Rate My Professor Lori Whynot

Whynot holds a PhD in Linguistics from Macquarie University in 2015, with a dissertation titled Assessing Comprehension of International Sign Lectures: Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Factors; an MA with distinction in Intercultural Relations from Lesley University in 1998; and a BA in Psychology from Brandeis University in 1987. Her research specializations include cognitive and sociolinguistic aspects of sign language interpreting, multilingualism and sign language contact phenomena, corpus-informed and ethnographic research methods, consequence-based ethics, and healthcare interpreting. Key publications feature her book Understanding International Sign: A Sociolinguistic Study (Gallaudet University Press, 2016); the co-authored article “Insights from U.S. deaf patients: Interpreters’ presence and receptive skills matter in patient-centered communication care” (Journal of Interpretation, 2020); and forthcoming chapters such as “Signed language interpreting and translation: Implications of modality” in Introduction to Translation and Interpreting Studies (2022) and “Meeting the demands of sign language multilingualism: Interpreters’ plurilingual repertoires and translanguaging strategies” in Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism, 2nd edition. She has received the Macquarie University International Research Excellence Scholarship (iMQRES, 2011), National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Mentorship Grant (2007), and Lesley University Outstanding Achievement Award (1998).