Hannah M. Dostal

Hannah Dostal is a professor of literacy education at the University of Connecticut in the Neag School of Education. Her research focuses on writing instruction for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students and teacher professional development in literacy. In addition, she investigates the role of genre and literacy instruction in the development of disciplinary knowledge and discipline-specific communication patterns. Hannah's teaching is informed by her experience as a middle school language arts teacher and writing intervention coordinator at a state school for the deaf. Hannah’s approach to undergraduate and graduate teaching is focused on designing learning environments with an explicit focus on equitable access to instruction, strategic interaction, and the development and use of multiple and specific literacies. Hannah currently serves as the Editor of the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education.

Publications

Increasing Outcomes: Principles of Practice to Increase Writing Outcomes for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students With Additional Disabilities
Increasing Outcomes: Principles of Practice to Increase Writing Outcomes for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students With Additional Disabilities
Joan Weir, Hannah M. Dostal. © 2023. 30 pages.
The ability to write clearly and effectively is an important communication skill that is necessary for school and employment, as it is often the best way to disseminate...
Inclusion and Exclusion: Global Challenges Within Deaf Education
Inclusion and Exclusion: Global Challenges Within Deaf Education
Jessica Armytage Scott, Hannah M. Dostal, Tisha N. Ewen-Smith. © 2022. 17 pages.
In this chapter, the authors explore the practice of inclusion as it relates to the education of deaf and hard of hearing (d/hh) students. Using the current situation in Jamaica...
Inclusion and Exclusion: Global Challenges Within Deaf Education
Inclusion and Exclusion: Global Challenges Within Deaf Education
Jessica Armytage Scott, Hannah M. Dostal, Tisha N. Ewen-Smith. © 2019. 17 pages.
In this chapter, the authors explore the practice of inclusion as it relates to the education of deaf and hard of hearing (d/hh) students. Using the current situation in Jamaica...
The Integration of Digital Tools during Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction
The Integration of Digital Tools during Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction
Jennifer Renėe Kilpatrick, Rachel Saulsburry, Hannah M. Dostal, Kimberly A. Wolbers, Steve Graham. © 2016. 20 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to gain insight from the ways a group of elementary teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing chose to integrate digital tools into evidence-based...
The Integration of Digital Tools during Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction
The Integration of Digital Tools during Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction
Jennifer Renėe Kilpatrick, Rachel Saulsburry, Hannah M. Dostal, Kimberly A. Wolbers, Steve Graham. © 2014. 21 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to gain insight from the ways a group of elementary teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing chose to integrate digital tools into evidence-based...