What an awesome and fabulous weekend of Ethical Decision Making with Legend Eileen Forestal. First time ever to have group picture with *all* 10 students! Veronica Kozlowski, Ena Williams, Shelley Herbold, Sean Furman, Ricardo Camacho, Beca Bailey, Juliann Wasisco, Tamara Schmidt-Henner, Kim Minard and Lee Ann Zahnen
Her bios below is from http://www.laslicenter.com/E_Forestal.htm this is also a good link to check out.
Eileen Forestal is in her 30th year as Coordinator of ASL-English Interpreting Programs at Union County College, New Jersey. She is a doctoral candidate, specializing in Postsecondary Education and Adult Learning at Capella University, and is now doing her dissertation related to Deaf interpreting. A RID-certified Deaf interpreter with RSC, Eileen teaches and consults on ASL, Deaf Culture, Deaf Interpreting, Deaf/Hearing teaming/partnering, mentoring and interpreting-related topics. Eileen wrote “Emerging Professionals: Deaf Interpreters and Their Views and Experiences on Training” in Interpreting and Interpreter Education: Directions for Research and Practice (2005), co-authored “Teaching and Learning Using the Demand Control Schema” (Proceedings of RID pre-conference meeting, 2008), and co-authored and co-directed Deaf Interpreting: Team Strategies [DVD] (Gallaudet University, 2006).
