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150 Years on Kendall Green:
Celebrating Deaf History and Gallaudet

April 11-13, 2007
Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C.

Welcome Address
 

Introduction
- Brian Greenwald, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Government, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

A Fair Chance in the Race of Life: The Spirit of Reform in the Age of Lincoln
- James McPherson, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
 

A Legacy of Leadership: E. M. Gallaudet and the Columbia Institution, 1857-1864
- David de Lorenzo, Associate Director, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Double-edged Views on Mathematics Instruction and Curriculum for the Deaf at the National Deaf-Mute College: EMG and Draper
- Christopher Kurz, Assistant Professor, Master of Science in Secondary Education, Rochester, NY

George Detmold, the Reformer
Ronald Sutcliffe, Executive Director, National Deaf Business Institute, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

The Power of Place: the Evolution and Future of Kendall Green
- Hansel Bauman, Architect, San Francisco, CA
- Benjamin Bahan, Professor, Department of ASL and Deaf Studies, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

Ending Educational Exile: Miller v. Board of Education
- Sandra Jowers-Barber, Assistant Professor, History Program, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.

Douglas Craig
- Marieta Joyner, Doctoral Student, ABD, W.E.B. DuBois African American Studies Department, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA

American Indians at Gallaudet University
- Walter P. Kelley, Consultant, Austin, TX

The Thomas H. Gallaudet and Alice Cogswell Statue: Controversies and Celebrations
- Michael J. Olson, Archives Technician, Gallaudet University Archives, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

Building Kendall Green: Alumni Support for GU
- Noah Drezner, PhD Candidate, Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Penn Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

The Gallaudet Board of Trustees: Then and Now
- Doris Stelle, Independent Scholar, Silver Spring, MD

The Women of Kendall Green: 1890-1940
- Lindsey Parker, Graduate Student, Deaf Studies/Deaf History, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

Family Matters
- Jessica Lee, PhD Student, Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO

Lydia Sigourney
- Lois Bragg, Professor, English Department, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
- Diana Gates, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

John Carlin and Deaf Double-Consciousness
- Christopher Krentz, Assistant Professor, Director, American Sign Language Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

I Junked It and Never Wore It Since: The Place of Gallaudet in the Technological Debates of the Deaf World
- Rebecca Edwards, Associate Professor of History, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Rev. Jacob Koehler’s Kendall Green Connection: Lifeline for a Lifetime!
- Dorothy Bambach, Director, Coastal Regional Outreach Center, South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, Spartanburg, SC

Gallaudet Valedictorian Influences Deaf Midwesterners: The Story of Philip Hasenstab
- Kent Olney, Professor/Chair, Behavior Sciences, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL

The Deaf, the District, and Denominations
- Meredith Filiatreault, Independent Scholar, Alexandria, VA

Deaf Lives in Maine 150 Years Ago: The Campbells
- Harlan Lane, Matthews Distinguished University Professor, Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
- Richard Pillard, Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
- Ulf Hedberg, Director, Gallaudet University Archives, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

Gallaudet College and American Deaf Citizenship in the Progressive Era
- Joseph Murray, Director, Projects Division, Aal Folkehoeyskole and kurssenter and Ph.d. Candidate, Department of History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

The Intersection of Deaf Education and Immigration Policy
- Douglas Baynton, Associate Professor, History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

The French Connection: GU’s Influence on Emmanuelle Laborit and the French Hearing and Deaf Communities
- Rachel Hartig, Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

The Influence of GU on Education, Language, and Culture of Deaf People in French-Speaking West African Countries
- Victor Vodounou, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX

Connecting Laura Redden with Today’s High School Deaf Students
- Debora Ripley, Teacher, Missouri School for the Deaf, Fulton, MO

Laura C. Redden: Public Poet
- Lucille Blackwell, Teacher, High School English, Missouri School for the Deaf, Fulton, MO

I Considered Him My Friend: Laura C. Redden and Abraham Lincoln
- Harry Lang, Professor, Department of Research, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester, NY