Claire L. Ramsey
Claire L Ramsey is an American linguist. Ramsey is an Associate Professor Emerita at the University of California, San Diego. She is an alumna of Gallaudet University and is former instructor at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska. Ramsey's research has focused on the sociolinguistics of deaf and signing communities in the US and Mexico. Publications. Ramsey is the author of two books, "Deaf Children in Public Schools" and "The People Who Spell", both published by Gallaudet University Press. She co-authored the report titled "Deaf Students as Reader and Writers: A Mixed-mode Research  Approach" with Carol Padden. Ramsey's published articles include: "Classroom Discourse Practices of a Deaf Teacher Using American Sign Language" and "Ninos Milagrizados: Language Attitudes, Deaf Education, and Miracle Cures in Mexico". Ramsey served on the Editorial Advisory Board for several volumes of "The Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities" series, published by Gallaudet University Press. "Pinky Extension and Eye Gaze" (1998), edited by Ceil Lucas, which explores the sociolinguistic dynamics among deaf people and signing communities. In this volume, researchers explored different areas of linguistics as applied to American Sign Language: phonological variation, language in education, discourse analysis, second language acquisition , and language attitudes. In "Storytelling and Conversation: Discourse in Deaf Communities", contributors explored discourse analysis of sign languages in various countries; which included: Bali, Italy, England, and the US. The research discussed in "Turn-Taking, Fingerspelling, and Contact in Sign Language" focuses on sign language use by deaf people in their communities and in international contact situations. A more recent contribution of Ramsey's was to the volume "Language Acquisition by Eye", edited by Charlene Chamberlain, Jill Patterson Morford, and Rachel I. Mayberry. The chapter "Reading Ability in Signing Deaf Children" was co-authored by Ramsey and Padden. In this  chapter, they discuss how deaf children learn to read; describing that knowledge of specific ASL linguistic structure correlates to reading achievement. Children that perform better on reading tests are those who have the ability to write down words that are fingerspelled to them and then are able to translate them into signs; which is often seen in children who grew up being exposed to sign language. References. "Deaf Children in Public Schools." Gallaudet University Press. Web. 15 Nov. 2011. "Claire L Ramsey, The People Who Spell. Recommend to Your Friends and Book Club." Book Review "The People Who Spell." Gallaudet  University Press. Web. 10 Dec. 2011. Padden, Carol, and Claire Ramsey. "Deaf Students as Readers and Writers: a Mixed-mode Ramsey, Claire L., and David H. Smith. "Classroom Discourse Practices of a Deaf Teacher Using Ramsey, Claire L., and Jose Noriega. "Ninos Milagrizados: Language Attitudes, Deaf Education, and "Pinky Extension and Eye Gaze." Gallaudet University Press. Web. 10 Dec. 2011. "Storytelling and Conversation: Discourse in Deaf Communities." Gallaudet University Press. Web. 11 Google Books. Web. 13 Dec. 2011. <https://books.google.com/books?hl=en>. "Turn-Taking, Fingerspelling, and Contact in Signed Languages." Gallaudet University Press. Web. 13