| name | Yerker Andersson |
| username | yerker.andersson |
| title/institution | Professor Emeritus Former Chair, Deaf Studies Dept. Gallaudet University |
| field | Sociology |
| work address | (Retired) |
| country | United States |
| education | MA in Counseling, Columbia Univ PhD in Sociology, Univ of Maryland LLD (honorary doctor)Gallaudet Univ |
| languages | Swedish, Swedish Sign Language, English, ASL, French, International Sign Language |
| summary of professional activities or research | Developed the program for the new Deaf Studies Dept; Former member of several faculty committees; Member of the now discontinued DISTAB, an international committee on disability tabulations supported by the US; Member of National Council on Disability, appointed by President Clinton, 1994-2002; Member of its International Watch; Articles on deaf culture and other sociological questions; Member of Institutional Review Board, Gallaudet Univ 2002-present; Foreign news editor in Sweden and later in the US from 1950 to 1990; Evbaluator of several foreign aid programs; Evaluator of doctoral dissertations at some universities in the world; Coordinator, Huamn Rights Experts Network, World Federation of the Deaf; Still actively involved in organizations of the deaf. |
| web link |
DeafAcademics.org
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