al. "Double Disparity in Deaf and Hard of Hearing College Students' Health Literacy." Health Literacy Annual Research Conference. Boston University. Boston, MA. 15 Oct. 2020. Conference Presentation.
Sahetapy, Surya, et al. "Deaf Community's Access to Internet and eHealth Literacy." Health Literacy Annual Research Conference. Boston University. Boston, MA. 15 Oct. 2020. Conference Presentation.
Invited Keynote/Presentation
Hauser, Peter C. "Prevalence of Audism in the United States." Audism Conference. College International de Philosophie, Centre Alexandre-Koyré. Paris, France. 9 Jul. 2019. Conference Presentation.
Hauser, P. C. "Sign Language Assessment: A Bridge Between Theory and Practice." 11th Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference. University College London. London, UK. 13 Jul. 2013. Keynote Speech.
Hauser, P. C. "Deaf Scientists Need Deaf Mentors." 6th Deaf Academics Conference. Catholic University of Portugal. Lisbon, Portugal. 16 Jul. 2013. Keynote Speech.
Grants
Hauser, P. C. (2013-2013). Broadening the Participation of Deaf Students in Sign Language Research. Grant proposal submitted to SBE-Linguistics, National Science Foundation.
Hauser, P. C. (2013-2018). Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25) for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. Grant proposal submitted to R25, DHHS-NIH: National Institute for General Medicine Studies.
Full Length Book
Hauser, Peter and Marc Marschark. How Deaf Children Learn. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2012. Print.
Hauser, Peter C. and Marc Marschark. How Deaf Children Learn. 1st ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2012. Print.
Marschark, M. and P. C. Hauser. How Deaf Children Learn: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know. 1st ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Print.
Book Chapter
Hauser, Peter C., et al. "Issues and Trends in Sign Language Assessment." Assessing Literacy in Deaf Individuals: Neurocognitive Measurement and Predictors. Ed. Donna A. Morere and Thomas E. Allen. New York, NY: Springer, 2012. 191-207. Print.
McKee, Michael and Peter C Hauser. "Deaf Epistemologies: The Juggling of Two Worlds." Deaf Epistemologies. Ed. Peter Paul and Donald Moores. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press, 2012. 45-61. Print.
Listman, J. D., K. D. Rogers, and P. C. Hauser. "Rethinking Deaf Adolescents Resilience: Why Cultural Capital Matters." Risk and Resilience: Adaptation in the Context of Being Deaf. Ed. D. Zand and K. Pierce. New York: Springer, 2011. 279-298. Print.
Formal Presentation
Freel, B.L, M. D. Clark, M. L. Anderson, G. L. Bilbert, M. M. Musyoka, and P.C. Hauser. “Deaf Individuals’ Bilingual Abilities, AmericanSign Language Proficiency, Reading Skills, and Family Characteristics.” American Psychological Society. Boston, MA. May 2010. Presentation.
Hauser, Peter C. “Neuropsychology of the Deaf Individual: Current Trends.” International Mental Health and Deafness Conf. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mar. 2010. Keynote speech.
Hauser, Peter C. “Role of Cultural Capital in the Deaf Individuals’ Development and Health.” International Mental Health and Deafness Conf. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mar. 2010. Keynote speech.
Published Article
Hauser, Peter C. “Deaf Eyes: Visual Learning and Deaf-Gain.” Deaf Studies Digital Journal, 1.2, (2010): n.p. Web.
Hauser, Peter C., et al. “Deaf Epistemology: Deafhood and Deafness.” American Annals of the Deaf, 154.5 (2010): 486-92. Web.
Newman, Aaron J., T. Supalla, P. Hauser, E. Newport, and D. Bavelier. “Dissociating Neural Subsystems for Grammar by Contrasting Word Order and Inflection.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107.16 (2010): 7539-44. Web.
Currently Teaching
INTP-460
Issues in Interpreting
3 Credits
This capstone course offers students an opportunity to integrate content areas in the program curriculum and investigate current issues and controversies in the field of interpreting. The course content and activities will vary depending on current issues, literature developments, and students’ interests, but students will be given guiding research tools through research development with a critical approach to interpreting-related issues.
In the News
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May 8, 2023
Personal experiences inspire RIT’s first deaf doctoral candidates
For decades, deaf and hard-of-hearing students attending RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf have been earning associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees. This year, the first three NTID-supported students are on track to earn their doctoral degrees from RIT.
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September 25, 2020
Virtual scientific conferences open doors to researchers around the world
Science magazine talks to Peter Hauser, research faculty in NTID, about accessibility and virtual conferences.
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August 14, 2020
RIT alumna named director of university’s Deaf Health Laboratory
Tiffany Panko, M.D., has been named director of the Deaf Health Laboratory in the Research Center on Culture and Language at NTID. Panko, an alumna of RIT who received support from NTID, earned her undergraduate degree in applied arts and sciences, with concentrations in premedical and psychological studies, in 2008. She earned her MBA from Saunders College of Business in 2009, and her medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2016.