Sandra Wood, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Linguistics
Sandra Wood

310 A-Wing Science Building, Portland Campus

Education

  • PhD, Linguistics, University of Connecticut, 2013
  • MA, Linguistics, University of Connecticut, 2009
  • MA, Linguistics, Purdue University, 2000

Research Interests

Syntactic structure of American Sign Language; Comparative syntax- spoken and signed languages. Acquisition of signed languages as first and/or second language and homesigned systems.

Previous Experience: 

Taught at McDaniel College in Dept. of ASL and Deaf Education
Taught at University of Virginia in Dept. of Psychology and ASL Program

Professional Experience:

Editorial board member- Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory journal
Editorial board member- Sign Languages and Deaf Communities (SLDC)
Reviewer for Lingua
Reviewer for various signed languages conferences
Committee member of Education that is Multicultural, Carroll County Public Schools (2015-2017)

Selected Publications

Lillo-Martin, D., Wood, S., and Hill, J., (to appear) Sign Languages: Structure and Contexts. Linguistic Society of America Publications.

Wood, S. and Morford, J. 2016. Psycholinguistics: Gestures & Home Signs. In G. Gertz and P. Bouldreault (eds.), The Deaf Studies Encyclopedia. SAGE Publications: California.

Sandra Wood

310 A-Wing Science Building, Portland Campus

Education

  • PhD, Linguistics, University of Connecticut, 2013
  • MA, Linguistics, University of Connecticut, 2009
  • MA, Linguistics, Purdue University, 2000

Research Interests

Syntactic structure of American Sign Language; Comparative syntax- spoken and signed languages. Acquisition of signed languages as first and/or second language and homesigned systems.