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SIGNS@HWU is a group of researchers who focus on sign language studies and Deaf Studies. We are situated in the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies, Heriot-Watt University. SIGNS@HWU was established as a cluster of the Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies in Scotland, to profile the world-leading interdisciplinary research being conducted at Heriot-Watt University.
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Prof. Jemina Napier

  • Jemina Napier (hearing, she/her) is Professor and Chair of Intercultural Communication and Associate Principal of Research Culture at Heriot-Watt University. She joined the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies in 2013

  • Research interests: professional interpreter-mediated communication in different contexts, language brokering (non-professional interpreting), family language policy), multilingualism, women in the interpreting field
  • Available for PhD supervision.
  • Research and/or publications
  • Contact: j.napier@hw.ac.uk
  • Twitter: @JeminaNapier
  • Status: Active
  • Role:

Projects:

Interpreting for Mental Health Act Assessments (INforMHAA) (2021-2022)
 
Deaf people’s interactions through and with technologies (2023-2027)
 
Justisigns 2: Empowering Victims of Gender-Based Violence (2020-2022)
 
Tracking shifts in attitudes and development of multilingual identities (2019-2020)
 
Deaf Employment for Sign Language Users in the EU (DESIGNS) (2017-2019)
 
Deaf BSL users’ preferences for watching television (2022-2023)
 
Translating the Deaf Self (2014-2018)
 
SILENT HARM: Empowering Deaf Women Surviving Domestic Abuse Post-Covid: An Inclusive approach to resilience & recovery in rural areas
 
Improving the communication between deaf and hard-of-hearing persons and the EU institutions (INSIGN) (2014-2015)
 
Interpreting and Justice (JUSTISIGNS) (2013-2016)
 
Sign language brokering (2012-2018)
 
A demographic snapshot of the sign language translator & interpreter profession in the UK (2021)
 
Exploring family sign language policy in mixed deaf-hearing families (2018-2020)
 
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