Kelly Decker

Contact Information

Education

• Deaf Studies Certificate, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY

• B.S. in Psychology/Business, University of Albany, Albany, NY

Professional/Academic Experience

• Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT) Nominations Commitee Chair, 2024-present
• Mark 7 Deaf Foundation (M7DF) Board Member, 2021-present
  • Foundation Secretary, 2024-present
  • Policy Committee Chair, 2023-present
• Vermont Deaf/DeafBlind/Hard of Hearing Statewide Council, 2021-2023
  
• Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) Board of Directors, Secretary, 2019-2021
  • Ethics Committee & Structural Transformation Committee Board Liaison
• RID Ethical Practice Systems Review Taskforce, 2017-2019
• RID Job Task Analysis Workgroup for the RID National Interpreter Certification exam, 2015
• Facilitates and presents at seminars and trainings at state, regional, national, and international conferences, 2011 – Present
• Deaf-parented Interpreters RID member section executive council, 2010-2019 & 2021 - 2023
  
• Nationally certified ASL-English Interpreter through the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (NIC-Advanced), 2007 – Present

Research/Areas of Interest

• Vygtosky’s Sociocultural Theory
• Learner centric instructional design
• Heritage language learners
• Integrated Model of Interpreting
• Process Mediation as reflective practice

Publications/Creative Works

• 2024 IJIE Publication The Current Rural Sign Language Interpreter Landscape: Examining the Feilds' Collective Accountability
• 2020 RID VIEWS Publication Project CLIMB: Shifting Perspectives in Interpreter Education
• 2018 RID VIEWS Publication Mastery in Mentoring: Life Long Learning
• 2016 Street Leverage Publication What Are We Really Saying? Perceptions of Sign Language Interpreting www.streetleverage.com
• 2013 Street Leverage Publication Sign Language Interpreters: Team Interpreting and its Ethical Consequences www.streetleverage.com