About the Authors/AcknowledgementsMarty Barnum | Linda Gill | Acknowledgements About the Authors:Marty Barnum, MA, CSC, has worked as an interpreter since 1978. Her educational background is in linguistics, intercultural communication, interpreting and psychology. From 1985 to 2000, she was the Director of the Health Care Interpreter Program (now the Bachelor of Interpreting Program), then housed on the Minneapolis Campus of the College of St. Catherine. It was under her direction that the former A.A.S. degree program became a four-year degree program. Marty currently does some freelance interpreting, mainly in medical and mental health settings, presents workshops internationally on the topic of interpreting in medical settings, and co-directs a contract with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services in Minnesota to improve interpreter provision for medical and legal emergencies. Under her leadership, hospitals and urgent cares in the greater metropolitan area of St. Paul and Minneapolis and suburbs, formed the MN Hospital Consortium. The Consortium contracts with CSD, Minnesota, to provide 24/7 interpreters for medical emergencies. The Consortium has been up and running since November of 2005 and has filled 100% of emergent requests. Marty lives with husband Rubin Latz and their two daughters, Katie and Hannah. She has six other children who are older, and Rubin has one older daughter. So life is always busy and full of kids and grandkids! In Support of Bilingual/Bicultural Education for Deaf Children, American Annals of the Deaf, Nov. 1984 Interpreting in Medical Settings, in Frishberg, N. (1990) Interpreting: An Introduction. Profile: Marty Barnum. (1998) In Sign Language Interpreting, Exploring Its Art and Science, Allyn and Bacon. Interpreting in Medical Settings: A Student Manual (1987), Marty Barnum and Elizabeth Siebert. Marty Barnum | Linda Gill | Acknowledgements Linda Gill, BS, CI, CT, has worked as an interpreter since 1979. She completed a certificate in Interpreting from St. Paul College in 1979 and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Elementary Education in 1982. She currently is an adjunct faculty member of the College of St. Catherine Interpreter Program and St. Paul College Interpreter Program. She works as a VRS interpreter and provides community interpreting. She presents workshops nationally on the topic of interpreting in medical settings. She co-directs a contract with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division in Minnesota to improve interpreter provision for medical and legal emergencies. She provides volunteer time for RID as a mediator and serves on the Professional Standards Committee. She recently helped revise the Ethical Practices System Policy Manual. She lives with her husband, Michael Levitz, two daughters, Hannah and Olivia and two dogs, Maggie and Jag. Every day provides something new and fun! Marty Barnum | Linda Gill | Acknowledgements AcknowledgementsMarty and Linda would like to thank the CATIE Center staff: Laurie Swabey, Richard Laurion, and Rosa Ramirez, for their support on this study guide. Their wonderful leadership, feedback and patience during this process made the writing of this study guide enjoyable. Thank you for believing in us! We would like to thank Paula Gajewski and Doug Bowen-Bailey who created the wonderful CD-ROMs that accompany this workbook, and who were helpful in finding anatomical images for the study guide. A huge thanks to all of the Deaf and hearing folks who starred in the CD-ROMs, for sharing their stories and information in wonderfully candid ways! Finally, we want to thank our families who supported us each step of the way and offered their help when we needed it the most. |
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