Hannah Cheloha

Hannah.cheloha@asu.edu
www.linkedin.com/pub/hannah-cheloha/27/a9/464/

Education

Master of Education, Curriculum and Instruction (Accomplished Teaching), Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, May 2011. Applied Project directed by Gayle Stever: “Video Sign Language.”

Master of Arts, English: Rhetoric and Composition, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, December 2006. Thesis: “Subversive Rhetoric and Reform in the Poetry of Felicia Hemans and Mary Robinson.” Committee Members: Mark Lussier, Chair; Sharon Crowley and Maureen Goggin

Bachelor of Arts, English: Literature, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 2002 

Certifications and Evaluations

General AZ Official State License: issued Feb, 2010
National Interpreter Certification Performance Exam: NIC, October 2008
National Interpreter Certification Written Exam: 667, March 2008
Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment: 4.2, December 2010

Professional Memberships

American Sign Language Teachers Association
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
Arizona Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society 
RID CEU Sponsor

Related Work Experience

Lecturer, American Sign Language,  Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona Fall 2018- present
Responsibilities include teaching teaching ASL, service to the college, curriculum development for the online ASL certificate. 

University Pre-service Teacher Supervisor, University of Arizona, Chandler, 8/2016-5/2017
Primary responsibility is clinical supervision of student teachers in a secondary setting. The University Supervisor observes, coaches, and assesses the ability of the teacher candidates to meet the required standards in their assigned school placement classrooms. University Supervisor and Supervising Practitioner (teachers) collaborate to support and asses teacher candidates. 

American Sign Language Interpreter, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ 01/09-present
Responsibilities for this position include interpreting in a variety of educational settings at the college level.  This position requires strong sign to voice and voice to sign interpreting skills as well as a strong working vocabulary in fast paced and challenging classroom environment.  

Faculty Mentor, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ 08/2013
Responsibilities for this position include mentoring faculty in the Center for Teaching and Learning during high traffic periods. Faculty often require mentorship in general technology, Canvas (MCCs Learning Management System), course design, curriculum development, and instructional design. Mentoring faculty from all disciplines across the institution requires the ability to apply knowledge and principles necessary to build high quality instruction to a wide variety of delivery modes and curricula. This position also requires the ability to work well with individuals, and the ability to manage time and resources effectively. 

Video Relay Service Interpreter, Z Video Relay Service, Mesa, AZ 12/13-7/2016
	Responsibilities for this position include interpreting in a variety of video relay service and video relay interpreting situations. Calls experienced in this setting include personal, business, medical, legal, and more. This position requires strong sign-to-voice and voice-to-sign interpreting skills including a wide range of dialectic variety, basic computer skills, and ability to use videophone. Z also places a strong emphasis on positive teamwork and customer service.     

Video Relay Interpreter, Sorenson Communications, Scottsdale, AZ 10/08-6/2011
	Responsibilities for this position include interpreting in a variety of video relay situations. This position requires strong sign-to-voice and voice-to-sign interpreting skills including a wide range of dialectic variety, basic computer skills, and ability to use videophone.    

Freelance Interpreter, Multiple Agencies, Phoenix Metro area, AZ 8/2007- present
	Responsibilities for this position include interpreting in a variety of educational settings including college level courses, emergency situations such as hospital visits, and other interpreting jobs in the community. This position requires strong sign-to-voice and voice-to-sign interpreting skills.   

Educational Interpreter, Gilbert Public School District, Gilbert, AZ 8/2007-8/2008
	Responsibilities for this position include interpreting American Sign Language for Deaf students in hearing classrooms, which requires language fluency, strong concentration, and critical thinking skills, as well as physical and mental alertness and dexterity.

Educational Interpreter, Mesa Public School District, Mesa, AZ 5/2003- 6/2004  
	Responsibilities for this position include interpreting American Sign Language for Deaf students in hearing classrooms, which requires language fluency, strong concentration, and critical thinking skills, as well as physical and mental alertness and dexterity.  

Educational Interpreter, Phoenix Day School for the Deaf, Phoenix, AZ 10/2001 – 6/2002
	Responsibilities for this position include interpreting American Sign Language for Deaf students in hearing classrooms. For the program at Phoenix Day School I worked with students who attended the nearby vocational school to prepare Deaf students for employment after high school.                 

Conference/Cruise Interpreting Experience
 
ASL Interpreter, Royal Caribbean Cruise line, March, 2011
ASL Interpreter, National Black Deaf Advocates Conference, July 28-August 1, 2009
ASL Interpreter, High Impact Technology Exchange Conference, July 19-22, 2009

Teaching Experience

Deaf Culture SHS 494, Online, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Spring 2019
American Sign Language I SHS 101, Hybrid Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Spring 2019
American Sign Language III SHS 201, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Fall 2018
American Sign Language III SHS 201, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Fall 2018
American Sign Language III SHS 201, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Fall 2018
American Sign Language IV SHS 202, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Fall 2018
American Sign Language III SLG 201, Hybrid Chandler Gilbert CC. Gilbert, AZ Summer II 2018
American Sign Language I SLG 101, Hybrid Chandler Gilbert CC, Gilbert, AZ Spring 2018
Fingerspelling I SLG 110 Online, Chandler-Gilbert CC, Gilbert, AZ Spring 2018
Deaf Culture SLG 212 Online, Chandler Gilbert CC, Gilbert, AZ Spring 2018
American Sign Language II SLG 102, Hybrid 8 wk Chandler Gilbert CC, Gilbert, AZ Fall 2017
American Sign Language I SLG 101, Hybrid 8 wk Chandler Gilbert CC, Gilbert, AZ Fall 2017
American Sign Language I SLG 101, Chandler Gilbert CC, Gilbert, AZ Fall 2017
Fingerspelling I SLS 110 Online, Chandler-Gilbert CC, Gilbert, AZ Summer II 2017
American Sign Language IV SHS 202, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ Spring 2017
American Sign Language I SLG 101 Hybrid, Chandler-Gilbert CC, Gilbert AZ Spring 2017
Introduction to Interpreting IPP 205 Hybrid, Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ, Fall 2016
American Sign Language I SLG 101 Chandler-Gilbert CC, Gilbert, AZ Fall 2016
American Sign Language II SLG 102 Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Summer 2016
ASL Special Projects lab SLG 298, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Summer 2016
American Sign Language III SLG 201 Hybrid, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Spring 2016
American Sign Language II SLG 102 Online, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Spring 2016
ASL Special Projects lab SLG 298, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Spring 2016
American Sign Language II SLG 102, Chandler-Gilbert CC, Gilbert, AZ Spring 2016
Introduction to Interpreting IPP 205 Hybrid, Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ, Fall 2015
American Sign Language II SLG 102, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Fall 2015
American Sign Language IV SLG 202 Hybrid, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Spring 2015
American Sign Language II SLG 102 Hybrid, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Spring 2015
American Sign Language II SLG 102, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Spring 2014
American Sign Language III SLG 201 Hybrid, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Spring 2013
American Sign Language I SLG 101 w/iPads, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Spring 2013
ASL Special Projects Lab SLG 298, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Fall 2012
American Sign Language III SLG 201, Online, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Fall 2012
American Sign Language IV SLG 202, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Fall 2012
American Sign Language III SLG 201, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Spring 2012
American Sign Language III SLG 201, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Fall 2011
American Sign Language IV SLG 202 Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Fall 2011
American Sign Language, Linguistics Workshop, ASDB, Phoenix, AZ, July 14, 2010
American Sign Language I SLG 101, Gateway Community College, Phoenix, AZ summer I 2010
American Sign Language, Gilbert Public School District, Gilbert, AZ 8/2008-5/2009
English 101, South Mountain Community College, Tempe, AZ summer II 2008
English 101, South Mountain Community College, Tempe, AZ summer I 2008 
English 101, South Mountain Community College, Tempe, AZ spring 2008 
English 102, South Mountain Community College, Tempe, AZ fall 2007
English Writing I and II, Hope Chinese School of Arizona, Mesa, AZ spring 2007
English Writing II, Contemporary Chinese School of Arizona, Tempe, AZ 2006-2007 
Substitute, Mesa Public School District, Mesa, AZ February 2007 – May 2007

Professional Development Activities

CIS 265 Advanced iOS Application Development, Fall 2018
CIS 165 Introduction to IOS development, Summer 2018
CIS 150 Object Oriented Programming Fundamentals: Introduction to App Development using Swift/Xcode Spring 2018
Language and Domain: Applications for the Courtroom Interpreter 10/4/2016
Legal Interpreting: Minimum Competencies for Interpreters 9/30/2016
EDU 250, Rio Salado Community College, Spring 2016
Signing Naturally Training Workshop, ASU, Tempe, 3/27/15-3/29/15
Certificate of Completion, UCSD Interpreter Oncology Training, 50 hours, Summer 2014
Certificate of Attendance, Terp Expo, 11/7/2013-11/10/13
Interviewing 101, Maricopa Community College District, 10/18/13
Problem-Based Learning and the Flipped Classroom at MCC 7/2013
Showcase: QM Matters at MCC 5/2013
Cover Letters, Resumes and Portfolios, Employee & Organizational Learning Team, Maricopa Community Colleges District, 4/2013
Career Connections and Individual Development Plans, Employee & Organizational Learning Team, Maricopa Community Colleges District, 4/2013
ASU Workshop "Bridging the Gap with Texts: Integrating Skills and Content at all Levels of the Foreign Language Curriculum" 2/8/2013
Quality Matters Training, Spring 2012
Gold Star Training, Spring 2012
Canvas Training, Spring 2012
CIS 236, Web Based Teaching and Learning, Spring 2012
Spanish, Private Course, 12/2011-3/2012
Spanish 101, Online, MCC, Fall 2011
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Conference 7/17/2011- 7/22/2011
Certificate of Completion, Taxes for Interpreters 2011
NIC Interview Preparation Course, Terp Savvy, 7/14/10- 8/25/10
Certificate of Completion, But, I don’t even know it in English, 01/30/10
Certificate of Completion, Hearing Idioms: How Do I Translate That Into ASL? 01/30/10
Certificate of Completion, Facing Your Interpreting Nightmares 01/29/10
Certificate of Completion, Storytelling with Peter Cook 01/28/10
Certificate of Completion, ASL Idioms Workshop That Kiss Me Fist 01/28/10
Certificate of Completion, ASL Songs 01/28/10
Certificate of Completion, Discourse Mapping for Education (20 hours) 11/2/09-12/7/09
Certificate of Completion, Fingerspelling in Education (20 hours) 9/14/09-10/21/09
Certificate of Completion, Interpreting Educational Discourse (25 hours) 7/7/09-8/1/09
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Conference 7/31/09-8/6/09
Certificate of Attendance, Use of Space 7/18/09
Certificate of Attendance, Fingerspelling Foreign Names 7/15/09
Certificate of Attendance, Terp Expo, 11/13/2008-11/16/2008
Certificate of Attendance, Mastering the NIC Performance Exam 11/08/2008
Certificate of Attendance, Strong Language Workshop 10/04/2008
Certificate of Attendance, Classifiers:  Show Me How You See it, 7/22/2008
Certificate of Attendance, Receptive Fingerspelling Practice #2, 7/17/2008
Certificate of Attendance, Mock Classroom Work, 7/15/2008
Certificate of Attendance, Receptive Fingerspelling Practice, 7/10/2008
Certificate of Attendance, Breaking English Form, 7/08/2008
Certificate of Attendance, Journey to Certification: NIC Panel, 5/5/2008
Certificate of Attendance, Frozen Text: Thawing Out the Challenges, 3/29/2008
Certificate of Completion, Interpreting in Health Care Settings, 2/29/2008 and 3/01/2008

Grant Award

Learning Grant awarded for Summer Learning Project "Peer Review Cornerstone", Mesa Community College Center for Teaching and Learning, Summer 2013

Learning Grant awarded for Summer Learning Project: "American Sign Language III Vocabulary Manual", Mesa Community College Center for Teaching and Learning, Summer 2012. 

Awards/Honors

Nomination for Outstanding Adjunct Faculty 2018
RID National Conference Scholarship 2011
Nomination for Outstanding Graduate Student 2009
RID National Conference Scholarship 2009
The Kosciuszko Foundation Tuition Scholarship 2008/2009	
The Marion Stroud Scholarship 2008/2009

Language Proficiency

American Sign Language (Fluent)
Italian (Intermediate)
Spanish (Beginner)

Conference Presentations

"Gold Star: An Innovative Approach to Support Faculty with Course Design." The North American Council for Staff, Program, and Organizational Development. Panel Presentation with Mesa Community College Center for Teaching and Learning Gold Star/Quality Matters Coordinator Annapurna Ganesh, and Instructional Designer Beth Alsen, Tempe Mission Palms, Tempe, AZ October 23-25, 2013

"Video Vocabulary Manual for American Sign Language Level III Learning Grant Project." iEngage A Faculty Conference Celebrating Teaching and Learning at Mesa Community College, Panel Presentation with Jeff Anderson and Andrew Kasian. Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Jan 4, 2013. 

Presenter and Moderator, “Male and Female Collecting in the Light of Socialized Gender.”  Remarkable Identities: Confronting, Corrupting, and Conflating Cultural Discourses. The 12th Annual Southwest Graduate Symposium. Panel presentation with Mike Callaway and Hedra Bedsloe, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. February 24-26, 2006.  

“Physical Manifestations of Emotional Subjectivity:  The physiological foundation of emotion and the legitimization of appeals to pathos in acquiring political power especially in the light of Feminism.” Feminist Epistemologies, Methodologies, Metaphysics, and Science Studies: Knowledge that matters.  Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. February 8-10, 2007.  

Publications

“Video Sign Language: A Research Study on Using Technology to Teach American Sign Language.” Teaching Languages off the Beaten Track. Peter Lang Press. July, 2014

"Learning Grant Project: American Sign Language III Vocabulary Manual." ITeach Newsletter Vol 1:1, Mesa Community College. December 2012. 
	
Service

Department

Grants Committee, College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University Jan 2019- Present
Volunteer Mentor, Phoenix College: Interpreter Preparation Program Student, Spring 2017
Dual Enrollment ASL Teacher Observer, Chandler-Gilbert CC, Gilbert, Fall 2016 Spring 2017
University Pre-service Teacher Supervisor, University of Arizona, Chandler, 8/2016-5/2017
Volunteer Mentor, Phoenix College: Interpreter Preparation Program Candidate, Fall 2016
Volunteer Mentor, Phoenix College: Interpreter Preparation Program Student, Spring 2016
Volunteer Mentor, Phoenix College: Interpreter Preparation Program Student, Spring 2015
Volunteer Mentor, Phoenix College: Interpreter Preparation Program Student, Spring 2014
Quality Standards Action Group Committee, Mesa Community College, 2014
E-learning Committee, Quality Standards Task Group, Mesa Community College, 2013
Volunteer, World Language Fair, Mesa Community College, November 15, 2011
Volunteer Mentor, Phoenix College: Interpreter Preparation Program Candidate Fall 2011
Volunteer Mentor, Phoenix College: Interpreter Preparation Program student, Spring 2010
Volunteer, Community Night at Burk Elementary, spring 2008
Travel Grant Committee, Graduate Scholars of English Association, 2006
	Evaluate travel grant applications.  
Volunteer, International Conference on Romanticism, November 11-12, 2006

Community

Volunteer, Food for Kids, Food packaging, Jan 5, 2013
Volunteer, Food for Kids, Food packaging for Africa and Haiti, April 20, 2011
Volunteer, Pro Bono Interpreting, Medical booth, Pride in the Pines, Flagstaff, June 2011 
Volunteer, Books for a Better World, March 2011
Volunteer, Pro Bono Interpreting Assignment, September 2009
Volunteer, Outreach, Peru, 1999.
Volunteer, Outreach, Ukraine, 1998.
Volunteer, Youth Intern, 1997.
Volunteer, Amor Ministries: Home building in various locations in Mexico including Tijuana, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998.
Volunteer, Save the Family, Food for the Hungry, St. Mary’s Food Bank, and St. Vincent de Paul, Phoenix area locations, 1992- 1998.