Gallaudet University Press (GUPress) is a publisher that focuses on issues relating to

deafness Deafness has varying definitions in cultural and medical contexts. In medical contexts, the meaning of deafness is hearing loss that precludes a person from understanding spoken language, an audiological condition. In this context it is writte ...

and

sign language Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with #Non-manual elements, no ...

. It is a part of

Gallaudet University Gallaudet University ( ) is a private federally chartered university in Washington, D.C., for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. It was founded in 1864 as a grammar school for both deaf and blind children. It was the first school ...

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, and was founded in 1980 by the university's board of trustees. The press is a member of the

Association of University Presses The Association of University Presses (AUPresses) is an association of nonprofit, mostly, but not exclusively, North American university presses. It is based in New York City. Until December 2017, it was known as the Association of American Univ ...

. The press publishes two quarterly journals: '' American Annals of the Deaf'' and '' Sign Language Studies''.

Mission statement

Gallaudet University Press is a vital, self-supporting member of the Gallaudet educational and scholarly community. The mission of the Press is to disseminate knowledge about deaf and hard of hearing people, their languages, their communities, their history, and their education through print and electronic media.

Series

The Gallaudet Classics in Deaf Studies Series

The series' editor is Kristen C. Harmon. The first volume of this series, published in 1998, was a reprinting of Albert Ballin's book ''The Deaf Mute Howls''; which was originally printed in 1930. The 11th volume of the series is due to be published in June 2018.

The
Sociolinguistics Sociolinguistics is the descriptive, scientific study of how language is shaped by, and used differently within, any given society. The field largely looks at how a language changes between distinct social groups, as well as how it varies unde ...
in Deaf Communities Series

The series' editors are Ceil Lucas and Jordan Fenlon. The first volume of this series was published in 1995. The 23rd volume of this series was published in January 2018.

The Studies in Interpretation Series

The series' editors are Melanie Metzger and Earl Fleetwood. The 16th volume of this series is due to be published in May 2018.

References

External links

Official site
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