Ruth P. Moore

Biography
Ruth P. Moore, adjunct assistant professor of American Sign Language, has taught courses including American Sign Language at several colleges including American International College, Holyoke Community College, and University of Massachusetts. She continues to teach at Smith College and also at Hampshire College. She was a regional coordinator for Western Regional Office in Springfield, Massachusetts and then a communication access training specialist for Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for 14 years. Before that, she was a classroom teacher of the deaf at Crotched Mountain School for the Deaf in New Hampshire, and Willie Ross School for the Deaf in Massachusetts. She was a long term substitute teacher at Austine School for the Deaf in Vermont and American School for the Deaf in Connecticut. She has taught deaf children for more than 15 years. She has been active in the deaf community and is a member of several organizations of the deaf.

Education
Professor Moore has a bachelor's degree (B.S.) from Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. and a masters in deaf education (M.E.D.) from Smith College in Northampton, MA.

Fall 2010
IA/LS-0123-1 American Sign Language

Spring 2010
IA/LS-0124-1 American Sign Language Level II

Fall 2009
IA/LS-0123-1 American Sign Language Level I

Spring 2009
IA/LS-0124-1 American Sign Language II

Fall 2008
IA/LS-0123-1 American Sign Language Level I

Spring 2008
IA/LS-0124-1 American Sign Language Level II

Current Projects
She attended a workshop called Master ASL! - Level One for four days in June 2009.

Community Involvement
She is involved with various groups and organizations:


 * ASL Social
 * Western Massachusetts Deaf Leaders Group
 * Western Massachusetts Association of the Deaf/Hearing Impaired
 * Massachusetts State Association of the Deaf
 * National Association of the Deaf
 * Massachusetts Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
 * Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

Additional Information
Hampshire College has an organization named the ASL Collective. We have ASL Lunch at the Dining Commons on Wednesdays from 12 to 1 p.m. This organization plans one or two events about the deaf every year.