About Us
Morgan Lee, M.Ed., Ed.D. - (they, them)
Morgan was introduced to American Sign Language and Deaf culture by a Deaf friend while pursuing an undergraduate degree. This friend shared their own experience growing up with limited ASL access and struggles in school with educators untrained in Deaf education. After graduation, Morgan worked in a Deaf school in Tamaulipas, Mexico for one year as a recreation director.
Recognizing the need for strong, equitable education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, Morgan attended the Deaf education Master’s program at Boston University. They also completed a certificate program at Gallaudet University focusing on teaching Deaf and Hard of Hearing students with additional disabilities. Morgan successfully defended their dissertation in March 2025 and will be graduating in May 2025 from American University’s Education Leadership and Policy program. Their dissertation focuses on the needed changes in public education for Deaf education, specifically for students who have language deprivation and are from marginalized communities.
Morgan has worked in Massachusetts, Washington D.C., and Virginia as a teacher and administrator in public and private schools since 2013.
Morgan passed the Virginia Quality Assurance Screening through the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, receiving: ASL Interpretation III / Transliteration III. They serve as a freelance ASL interpreter in the Northern Virginia, DC, and Maryland area.
Professional Conference Presentations:
National Association for the Deaf – 2016 – Phoenix, Arizona – “Differentiated Education”
American Society for Deaf Children Literacy Conference – 2023 – Charleston, South Carolina – “Impact of Language Deprivation & Educational Approaches”
Language First Webinar – March 2024 – “Impact of Language Deprivation & Educational Approaches”
Maryland EHDI Conference – May 2024 – “Bilingual Early Intervention in Lieu of Language Deprivation”
2024 Oklahoma Deaf Education Conference – June 2024 – “Impact of Language Deprivation & Educational Approaches”
Maryland Teachers’ Summer Institute – August 2024 – “Impact of Language Deprivation & Educational Approaches”
American Society for Deaf Children Literacy Conference – October 2024 – Plenary – “Intersectionality, Language Deprivation, & You”
Language First Freeing the Butterfly – November 2024 – “Impact of Language Deprivation & Educational Approaches”
Carter Hears! Educator Series – November 2024 – “Impact of Language Deprivation & Educational Approaches”
New Jersey – Hackensack Schools – January 2025 – “Impact of Language Deprivation & Educational Approaches”
New Jersey – Lake Drive Schools – January 2025 – “Impact of Language Deprivation & Educational Approaches”
Hamilton Relay – February 2025 – “Culturally Competent Relay Services”
Alabama Department of Mental Health – March 2025 – “Intersectionality, Language Deprivation, and You.”
Early Childhood Education Summit – April 2025 – “Culturally Responsive Teaching for Students with Language Deprivation”
Language First Conference – Tacoma, Washington – April 2025 – “Intersectionality, Language Deprivation, & You”
Upcoming
Council of Service Providers – British Columbia, Canada – May 2025 – “Intersectionality, Language Deprivation, & You”
Language First Webinar – June 2025 – “Intersectionality, Language Deprivation, & You”
Publications
Lee, M. (2025). Defying the gravity of oppressions: language deprivation and empowering Deaf learners from marginalized communities [EdD Dissertation]. American University.