Caroline M. Solomon
American biologist and deaf educator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Caroline M. Solomon is an American academic whose teaching focuses on bringing deaf and hard-of-hearing students into the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Having experienced first-hand the problems for deaf students in classrooms without sign language interpreters, Solomon, who teaches biology at Gallaudet University, has designed databases to help students and teachers network with organizations and interpreters familiar with educational bridges for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. She is a co-creator of a database that formalizes the lexicon of signs used for scientific and technological terms in American Sign Language. Her innovations to teaching techniques were recognized with the Ramón Margalef Award for Excellence in Education of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography in 2017.
Caroline M. Solomon | |
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Born | Caroline Miller |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Caroline Miller Solomon, Caroline Solomon |
Occupation | academic |
Years active | 2000-present |
Known for | creating a database for American Sign Language signs for scientific terms |