Curriculum Vitae

TOM MORAN
Professor, American Sign Language
Bakersfield College
Department of Foreign Languages
1801 Panorama Drive
Bakersfield, CA 93305
661-395-4537

EDUCATION
December 1998	Master of Arts Degree, with distinction Major, English: Rhetoric and Composition Theory California State University, Northridge
December 1994	Bachelor of Arts Degree, Magna Cum Laude Major, English: Creative Writing California State University, Northridge
May 1992	Associate of Arts Degree, with Honors Certificate, Interpreting for Deaf People Golden West Community College, Huntington Beach
TEACHING
Aug. 2002 -- present	Professor of American Sign Language. Teach full range of ASL. Academic Senate Vice President. Maintain ASL Program website. Formerly Foreign Languages Representative to Academic Senate. Formerly Campus Representative to Community College Association. Editor, Union Advance Newsletter. Member Renegade Spirit CLIP. Member Bakersfield College 2012 Task Force.
Jan. 1999 – Jan. 2002	Assistant Professor of English, specializing in teaching English to Deaf and hard of hearing students. Taught developmental English courses and transfer-level composition courses as well as AMSL 209, Professional Aspects of Interpreting. Member of academic affairs committee; member of disabled students’ faculty committee; certified affirmative action representative.
Mar. 2001 – Jan 2002	Instructor for English skills development class for Deaf adults through Deaf Community Service’s Literacy Program.
Aug. 1995 - Dec. 1998	Adjunct faculty member in the Department of English, California State University, Northridge. Developed a section of English 097 for students who are Deaf or hard of hearing
INTERPRETING
Aug. 2002 – present	Freelance Sign Language Interpreter with LifeSigns, Los Angeles, CA.
May 2000 – Aug. 2002	Freelance Sign Language Interpreter with Deaf Community Services, San Diego. Member of ASL Weekend Committee. Member of annual gala interpreting staff.
Aug. 1999 – Jul 2002	Academic Sign Language Interpreter with San Diego State University, San Diego.
Oct. 1997 - Dec. 1998	Staff Interpreter for the National Center on Deafness. Interpreted for director, staff members, and guests in a variety of professional and administrative contexts. Mentor for Video Outreach Mentorship Program through WROCC.
Aug. 1989- Oct. 1997	Academic Sign Language Interpreter. Provided sign-to-voice and voice-to-sign interpretation and transliteration for Deaf and hearing students, faculty, and staff. Interpreted courses ranging from algebra to women’s studies at Cypress College, Golden West College, and California State University, Northridge
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Feb. 2008	Graduated "Building Strong Locals Academy," an intensive one-year training for Community College Association members.
Feb. 2006	By action of the Kern Community College District Board of Trustees, granted tenure at Bakersfield College.

July 2002	Earned Certificate of Interpretation (CI) from the Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf
May 1997	Recipient of the Mitchell Marcus Prize in English, outstanding graduate student in English at California State University, Northridge.
Jan. 1997	Earned Certificate of Transliteration (CT) from the Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf
May 1995	Recipient of the 1995 Outstanding Interpreter Service Award from the National Center on Deafness.
PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS
Sept. 2007	Presented "Deaf Education Theory: Improving Interpreting Skills" to teachers, aides, interpreters, and para-professionals for the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Richardson Center, Bakersfield, CA.
Sept. 2007	Presented "Exploring English in ASL" to community and educational interpreters at Alan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA.
May 2007	Presented "Getting the Message Across," a sign language interpreting workshop to Kern County freelance and educational interpreters at Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA.
March 2007	Guest speaker at meeting of Quota Club Intl., Bakersfield Chapter. Topic: "ASL as a Foreign Language."
Feb. 2007	"Celebrity Reader" in ASL storytelling performance given to Deaf middle school children as part of school-wide literacy event at Van Horn Middle School, Bakersfield, CA
Apr. 2006	Emcee for "Support the Gap," a meeting and workshop attended by 150 interpreting students, ITP graduates, consumers, and master interpreters. Held at California State University, Northridge.
Feb. 2006	"Celebrity Reader" in ASL storytelling performance given to Deaf middle school children as part of school-wide literacy event at Van Horn Middle School, Bakersfield, CA
Feb. 2006	Under contract to WROCC, served as consultant to Clark County Community College District to assist in establishing an English literacy program for Deaf students.
Jan. 2006	Presented "Introduction to Digital Photography and SMARTBoard Technology" to BC faculty and staff at FLEX training workshop series.
Nov. 2005	Presented "The Hows and Whys of Fingerspelling," and "Demystifying Classifiers," two half-day workshops, to students and to students and interpreters at Cypress College, Cypress, CA
Oct. 2005	One of four panel members presenting "Read My Mind: Promoting English Literacy of Deaf Students" at the CAPED Conference, Palm Springs, CA.
Sept. 2005	Presented "ASL and English Sentence Types," a full-day workshop, to students and to beginning and intermediate interpreters at Cypress College, Cypress, CA
April 2005	Presented "ASL and English Sentence Types," two half-day workshops, for students and working interpreters at El Camino College's ASL and Interpreter Faire, Torrance, CA
Feb. 2005	Presented "Analyzing the Task of Interpreting," an all-day workshop for working interpreters held at Alan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA
Spring Semester 2005	Presented "Skills Development Salon," a four-part training series for academic interpreters at Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA
Oct. 2004	Presented "Analyzing the Task of Interpreting," an all-day workshop for working interpreters held at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, CA
Sept. 2004	Presented "Analyzing the Task of Interpreting" to interpreters and consumers at the Church of Christ in Bakersfield, CA
Fall 2004	Presented "Skills Development Salon," a four-part training series for academic interpreters at Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA
Apr. 2004	Presented "Taking Yourself Off Automatic" to interpreters at workshop for community and educational interpreters in Bakersfield, CA
Mar. 2004	"Celebrity Reader" in ASL storytelling performance given to Deaf middle school children as part of school-wide literacy event at Van Horn Middle School, Bakersfield, CA
Spring Semester 2004	Presented "Skills Development Salon," a six-part training series for academic interpreters at Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA
Apr. 2003	Presented “English & ASL: Do I Know What I Think I Know?” to interpreters at workshop for the Nevada Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Las Vegas, NV
Apr. 2003	Presented “Conceptual Accuracy” to K-12 interpreters at the Clark County School District, Las Vegas, NV
Mar. 2003	Presented “Deaf Awareness for Faculty” to faculty and staff at Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA
Mar. 2003	Presented “Conceptual Accuracy” to Bakersfield College and community interpreters at Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA
Nov. 2002	Presented "Interpreting at the Speed of Light: ASL Interpreters and Video Technology" at CSUN’s National Center on Deafness Interpreter Workshop series, Northridge, CA
Sept 2002	Presented “Embracing Deaf Student Writers” at the North Carolina Board of Education’s Conference on Exceptional Students, Greensboro, NC
Oct. 2001	Presented satellite telecast “Embracing Deaf Student Writers”; sponsored by P3—Preparing Postsecondary Professionals—grant project through the National Center on Deafness at California State University, Northridge, CA
Oct. 2001	Presented “Working with a Sign Language Interpreter in your Classroom” and “How to Evaluate Deaf Student Writers in Mainstream Classrooms” workshops at the ADARA conference, San Diego, CA
Feb. 2001	One of four panelists for Leveling the Academic Playfield for Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing satellite telecast sponsored by the P3 Project through NCOD at CSUN, Northridge, CA
Nov. 2000	Presented “Deaf Culture” (with Kary Krumdick) and “Academic Interpreting” workshops at Deaf Community Services' ASL Weekend, Julian, CA
Oct. 2000	Presented “Deaf Awareness for Faculty” (with Lauren Kinast) to the School of Humanities at San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, CA
June 1999	Contributing author: Focus on Faculty: Effective Pedagogy with Students Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Dec. 1998	Master’s Thesis: Deaf Developmental Writers in Postsecondary Education.
Apr. 1998	Presented “A Computer-Mediated Deaf Discourse Community” at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL
Apr. 1997	Presented “Joyce’s Classroom: Teacher Pupil Discourse in ‘A Little Cloud’” as a part of the Explorations in English Studies Conference at California State University, Los Angeles. Paper published in conference proceedings.
May 1996	Presented “An Introduction to James Joyce” as part of the California State University Northridge Literary Lecture Series.
Jan. 1996	Designed and produced a 24-page brochure for the National Center on Deafness. Brochure used as NCOD’s primary recruitment tool from 1996-2000.

May 1995	Member, editorial staff, Wings literary magazine, California State University, Northridge.
Jan. 1993	Presented workshop on translating English idioms into Sign Language at the NCOD Interpreter Symposium.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
June 2008	Attended 2008 California State Academic Senate Leadership Institute, Newport Beach, CA. 14 flex hours.
Oct. 2007	Attended CCA Fall Bargaining and Leadership Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Sacramento, CA. Member of The Academy for Building Strong Locals.
April 2007	Attended CCA Spring Membership Conference, Queen Mary Hotel, Long Beach, CA. Member of The Academy for Building Strong Locals.
March 2007	Facilitator for Great Teachers' Seminar. One of 14 Bakersfield College faculty members in attendance. Retreat held at the UCLA Conference Center in Lake Arrowhead, CA. 14 flex hours.
March 2007	Selected to participate in The Academy for Building Strong Locals, sponsored by the California Community College Association.
March 2006	Participant in Great Teachers' Seminar. One of 30 Bakersfield College faculty members in attendance. Retreat held at the UCLA Conference Center in Lake Arrowhead, CA. 14 flex hours.
July 2005	Attended Level 2 Signing Naturally Workshop at California State University, Sacramento. Workshop presented by author, Ella Mae Lentz.
Jan. 2004	Attended Level 1 Signing Naturally Workshop at California State University, Sacramento. Workshop presented by author, Cheri Smith. 2.45 CEUs.
July 2003	Visited CASLL (Center for American Sign Language Literacy) at Gallaudet University to mentor with ASL instructors. Observed various instructors in Visual-Gestural Communication, Fingerspelling, ASL I, ASL II, ASL III, ASL IV, and other classes over a two week period.
Apr. 2003	Attended the 2^nd annual ASLTA conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. 1.85 CEUs.
Aug.-Dec. 2000	Studied with Dr. Bill Piland in A Learning Community of Community College Teachers. Earned 3.0 units through San Diego State University.
July 2000	Attended PEPNet PEERS conference for English teachers of students who are Deaf or hard of hearing, Salt Lake City, Utah. Delivered presentation on linguistic approach to cohesion in student writing.
Apr. 2000	Attended Postsecondary Education Programs Network Conference, Denver, Colorado.
Jan. 2000	Individual conferences and classroom observations with faculty at Model Secondary School for the Deaf and reading specialists at the Clerc Center, Washington, D.C.
Apr. 1998	Attended Postsecondary Education Programs Network Conference, Orlando, Florida. Member of conference interpreting staff.
Apr. 1998	Attended Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, Illinois. Presented paper: “Computer Mediated Deaf Discourse Community.”
Apr. 1997	Attended Explorations in English Studies Conference at California State University, Los Angeles. Presented “Joyce’s Classroom: Teacher Pupil Discourse in ‘A Little Cloud’.”
Mar. 1997	Attended Conference on College Composition and Communication, Phoenix, Arizona.
Nov. 1995	Attended 2nd Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Academic Discourse at California State University, Northridge.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Jan. 1997- present	Member of RID, Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Hold current Certificate of Transliteration and Certificate of Interpretation.
Aug. 2002 – present	Member of B-GLAD Advisory Board