Research Report 14 - Deaf jurors' access to court proceedings via sign language interpreting: an investigation (by Jemina Napier, David Spencer and Joseph Sabolcec)
Updates and background for this project (Digest) A project funded by the NSW Law Reform Commission and
the Macquarie University External Collaborative Grant Scheme.
Research team biographies
Jemina Napier has practised as a sign language interpreter since 1988, and works as a British Sign Language (BSL), Australian Sign Language (Auslan) and International Sign interpreter. Jemina is a senior lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University and coordinates the Department’s suite of Translation and Interpreting programs. Jemina is the principal lecturer in all subjects in the Auslan/English Interpreting program. She was the recipient of a 2006 Macquarie University Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. Jemina has published two books and several articles concerning sign language interpreting.
David Spencer is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Law at Macquarie University. David teaches contract law and dispute resolution, and co-teaches with Jemina on the subject ‘Auslan interpreting in legal settings’. He was the recipient of the 2005 Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor’s Outstanding Teacher Award and the 2006 Carrick Institute Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. David has published several books and articles on his areas of expertise in contracts and dispute resolution.
Joe Sabolcec has practised as an Auslan/English interpreter since 1996 and is currently undertaking the Postgraduate Diploma in Auslan/English Interpreting at Macquarie University. He has a social science degree and has been involved in a variety of research projects in Australia and the United Kingdom looking at access to telecommunication technologies and access to interpreting services for people who are deaf and use a signed language.
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