Dennis cokely biography

Dennis Cokely

This translation corpus is named in honor of the late Dennis R. Cokely (1946 – 2018). Dennis will be remembered for his generosity, depth of knowledge, sense of caring, and for embracing and promoting the unique cultural and linguistic qualities of the Deaf community in America.

His passion for the Deaf community began when he met a deaf individual while he was a seminary student, studying to become a priest. He fell in love with the language of the community: American Sign Language (ASL). He then immersed himself in the Deaf world.

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Dennis was a true visionary and pioneer in the field of Deaf Studies and the ASL-English interpreter profession. His contributions to these areas are vast. He earned his doctorate in sociolinguistics from Georgetown University.

He wrote dozens of scholarly articles and co-authored five textbooks with Charlotte Baker-Shenk on ASL, widely known in the field as “The Green Books.” His book, Interpretation: A Sociolinguistic Modelwhich has