Kyra Pollitt holds degrees in Economic and Social History, Linguistics, and Translation and Interpreting and has been practising as an interpreter and translator since 1988, becoming a Member of the Register of Interpreters (with distinction) in 1990. Her BSL to English translation experience includes production, broadcast and subtitling scripts for Channel 4’s 'Sign On' programmes, [...]

Newcastle Fieldworker Dawn Marshall is a Deaf native signer of BSL from Newcastle. She has also lived and worked in the Belfast Deaf Community. Dawn is a well-respected and active member of her local community, holding numerous roles in local deaf education and community groups, and works as the manager for a Newcastle BSL/English interpreting [...]

Kearsy is a hearing sign language researcher from Texas, USA. From 2002 to 2005, she worked as a lecturer in sign language linguistics at the Centre for Deaf Studies at the University of Bristol. Since 2006, she has worked at DCAL at University College London as a Senior Researcher. For more information about Kearsy, visit [...]