Dr. Natalia Rohatyn-Martin
Associate Professor
Dr. Natalia Rohatyn-Martin is an Associate Professor at MacEwan University in the Faculty of Health and Community Studies. She teaches undergraduate students in the Educational Assistant certificate and in the Bachelor of Applied Human Service Administration. Dr. Rohatyn-Martin has a PhD in Educational Psychology with a specialization in Special Education as well as a graduate certificate in community-based research and evaluation. She also supervises graduate students in Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta on thesis and dissertation committees. Rohatyn-Martin’s academic background, teaching practices, and lived experience growing up with a Deaf sibling combine to inform the focus and direction of her research program.
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Stephan Rohatyn
Mr. Rohatyn has a Master of Science in Deaf Studies and Deaf Education from Lamar University, a Bachelor of Education from Queens University, Ontario, Canada, and a Bachelor of Arts in Education from Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Mr. Rohatyn is currently employed as an American Sign Language (ASL) instructor for Ball State University. At Ball State, Mr. Rohatyn teaches ASL to undergraduate and graduate students. Mr. Rohatyn's work experience includes planning, teaching, and implementing ASL programs for hearing adults, elementary-age students, and community college students. Mr. Rohatyn has taught face-to-face and online using D2L (Brightspace) as the Learning Management System. Mr. Rohatyn has a deep passion for teaching ASL and Deaf Culture and states one of his greatest assets is motivating students.
Linda J Cundy
Linda J Cundy is a life-long educator in the field of deaf education. She had 23 years of classroom teaching and 17 years of consulting work with Edmonton Public Schools. After retirement, she was contracted as a Research Associate for the Western Canadian Centre for Deaf Studies, University of Alberta. The research focused on American Sign Language (ASL) assessment tools for deaf and hard of hearing children and their reading development through the standardized ASL phonology awareness test as well as with some digital educational resources for young children. Other projects involved curriculum development of ASL as the first and second language learning (L1 and L2) with the Second Language Learning Centre as well as the Metro Continuing Centre.
Jerry Gan
Jerry Gan (he/him) is a doctoral student in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. His research interests include inclusive education and multimodal literacy, with a particular focus on the experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students in Canadian secondary classrooms. Jerry holds a Master of Education in Special Education, and his thesis explored pre-service teachers’ attitudes, beliefs, and concerns about teaching CLD students. Drawing from his personal, professional, and academic background, Jerry is deeply committed to fostering equitable learning environments that support the academic success and social-emotional well-being of marginalized students.
Zachary Jickling
Zachary Jickling (he/him) is entering his third year of his undergraduate program at MacEwan University, pursuing a BA in Psychology with a minor in French. He plans to pursue a MSc in Speech-Language Pathology upon graduation. He is passionate about psycholinguistics, first and second language acquisition, as well as accessibility, particularly accessible architecture. His interest in this field comes from growing up with a Deaf family friend, and being in speech therapy himself. Outside of his studies, he enjoys being involved with many communities and clubs around Edmonton, spending time with family and friends, and writing.