Editorial Board

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Editorial Team

The editorial team of DeafJournal brings together Deaf and hearing scholars in a deliberately collaborative structure. This reflects the journal’s commitment to Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), ensuring that Deaf perspectives actively shape editorial decisions and knowledge production.
The team is interdisciplinary and international, with expertise in DeafDidaktik, DeafParticipation, language deprivation, and cognitive psychology. Editors are responsible for the initial evaluation of submissions, coordinating peer review, and maintaining academic standards.
DeafJournal aims to develop an open and modality-inclusive culture of science, in which both signed (video-based) and written (text-based) contributions are recognized as scholarly formats. Particular attention is given to the evaluation of sign language-based contributions, including their conceptual clarity, linguistic structure, and methodological rigor.
As a newly established journal, we are currently expanding our Editorial and Advisory Board and building an international reviewer network.

Editors-in-chief (Founding Editors)

Klaudia Grote

RWTH Aachen University, Head of the Research Center for Sign Language & Gesture (SignGes)

Klaudia Grote is a hearing cognitive psychologist and head of the Research Center for Sign Language and Gesture (SignGes) at RWTH Aachen University. Her research focuses on the relationship between language and cognition, with a particular emphasis on the impact of language modality on cognitive structures.
She has developed the theoretical framework of DeafDidaktik, a pedagogical approach grounded in the linguistic and aesthetic properties of sign languages. Her work is informed by Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), emphasizing collaboration with Deaf communities in the development of research and educational practices. In addition, her research addresses language deprivation in deaf populations, including its cognitive and mental health implications.

Sofia Wegner

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Sofia Wegner is a licensed psychologist and certified systemic family therapist with over 20 years of experience in educational counseling within child and youth welfare services.

Her research focuses on the symptoms and consequences of language deprivation. In particular, she examines how language deprivation manifests in practice, how it is addressed within current counseling systems, and the challenges and limitations of communication with language-deprived individuals.

Ege Karar

RWTH Aachen University, Research Center for Sign Language & Gesture (SignGes)

Ege Karar is a deaf social educator and certified sign language interpreter with expertise in multiple sign languages, including International Sign. His work focuses on DeafDidaktik and language deprivation, with a particular emphasis on educational practice and communication in multilingual and multimodal Deaf contexts. He also has extensive experience in working with deafblind individuals, contributing to inclusive communication and pedagogical approaches across diverse settings.

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board supports DeafJournal through academic guidance, peer review expertise, and the development of thematic directions. The board is continuously expanding.

Wyatte Hall
University of Rochester, Department of Public Health Sciences

Silvia Kramreiter
Private University College of Teacher Education of Christian Churches Austria, Inclusive Education and Sign Language Pedagogy

Bastian Staudt
RWTH Aachen University, Research Center for Sign Language & Gesture (SignGes), Special education teacher for deaf and hard-of-hearing students with focus on DeafDidaktik

Lydia Fenkart
Private University College of Teacher Education of Christian Churches Austria, Inclusive Education and Sign Language Pedagogy, DeafDidaktik

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