Dr. Robyn Dean

Dr. Dean has been a nationally certified signed language interpreter in the US for over thirty-five years with particular service in the field of healthcare. Her scholarship in decision-making and ethics in community interpreting is recognized internationally. Robyn has over twenty-five publications, all of which focus on the theoretical and pedagogical frameworks used to advance the practice of interpreters. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, where she is the lead instructor on the Institute’s postgraduate degree in healthcare interpretation.