Ohio Chapter of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

Upcoming Events:

Sept. 11, Columbus, OH: Interpreter Ethics: Who Needs Them?

Sept. 24 - 25, Dayton, OH: American Sign Language Teaching Methods of the 21st Century

Sept. 25, Kent, OH: "Language Mediation in the 21st Century: Communities in Collaboration"

Oct. 23, Cincinnati, OH: "Hearing People are from Venus, Deaf People are from Mars" with Mark Mitchum

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2010 - 2012 Call for Proposals

The mission of the Ohio Chapter of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf is to foster relationships, which further the profession by providing opportunities for growth through development and support. We are in the planning stages for educational opportunities for this term. If you would like to be considered as a presenter for this term, please submit your proposal to the OCRID Vice President, Shalene Germani at ocridviceprez@att.net.

We distributed an interest survey to the members at our 2010 Expanding Our Universe conference and online. According to that survey, the most requested topics included K-12 interpreting topics, followed by medical, mentoring, and mental health topics. We will also gladly consider proposals on any topic of interest in the field of sign language interpreting.

Click here to access the Call for Proposals

Welcome Newly Elected Officers:

Elections were held at the 2010 Business Meeting and the

OCRID Executive Board for 2010 - 2012 term is:

Jill Josselson, President

Shalene Germani, Vice President

Lisa McLaughlin, Secretary

Andrea Peters, Treasurer

Bobbie Huebner, Member at Large

Melanie Somnitz, Past President

Our State Representatives are elected in odd-numbered years and will remain

to complete the second year of their terms:

Melissa Marshall

Bill Mair

Gwen Owen