Nicole Thorn
Associate Professor of ASLI
ndthorn@liberty.edu
(434) 592-5888
Education
- M.A. in Deaf Education/Deaf Rehabilitation, New York University
- M.A. in Human Services, Liberty University
- B.A. in Sociology and Deafness, Hartwick College
Courses Taught
- ASLI 101: American Sign Language I
- ASLI 212: Theory and Application of Fingerspelling and Numbers
- ASLI 305: Introduction to Interpreting
- ASLI 320: Sociocultural Linguistic Processing
- ASLI 401: English to ASL Interpreting I
- ASLI 402: English to ASL Interpreting II
- ASLI 403: ASL to English Interpreting I
- ASLI 404: ASL to English Interpreting II
- ASLI 410: Interpreter Professional Identities, Function and Ethics and Current Trends
- ASLI 498/499: Practicum/Internship
Certification
- National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Certificate of Interpretation (CI)
- National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Certificate of Transliteration (CT)
- Certified Pastoral Care Specialist
- Virginia Quality Assurance Screening rater (for sign language interpreters)
Awards
- President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for Residential Undergraduate (2013-14)
- Illuminate Grant: Enhancing the Visual Environment of ASL (2014-15)
- Illuminate Grant (2017-18)
Institutional/Community/Christian Service
- Program Director, American Sign Language and Interpreting
- Founder of American Sign Language and Interpreting program
- Faculty Advisor, National American Sign Language Honor Society
- Volunteer community interpreting
- Active member of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (VRID), and Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT)
- Board of Directors for Guatemala Deaf Ministries