Brad Cohen, Ed.D.
ASL Coordinator & Lecturer
Department of Dual Language and English Learner Education
SDSU
Bio
Brad Cohen has been teaching many different level courses related to American Sign Language (ASL) since 2009. Brad has received his Bachelor's degree at San Diego State University in Recreation System Management. Also, Brad became a PADI Scuba Master Instructor and Emergency First Response Instructor in 2001. He fell in love within the teaching field. He has decided to earn his Master's degree in Teaching American Sign Language. American Sign Language is his primary language. For over 10 years, he has been teaching at several Universities and Colleges like UCSD, Cuyamaca College, Palomar College, San Diego City College, and Pima Community College. I was on the American Sign Language Teaching Association Conference committee and enjoy being involved in the ASL community and making a difference.
Education
- B.A. in Recreation System Management
- M.A. in Teaching ASL
- Ed.D. in Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
- American Sign Language Proficiency Interview, Score 4+, 2016
- Online @one Teaching Credential, Cuyamaca College, 2017
Courses
- DLE 101: American Sign Language Level One
- DLE 102: American Sign Language Level Two
- DLE 201: American Sign Language Level Three
- ASL 311: Deaf Cultural Studies
Presentations
Buchnana, B., Cohen, B., and Simmons, P. Leffler, B. (2022, October 18-20). ASL Level 1: What is out there? [Paper presentation]. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language, Boston, MA, United States.
Buchanan, B., Cohen, B and Simmons, P. (2022, March). American sign language assessment tools. [Paper presentation] DSDE Research Labs Colloquium, Beaumont, TX, United States.
Cohen, B. (2023, March). American sign language assessment. [Paper Presentation]. DSDE Mini Research Conference, Beaumont TX. United States.
Cohen, B. (2023, March). Two-Way sign language Assessment: The missing steps in sign language teaching and learning [Paper presentation]. DSDE Mini Research Conference, Beaumont, TX, United States.
Cohen, B & Simmons, P (2023, November 17-19). Two way sign language assessment: The missing steps in sign language teaching and learning. [Paper presentation]. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Chicago, IL, United States.
Cohen, B. (2024, November 22-24). Bridging modalities: Enhancing intercultural communication and motivation in ASL learning through expectancy-value theory. [Paper presentation]. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Publications
Leffler, B. W., Willman, E. C., Cohen, B. C., Metcalf, H. V., Ballentine, P. M., & Greene, A. N. (2022). Unfreezing literature: Spinning the lenses. Journal of American Sign Language and Literature.
Buchanan, B. J., Pirone, J. S., Pudans‐Smith, K. K., Leffler, B. W., Cohen, B. S., Simmons, P. K., Ballentine, P. M., Venable, T., & Soza, K. (2023). American Sign Language Level 1 Assessment: What is Out There?. Foreign Language Annals.
Cohen, B. S., Ballentine, P. M., Wilman, E. C., Leffler, B. W., & Greene, A. N. (2023). Hands up for ASL literature in K-12 education. Odyssey, (23), 34-36.
Metcalf, H. V., Wilman, E. C., Ballentine, P. M., Cohen, B. S., Greene, A. N., & Leffler, B. W. (2023). How? Where? Why?... Introducing the ASL literature wheel. Odyssey. (23) 37-39.
Bajan , J. M., Kennedy, M. R., Emily R. Small, E. R., Weber, B., Jamie M. Bencak, J. M., V. Metcalf, H. V., Erich A. Tucker, E. A., Bernice Adekeye, B., Cohen, B. S., Eberwein, A. A., Soza, K., Venable, T., Ashley N. Greene, A. G., Clark, M. D. (2026). Expanding on deaf children’s language in early intervention: additional findings. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 1-8.