Dr. Kimberly J. Hale’s research and professional activities. Reach me at Kimberly@kimberlyjhale.com or kimberly.hale@okstate.edu (email often gets stuck in the spam filter at OSU).
Dr. Kimberly J. Hale’s, Oklahoma State University Directory Page (in development)
Current Projects
First Year Faculty Acculturation; data analysis phase. Learn more about this project, here. and here.
Connecting Reflective Practice to Future Practice; Presentation at the Conference of Interpreter Trainers with Tara Stevens and Katie Moore. Learn more about this ongoing project here.
First-year Faculty Acculturation experiences, analysis & manuscript preparation
Socio-Cultural introduction to the Field of ASL-English Interpreting, drafting manuscript
Publications
Hale, K. (2024). Growing Identity Over a Decade: ASL-English Interpreter Education. International Journal of Interpreter Education, 15(1), 17–34.
Stevens, T., Hale, K., & Roush. D. (2022). Learning to read the room: Sociolinguistic course design for interactive interpretation. In R. Moreno & C. Villaescusa (Eds.), Interpreting in the classroom: Tools for teaching (pp. 79–99). Cordoba University Press.
Love, A. M. A., & Hale, K. (2022). Support for Deaf students and those with hearing impairments. Routledge Encyclopedia of Education.
DOI: 10.4324/9781138609877-REE88-1
Hale, K. & Stevens, T. (2021). Book review: Flipped learning: A guide for higher education faculty. International Journal of Interpreter Education 13(1).
Stevens, T. & Hale, K. (2016). Implementing think-aloud-protocols provides insight to students’ internal metacognitive processes. In H. Blythe, C. Sweet, & R. Carpenter (Eds.), It works for me, metacognitively (pp. 83–86). New Forums Press.
Hale, K. (2011). Educational interpreters’ salaries: Correlations with demographic and employment characteristics. Journal of Interpretation. 18(1).Petronio, K. &
Hale, K. (2009). One IEP, two sites: A comparison of factors and outcomes. International Journal of Interpreter Education, 1, 45–61.
Recent Presentations
Hale, K. (November 2023). First-year faculty unmet needs: Key to engagement. Presented at the 2023 meeting of the POD Network, Pittsburgh, PA.
Hale, K. (July 2023). Challenges & Opportunities of First-Year Faculty: Are You Ready for Your First Year as a Faculty Member? Presented at the Summer 2023 biennial meeting of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), Baltimore, MD.
Stevens, T., Hale, K., Moore, K. (September 2022). Connecting Reflective Practice to Future Practice. Presented at the Fall 2022 biennial meeting of the Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT), King of Prussia, PA.
Hale, K. (November 2021). Enculturation of Deaf ASL-English Interpreter Faculty Members. Presented at the Fall 2021 annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Kinney, D., Hale, K., Schilling, A., & Stevens, T. (October 2021). Deaf, DeafBlind, Hard of Hearing College Students’ Unique Challenges during the Early Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster (and video) presented at the Fall 2021 annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), virtual.
Hale, K., Kinney, D., Schilling, A., & Stevens, T. (October 2021). Remote Learning Experiences for Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Students: Challenges & Strategies for Improvement. Presented at the meeting of the Southeast Regional Institute on Deafness (SERID), Knoxville, TN.
Vaughn, A.R., Kinney, D., Kinney, W., Hale, K., Rastogi, M., Potts, S., & Quenette, A. (April, 2021). Student motivation, self-efficacy, and course-dropping behavior during COVID-19: A Mixed Methods Study. Poster presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Virtual.
Vaughn, A.R., Kinney, D., Kinney, W., Hale, K., Rastogi, M., Quenette, A., & Potts, S. (April, 2021). Higher education students’ perceptions of institution, instructor, and advisor response to COVID-19. Paper presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Virtual.
Teaching
Within Interpreting Program:
- American Sign Language I and II
- Professional Issues in Interpreting
- Introduction to Interpreting
- ASL-to-English Interpreting I & II
- English-to-ASL Interpreting I & II
- Simultaneous Interpreting
- ASL Comprehension & Fluency I & II
- Interactive Interpreting I & II
- Contrastive Analysis ASL/English (Linguistics)
Freshman Experience:
- Foundations for Learning
- Student Success Seminar
Selected Service
Institutional:
- Recruitment Committee, Member, Department of Languages and Literatures, Fall 2023 – present
- Equity Advocate, Member, College of Arts & Sciences, Fall 2022- present
- Training Committee, Chair, Fall 2024 – present
- Scholarship Committee, Member, Department of Languages and Literatures, Fall 2022 – 2023
- CCIE Accreditation Committee, Chair, ASL and Interpreter Education Department, Spring 2018 – 2021
- Annual Evaluation, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, Department and/or College level, member or chair, since Fall 2012
- Faculty Senate, Eastern Kentucky University, Senator, Fall 2013 – Spring 2015
- General Education Committee, Eastern Kentucky University, member, Fall 2009 – Spring 2012
Committees and Special Projects
- Journal of Faculty Development, Reviewer, August 2021 – present
- International Journal of Interpreter Education, Advisory Board
- Conference of Interpreter Trainers Board of Directors, Director of Research and Publications, May 2013 – May 2016
- Conference of Interpreter Trainers Journal Committee, Spring 2012, evaluate and rate conference session proposals
- Conference of Interpreter Trainers Journal Committee, September 2007 – January 2009, established new International Journal of Interpreter Education