• Annemarie Kocab, Ph.D

    Johns Hopkins University, Cognitive Science

    PhD advisor

    website

  • Anthony Yacovone, Ph.D

    Boston University, Linguistics

    website

  • Alex Lu, PhD

    Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research

    website

  • Jesse Snedeker, Ph.D

    Harvard University, Psychology

    website

  • Kathryn Davidson, Ph.D

    Harvard University, Linguistics

    website

  • Alexander Wilkins, Ph.D, MSCI

    UMass Chan Medical School, Psychiatry / DeafYES! co-director

  • Melissa Anderson, Ph.D, MSCI

    UMass Chan Medical School, Psychiatry / DeafYES! co-director

Jess would like to thank the participants and the Deaf communities from the Greater Boston area and Nicaragua who promote and make this work possible. She has also been fortunate to have mentorship from members of the Deaf community from MA, CA, NY, and NC throughout many aspects of her career.