Peter Crume
Assistant Professor - Program Coordinator Sign Language Interpreting Learning Sciences- Education
Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2011
M.A., Adult Education, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 1999
B.A., Psychology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 1994
- Specializations
ASL/English Interpreting, Language acquisition of English and ASL, Learning processes of deaf children
- Biography
Peter Crume is an assistant professor in the Department of Learning Sciences. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois in 2011. His core research interest focus is on the use of American Sign Language (ASL) and English to promote effective education for deaf children, such as with educational interpreting and deaf children’s acquisition of literacy skills.