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Patrick Graham

Department Chair

Department of Deaf Education (DDE)
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
pjgnmp@rit.edu

Patrick Graham

Department Chair

Department of Deaf Education (DDE)
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
pjgnmp@rit.edu

Select Scholarship

Journal Paper
Kurz, Christopher, Patrick Graham, and Thomastine Sarchet. "Critical Perspectives on STEAM education for Early Childhood Education." Education Sciences. (2025): N/A. Web.
Graham, Patrick, Raschelle Neild, and Kit Kenyon. "Deaf Education Teachers and Online Instruction: Ensuring Equity in Instructional Activities and Collaboration." American Annals for the Deaf 168. 3 (2023): 55-70. Web.
Neild, Raschelle, Patrick Graham, and Katie Taylor. "An In-depth Analysis of Topics in Deaf Education and Early Childhood Education." Perspectives on Early Childhood Psychology and Education. 5. 2 (2020): 5-14. Print.
Shield, Aaron, Patrick Graham, and Raschelle Neild. "Educational Strategies for deaf children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)." Perspectives on Early Childhood Psychology and Education. 5. 2 (2020): 157-177. Print.
Wenzel, Alicia and Patrick J. Graham. "Research summary: Equity, access, and inclusiveness: Supporting deaf and hard-of-hearing young adolescents in the mainstreamed middle school classroom." Association for Middle Level Education. (2019): 1-10. Web.
Invited Article/Publication
Graham, Patrick Joseph, Christopher Adam Noel Kurz, and Christi Batamula. "Finding Vygotsky in early childhood deaf education: Sociocultural bodies and conversations." American Annals for the Deaf. (2023). Print.
Graham, Patrick J, Raschelle Neild, and Aaron Shield. "Increasing Social Awareness for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children on the Autism Spectrum: Innovative Strategies." Odyssey. (2020). Print.
Graham, Patrick and Elizabeth Shuler-Krause. "Building strong foundations for educational achievement: Language assessments in early childhood education for deaf and hard of hearing children." Psychology in the Schools. (2019). Print.
Full Length Book
Graham, Patrick Joseph and Raschelle Neild. "Strategies for Promoting Independence and Literacy for Deaf Learners with Disabilities." 1st ed. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. Print.
Graham, Patrick Joseph. Cases on Teacher Preparation in Deaf Education. 1st ed. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. Print.
Grants
Graham, Patrick, Chris Kurz, and David Meek (2021-2022). MSSE STEM Video Series. Grant received/funded by NRSC, NRSC.
Graham, Patrick (2021-2023). SECOND CHANCE: TEACHING SCHOLARSHIPS/JOB POSITIONS. Grant proposal submitted to NTID COVID FUNDING, NTID.
Graham, Patrick, Chris Kurz, and Jessica Trussell (2021-2023). LEARNING FROM THE PANDEMIC: PERSPECTIVES IN THE DEAF EDUCATION FIELD. Grant proposal submitted to NTID COVID FUNDING, NTID.
Kurz, Chris, et al (2021-2023). Project TREE: Transforming Reading in Early Education. Grant received/funded by All Children Reading, All Children Reading.
Peer Reviewed/Juried Poster Presentation or Conference Paper
Graham, Patrick, et al. "Cultural Diversity in Deaf Education Teacher Training: Stories of Graduate Students." Proceedings of the American College Educators for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Ed. Julie Delkamiller. Omaha, NE: n.p..
Graham, Patrick, Chris Kurz, and Jennifer Gentzke. "Dispositions in Deaf Education: Contributing to Teaching Effectiveness." Proceedings of the Association of College Educators for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Ed. Julie Delkamiller. Omaha, NE: n.p..
Kurz, Chris, et al. "World Around You: Crowdsourcing multilingual storybook platform." Proceedings of the Alaska Society for Technology in Education. Ed. Susan Steele. Anchorage, AK: n.p..
Invited Keynote/Presentation
Kuntze, Marlon, et al. "United States Policy Issues: School Accountability, Data Needs, Language Development, Academic Achievement and Access to Curriculum." International Congress for Education for the Deaf. International Congress Education for the Deaf. Brisbane, Australia. 5 Jul. 2021. Conference Presentation.
Rush, Lauri and Patrick Graham. "Bilingualism and Mental Health to the Deaf in the USA." Bilingualism for the Deaf and Sign Language Brazilian Committee. Bilingualism for the Deaf and Sign Language Brazilian Committee. Virtual, Brazil. 22 Nov. 2021. Conference Presentation.
Graham, Patrick. "Empathy in Deaf Education: Advocating for ALL students." American College Educators for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. ACEDHH. Atlanta, GA. 14 Feb. 2020. Conference Presentation.
Graham, Patrick J. and Christopher Kurz. "Señas y Sonrisas Smartphone App: Promoting Early Sign Language Exposure among Deaf Children by Engaging Hearing Parents." Comparative and International Education Society. Comparative and International Education Society. Virtual, Virtual. 20 Mar. 2020. Conference Presentation.
Book Chapter
Graham, Patrick Joseph and Christopher Adam Noel Kurz. "Dual language deaf education: Shifting to multilingual multimodal concepts." The Handbook of Dual Language Bilingual Education. Ed. Juan Freire and Esther De Jong. Salt Lake City, UT: Routledge, 2023. 305-313. Print.
Graham, Patrick J and Joseph J Tobin. "The Body as a Canvas: Developing a Deaf Bodily Habitus in Deaf Signing Preschools." "A Lens on Deaf Identities." Ed. J. Leigh and Catherine O'Brien. London, UK: Oxford University Press, 2019. 145-161. Print.
Journal Editor
Neild, Raschelle and Patrick Graham, ed. "Perspectives on Early Childhood Psychology and Education." New York, NY: Pace University Press, 2020. Print.

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