Ceil Lucas is an American linguist and Professor Emerita of Linguistics at Gallaudet University. She received her Ph.D. from Georgetown University in 1980 and began teaching at Gallaudet in 1982.[1][2] From 1995 to 2010 she edited the Sociolinguistics and Deaf Communities series, and currently edits the Journal of Sign Language Studies.[3] She was chair of the Gallaudet Department of linguistics in 2008 and retired from Gallaudet in Spring 2013.[4][1] She has written and edited a number of books on the sociolinguistics of sign languages including What's Your Sign for PIZZA? An Introduction to Variation in ASL and the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities series.[5] She was a member of the Black ASL project which described the linguistic features of Black American Sign Language.[6]
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- ^ a b "Dr. Ceil Lucas". Gallaudet University. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "Ceil Lucas, Gallaudet University: What variation tells us about the structure of sign languages". Georgetown University. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "SLS Editorial Board". Gallaudet University. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Rennen, Elizabeth (5 May 2008). "Studying (Sign) Languages Abroad". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "The Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities series". Gallaudet University. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "About the Project". The Black ASL project. Gallaudet University.