Background

Academic

  • PhD in Linguistics, Gallaudet University (2016)
    • Recipient of the Robert E. Johnson Outstanding Graduate Student in Linguists Award (2016)
  • MA in Linguistics, Gallaudet University (2011)
  • BA in Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley (2005)

Professional

JTG, inc., Language Research Center

    • Project Manager (2021-Present)
    • Technical Language Support Specialist (2016-Present)

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, inc. (RID)

    • Communications Coordinator (2021)

Gallaudet University Press

    • Editorial staff (2011-2016)

Gallaudet University, Department of Linguistics

    • Graduate research assistant (2013-2014)
    • Adjunct professor (2012)
    • Graduate teaching assistant (2011)
    • Department assistant (2010)

University of Connecticut, Department of Linguistics

    • Graduate research assistant (2010-2011)
CV 2019Download
Sample syllabus for Phonology IDownload

Projects

STEM-Based Deaf Education Outreach – Written Signed Language (2018-Present)

  • in collaboration with Dr. Jacob Tosado at the University of Maryland, College Park

Examining the Correlations between Social Network Ties and Linguistic Production (2013-2016)

  • doctoral dissertation research performed at Gallaudet University
  • supervised by Dr. Kristin Mulrooney at Gallaudet University
  • funded by Gallaudet Research Institute small research grant
  • IRB project # 2278

Mobile Signing Math Dictionary with Mouth Morphemes (2013-2014)

  • supervised by Dr. Kristin Mulrooney at Gallaudet University
  • in collaboration with Vcom3D, Inc.
  • funded by Department of Education award # H133S120066

Language and Communication in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area (2012)

  • in collaboration with Caitlin Elizondo and Victoria Kirgesner at Georgetown University
  • IRB project # 2006-143

Lexical Change and Variation in ASL (2011-2012)

  • guided graduate research performed at Gallaudet University
  • supervised by Dr. Ceil Lucas at Gallaudet University
  • IRB project # 2051

“He Said What?!”: Constructed Dialogue in Various Interface Modes (2010-2011)

  • in collaboration with Lesa Young and Dr. Clifton Langdon at Gallaudet University
  • supervised by Dr. Ceil Lucas at Gallaudet University
  • funded by VL2 under NSF project # BCS-0813736
  • IRB project # 1944-B

ASL Regional Lexical Variation: The Case of Vermont (2010-Present)

  • in collaboration with Dr. Jeffrey Palmer at Gallaudet University
  • supervised by Dr. Ceil Lucas at Gallaudet University
  • IRB project # 1871

ASL ID Gloss Project (2010-2011)

  • research performed at Gallaudet University
  • supervised by Dr. Diane Lillo-Martin at the University of Connecticut
  • funded by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders award # R01DC009263

Rosetta Project (2010)

  • supervised by Dr. Laura Welcher at The Long Now Foundation, San Francisco
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Publications

Tosado, Jacob, and Carla D. Morris. A Text-Based Writing System of American Sign Language for STEM Educators. Language Documentation & Conservation. (submitted 2019)

Morris, Carla D. 2016. Examining the Associations between Social Network Ties and Linguistic Production. Doctoral dissertation. Gallaudet University.

Morris, Carla D. 2016. Book Review: Laurence Meurant, Aurélie Sinte, Mieke van Herreweghe, and Myriam Vermeerbergen (eds.), Sign language research, uses and practices. Crossing views on theoretical and applied sign language linguistics. Sign Language & Linguistics 18(2):251-255. doi: 10.1075/sll.18.2.04mor. *

Denslow, W. W., Sarah Bristow, Carla Morris, Miranda Stewart, and Katy Walker. 2015. Humpty Dumpty. An ASL-English Bilingual Storybook. Washington, DC: RISE eBooks.

Morris, Carla, and Erin Schneider. 2012. On Selected Morphemes in Saudi Arabian Sign Language. Sign Language Studies 13(1): 103-121. doi: 10.1353/sls.2012.0019. *

Young, Lesa, Carla Morris, and Clifton Langdon. 2012. “He Said What?!”: Constructed Dialogue in Various Interface Modes. Sign Language Studies 12(3): 398-413. doi: 10.1353/sls.2012.0000. *

 

* peer-reviewed

Presentations

Tosado, Jacob, and Carla D. Morris. The Development of a Text-Based Writing System for American Sign Language. International Conference on Multimodal Communication: Developing New Theories and Methods, May 8–10, 2020, Osnabrück, Germany. (accepted)

Morris, Carla D. 2016. Reframing Our Variation Analyses by Way of Generational Group Membership. Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR) 12, University of Melbourne, January 4-7, 2016.

Morris, Carla D. 2014. Continuous and Habitual Aspect in Saudi Arabian Sign Language. High Desert Linguistics Society (HDLS) 11, Cognition, Culture and Discourse in signed, spoken, and indigenous languages: Language Evolution and
Grammaticalization, University of New Mexico, November 13-15, 2014.

Morris, Carla D. 2014. How do we count the abstract? Presented at the Student-Led Sign Language Conference (SL2Hub-DC), March 27–29, 2014, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC.

Morris, Carla D. 2014. Language Policy in Education, an Essential Variable in Linguistic Variation. Georgetown University Round Table (GURT) of Languages and Linguistics, Usage-based Approaches to Language, Language Learning, and Multilingualism, Georgetown University, March 14-16, 2014.

Morris, Carla D. 2013. Lexical Variation and Change in American Sign Language: A Multi-generational Family Case Study. Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR) 11, University College London, July 10-13, 2013.

Young, Lesa, Clifton Langdon, and Carla Morris. 2011. “He said what?!”: Constructed dialogue in various interface modes. Georgetown University Round Table (GURT) on Language & Linguistics, Language and New Media: Sign Languages and the New Media (panel), Georgetown University, March 10-13, 2011.

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