Brittany Kaplan

Brittany is a PhD student in Education Studies who is interested in language acquisition and deprivation in d/Deaf children and bilingual-bicultural education. Prior to starting at UCSD, Brittany served as an AmeriCorps member and Senior AmeriCorps member with City Year Philadelphia providing individual and whole school support to help high school students succeed in school. Brittany’s classroom experience also includes work in early intervention, pre-school, and kindergarten at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. Brittany’s past research experience has included projects in teacher-student interaction, educational neuroscience, psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, and clinical psychology. These experiences led Brittany to receive an MA in Deaf Education Studies from Gallaudet University in 2021, where Brittany presented a master’s thesis examining the general education teacher’s role in supporting deaf students who have experienced language deprivation. Previously, Brittany received a BA in Psychology with a minor in ASL and Deaf Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Current research interests include innovative pedagogy for classroom teaching and teacher training both in support of students who have experienced language deprivation.

Curriculum Vita

Gallaudet University, Washington, DC                                            May 2020 – May 2021

MA in Deaf Education Studies 

Capstone Project: Supporting Language Deprived Deaf Students in the Elementary Classroom (a teacher’s guide)

University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia, PA           August 2014 – May 2018

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with minor in American Sign Language and Deaf Studies

Petitto Brain and Language Center for Neuroimaging (BL2)             August 2018 – May 2019

Gallaudet University

Dr. Delphine Dahan’s Psycholinguistics Lab, Philadelphia, PA       September 2017 – May 2018

University of Pennsylvania, Research Assistant 

Dr. Liad Mudrik’s Cognitive Psychology Lab, Tel Aviv, Israel             June 2017 – August 2017

Tel Aviv University, Research Assistant

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