Presenter
Dr. Byron Bridges
Doctorate and CDI from RID
Born deaf to deaf parents and growing up with a deaf sister. Bridges earned his Bachelors of Arts degree in Deaf Studies at California State University of Northridge, Masters of Arts (MA) degree in Linguistics from Gallaudet University, and a doctoral degree (Ed.D) in Deaf Studies and Deaf Education at Lamar University.
Dr. Bridges co-authored the book, Deaf Tend Yours. He has written video scripts and produced numerous deaf-related videotapes/DVDs. (Recent release - Native fingerspelling, Classifiers, Topgraphy from Wink production. He is a nationally-known teacher and lecturer in ASL and sign language interpretation.