Natalia Meir
Email: natalia.meir@gmail.com I hold a PhD and an MA (summa cum laude) from the University of Bar-Ilan. In my doctoral thesis, I investigated the influence of bilingualism and Specific Language…
Sarah Lanesman
Research Assistant. I am deaf, as are my sisters. Sign language is my main and preferred mode of communication in all aspects of life. I have an MA degree from the University of Central Lancshire, Preston, UK. My thesis is titled: “Algerian Jewish Sign Language: its emergence and survival”, supervized by Prof. Ulrike Zeshan and Dr. Irit Meir. This is the first publication and documentation of this endangered language. In the sign language research lab I was involved in several projects: The history of ISL, Village sign languages of Israel and Algerian Jewish Sign Language.
Adi Steg
Email: adisteg89@gmail.com I have been working as a speech therapist since 2015. I work with children and adults with language disorders and hearing impairments. I am an MA student…
Yifat Ben-Zeev
Research Assistant. As a bilingual (Israeli Sign Language and Hebrew) I am fascinated by sign languages, working with them from various angles. In education, I teach Deaf children and youth from different backgrounds and communities (Jews, Arabs, etc.). It is fascinating to discover the cultural wealth and the variety of sign languages the children display. As a translator I work in translation for educational purposes and am
interested specifically in translation from Israeli Sign Language to the spoken language, a task which is no small feat, and am a lecturer in programs for training Israeli Sign Language interpreters.
Anne Marie Baer
Email: annemariebaer@gmail.com I am a native American Sign Language user, born and raised in the Deaf American community. I attended two Deaf ASL schools before enrolling at Gallaudet University,…
Gal Belzitsman
Email: galbel84@gmail.com Research Assistant. I studied linguistics at Tel aviv University, where I was also working as a research assistant at the lab of Prof. Ruth Berman for 3 years.…
Tamar Halutzi
Email: tamarhalutzi@hotmail.com I am a BA student in General linguistics at Tel Aviv University. For several years, I worked as an educational interpreter in integrated high schools for deaf…
Ora Ohanin
Email: ora.ohanin@gmail.com I am deaf with deaf parents, and therefore Israeli Sign Language is my mother tongue.In my work as a research assistant I learn new and interesting things…
Rama Novogrodsky
Email: ramanovo@gmail.com My research focuses on the interaction between language development and cognitive development and how different components of language (such as syntax, semantics, phonology and pragmatics) disassociate and…
Oksana Tkachman
Oksana Tkachman Email: tox.cs84@gmail.com
Research Assistant. I became interested in sign language research while studying with Prof. Wendy Sandler. My MA thesis project focused on the noun/verb distinction in Israeli Sign Language (ISL) and Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language (ABSL). I was also involved in the preparation of the dictionary of ABSL.
I currently work on compounding in ISL and ABSL, focusing primarily on general characteristics and developmental patterns of this basic morphological mechanism in the early stages of language development.