Student Reports

Students are encouraged to write about the contributions of deaf and hard of hearing women and men in science.

Student contributions to this page are welcome!

Report guidelines

How to submit a report

Recommended resources

Frederick A. P. Barnard, by Stephen Denis Hilburn, 9th grade, Mill Neck manor School for Deaf Children, 1997.

Charles Bonnet, by Krissi Taylor, Junior, Model Secondary School for the Deaf, 1996.

Annie Jump Cannon, by Jill Bianco, Junior, Model Secondary School for the Deaf, 1996.

Annie Jump Cannon, by Rayni Plaster, Junior, Model Secondary School for the Deaf, 1996.

Harold Conn, by J.J. Rivera, 8th grade, Mill Neck Manor School for Deaf Children, 1997.

John Goodricke, by Roger Kessler, Junior, Model Secondary School for the Deaf, 1996.

Anthony Hajna, by Joey Guha, 9th grade, Mill Neck Manor School for Deaf Children, 1997.

Anthony Hajna, by Joseph Malone, 8th grade, Mill Neck Manor School for Deaf Children, 1997.

Olaf Hassel, by Jeffrey Roberts, Junior, Model Secondary School for the Deaf, 1996.

Dr. Frank Hochman, by Victor Urich, 8th grade, Mill Neck Manor School for Deaf Children, 1997.

Dr. David James, by Shameka Edwards and Jeffrey Blanco, 9th grade, Mill Neck Manor School for Deaf Children, 1997.

Henrietta Swan Leavitt, by Lissandra Clark, Junior, Model Secondary School for the Deaf, 1996.

Leo Lesquereux, by Christopher Kaftan, Junior, Model Secondary School for the Deaf, 1996.

Dr. Wyn Owston, by Greg Anderson, Senior, Model Secondary School for the Deaf, 1996.

Story about Elmer Hayes, Senior chemist for the Environmental Protection Agency

Interview with a Deaf Veterinarian. A feature article from World Around You, the magazine for Deaf teens.

" ...Deaf men and women,
once relegated to playing a minor accompaniment in the history of science,
emerged from an eclipse of ignorance and prejudice and entered the light of reason.
...they work with their hearing companions to sharpen all of our sensations,
and to further human progress."

Dr. Harry G. Lang, in Silence of the Spheres

Report Guidelines

Choose a deaf or hard of hearing person working in a science field who interests you. Read about the person and write a report, conduct an interview, or create another way to share what you've learned about the scientist.
The purpose of your report is to share your interest in a scientist's work. You should explain about their contributions to the field of science, and describe problems they encountered and how they solved them. Tell how this person's story impacted you as a student.
Your work may be selected for publication on this website. You may submit your work in html code, ready for publication. However, html coding is NOT NECESSARY. You may submit your work as an attachment on an email message, on a floppy disk, or as a legible report on paper. Please submit a photo of yourself with your report. The MSSD Science Department reserves the right to make minor modifications in original reports to conform to the format for this website.

How to submit a report

Send email indicating your interest in submitting a report. We will work out the best way to send your report, electronically.
Or send your completed report to

Or Call Mary Ellsworth

Recommended Resources

COMETS, the Clearinghouse On Mathematics, Engineering, Technology and Science http://www.rit.edu/~comets/

Career Information Registry of Hearing Impaired People, National Information Center on Deafness, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. 20002, 1987.

Database: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Professionals in Science, http://sci.gallaudet.edu/DS/deafsci.html, website by Mary Ellsworth, Science Teacher, Model Secondary School for the Deaf, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. 20002, 1996.

Deaf People Work in Many Science Jobs, Research for Better Schools, Inc. 444 North Third Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123. Film Strip and Audio Cassette, 1981.

Lang, Harry G., Silence of the Spheres: The Deaf Experience in the History of Science, Bergin & Garvey, Westport, Connecticut, 1994.

Lang, Harry G. and Bonnie Meath Lang, Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary , Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, 1995.

Resource Directory of Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities, 3rd Edition, edited by Virginia W. Stern and Laureen Summers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, pub.# 95-28S; 1995. This reference lists several hundred deaf men and women by scientific specialty, sex, and geographic location (as well as scientists with other disabilities). Many of these men and women are willing to be contacted for classroom visits, consulting, and other educational projects. Write to Dr. Virginia Stern, AAAS, AAAS, 1200 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005

AAAS Website: Education and Human Resources