Assistant Professor of Communication

Education

Christine Law graduated with her Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning, and Qualitative Research Emphasis at the University of California, Santa Barbara and is studying the complex interactions between deaf and hearing individuals as they seek intercultural understanding. Christine is affiliated with the UCSB Center for Teaching for Social Justice. She received an M.A. in English and Education, and a B.A. in Communications.

Current Duties

Christine Law teaches Interpersonal Communications, Intercultural Communications, Nonverbal Communications, Persuasion, and Introduction to Writing for the Print Media. She is also the Director of Forensics and coaches the Speech and Debate team.

Current Research Interests

Her research interests include Deaf community and education, community ethnography, equity and inclusion, diverse identities, and intercultural communication.

Recent Publications and Presentations

2008   American Education Research Association poster session, East Asian Immigrant Deaf Encounter Deaf Culture in the United States, New York

2007   5th National Asian Deaf Congress Triennial Conference, workshop presentation, Asian Immigrant Deaf in America, San Francisco

2006   Conference on College Composition and Communication, workshop facilitator, Race, Space and Place: Language, Identity and Students of Color in the Composition Classroom, (chaired by Geneva Smitherman) Spring

2005   Conference on College Composition and Communication, paper presentation, Magic in a Different World: Discourse between the Deaf and Hearing, Spring

2005   University of California Santa Barbara’s Writing Research in the Making, section chair, and paper presentation, Student’s Written Responses to the Henrietta Marie Slave Ship Exhibit, Winter

2003   Second Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, paper session, Deaf Education—A Journey Towards Inclusion, Summer

2003   University of California Santa Barbara Second Annual Education Conference, poster presentation, Deaf Education: A Journey through Shadow and Light, Spring

1998   University of California Riverside Graduate Conference, paper session, Acculturation of Chinese in America, Fall

1998   “Using Argumentation to Teach Literature”, in Exercise Exchange, Spring