Julie Mitchiner

Julie Mitchiner , professor in the Education Department at Gallaudet University focuses primarily on Early Childhood Education. She is co-program director for the ITF program. She also directs the Masters program in Deaf Education.. Mitchiner taught at Kendall Demonstration Elementary School at the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center in the bilingual ASL/English Early Childhood Program for six years. She received her BA in Early Childhood Education and MA in Deaf Education with a specialization in Family Centered Early Education at Gallaudet University. She received her PhD in Education at George Mason University with a specialization in Early Childhood Education and a secondary concentration in multicultural/multilingual education. Her research interests include bilingual education in ASL and English and using the Reggio Emilia approach in teaching deaf and hard of hearing children. Mitchiner has presented at many national and international conferences and made several publications related to deaf families with children who have cochlear implants and on family language planning and policy with deaf and hard of hearing children.

Publications

Meaningful Engagement With Immigrant Families
Meaningful Engagement With Immigrant Families
Christi Batamula, Bobbie Jo Kite, Julie Mitchiner. © 2023. 26 pages.
This chapter prepares pre-service teachers to work with immigrant families with Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children. Immigrant families are families with children with at...