ANNA MINDESS
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  • Co-creator Video Curricula
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  • Co-author – Cultural Detective
  • Home
  • Author
  • Co-creator Video Curricula
  • ASL/ English Interpreter
  • Educator
  • Co-author – Cultural Detective

Educator

Anna Mindess lectures, presents workshops, and trains interpreters across the U.S. and abroad on topics such as:
  • Intercultural communication
  • Differences in politeness norms between Deaf and hearing cultures
  • Cultural adjustments while interpreting
  • Unpacking your own “Cultural Baggage”
  • How Video Relay Interpreting is affected by Cultural Differences

Anna has presented workshops all over the U.S. and Europe and has been a featured speaker at several international conferences.
Selected Past Presentation Venues:
  • Deaf Studies Conference, Oakland, California, 1999
  • Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research, Amsterdam, 2000
  • Deaf Way II, Washington, D.C., 2002
  • World Symposium for Sign Language Interpreters, Wash., D.C., 2002
  • NAD Conference, Washington, D.C., 2002
  • Society for Disability Studies Conference, Oakland, California, 2002
  • Society for Intercultural Education Training & Research, Austin, 2003
  • Hochschule für Heilpädagogik, Zurich, Switzerland, 2003
  • California Court Interpreters Conference, Universal City, California 2004
  • AVLIC Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 2004
  • University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2005
  • Setagaya Fukushi Professional School, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
  • ASLI Conference, London, England, 2008
  • CIT Conferences: Salt Lake City 1998, Portland, 2000, Wash., D.C., 2004
  • RID Conferences: New Orleans, 1995, Boston, 1999, San Francisco, 2007
  • Södertörns folkhögskola, Stockholm, Sweden, 2008
  • Frontrunners 4 - Castbergaard, Denmark 2008
  • ASLTA Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, 2009
  • Supporting Deaf People - International Online Conference, 2010
  • Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka, Japan, 2013
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