Resume & Credentials

Education

Monroe Community College, Rochester NY — AAS 1982, Science (Medical)

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY — AAS 1984, Applied Science in Educational Interpreting

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY — BS 1999, Applied Arts and Sciences, Concentration: Business Management & Psychology

Certifications

National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
Certificate of Interpretation (CI)
Certificate of Transliteration (CT)

Positions and Appointments

Relay Service Interpreter/Trainer, Sorenson Communications, April 2007 - current (part-time)
Special skills: VRS interpreting, VRS Trainer for new hires
Adjunct Faculty, American Sign Language Interpreter Education Department, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology, 2011 - intermittently (part-time)
Interpreter, Self-employed - current, various community settings, primarily medical
Interpreter, Department of Interpreting Services, National Technical Institute for the Deaf - Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences Core Team, March 2013 - 2015
Research Associate, Center for Education Research Partnerships, National Technical Institute for the Deaf - Rochester Institute of Technology, September 2006 - March 2013
Special skills: data management, testing deaf children ages 5-11, video materials development, Final Cut Pro, Excel, SuperLab programming, Mac and PC literate, experimental design development, international project coordination, data collection and interpretation
Interpreter, URMC, Strong Memorial Hospital, (on-call) March 2010 - October 2011
Special skills: medical and mental health interpreting
Interpreter, Department of Interpreting Services, National Technical Institute for the Deaf - Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences Core Team, 2005 - 2006
Research Associate, Department of Research, National Technical Institute for the Deaf - Rochester Institute of Technology, July 2002 - 2005
Special Assistant to the Dean/Designated Interpreter, Office of the Dean, National Technical Institute for the Deaf - Rochester Institute of Technology, (Appointment), 1997 - 1999
Coordinator of Professional Development and In-Service Training, Department of Interpreting Services, National Technical Institute for the Deaf - Rochester Institute of Technology, 1992 - 2002
Coordinator of Interpreting Services/Advocate, Ability Center of Greater Toledo, 1989 - 1992
Designated Interpreter/Coordinator of Services, Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation, Toledo, OH, 1988 - 1989
Community Interpreter, Self-Employed, Spokane, Washington 1984 - 1986, Salem, Oregon 1986 - 1988

Presentations and Activities

Current member of the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)
2014 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on interpreting team for deaf, teachers of the deaf, how to teach math to deaf students training
2010 ICED Vancouver, BC - Presenter, "Interpreters, Deaf Students and Classroom Lectures: Preferences and Comprehension"
2008 Ireland, member of research team toured/reviewed education approach in all schools for the deaf
2007 RID Convention, San Francisco, CA, Co-Presenter, "Access to Educational Interpreting"
2005 ICED Maastricht, Netherlands - Presenter, "Does Sign Language Interpreting Provide Equal Educational Access?"
2005 Supporting Deaf People online Conference, Co-presented the Keynote, "Educational Interpreting: Does it work as well as we think"
2004 AVLIC Convention, Vancouver, BC - Co-presenter, "Effective Educational Interpreting: You Can't Always Get What You Want"
2002 Beijing, China, member interpreting team, 2 week summit of U.S., China & Japan deaf student delegates
1998 Budapest, Hungary, member of interpreting team for NTID senior administration, public relations
1998 American Society for Deaf Children, Co-presenter, "A S.O.D.A.'s Perspective" (Sibling of Deaf Adults)
1998 Department of Interpreting Services at RIT, Co-presenter, "Team Interpreting, the Good, Bad and Ugly"
1996 Member of the Feasibility Study Committee for the establishment of a Bachelor of Science Degree in ASL - English Interpretation, NTID at RIT
1994 - 2001 Administrator of the RID Certification Maintenance Program
1987 - 1998 Sales representative for Sign Enhancers, Inc. at various state wide conferences
1989 - 1991 Ohio Chapter Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (OCRID), Vice President
1989 DEAF WAY, Washington D.C., Interpreter

Publications

Bull, R., Marschark, M., Sapere, P., Davidson, W.A., Murphy, D., & Nordmann, E. (2011). Numerical estimation in deaf and hearing adults. Learning and Individual Differences, 21, 453-457.

Marschark, M., Spencer, P.E, Adams, J. & Sapere, P. (2011). Evidence-based practice in educating deaf and hard-of-hearing children: Teaching to their cognitive strengths and needs. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 26, 3-16.

Marschark, M., Spencer, P.E, Adams, J. & Sapere, P. (2011). Teaching to the strengths and needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing children. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 26, 17-23.

Marschark, M., Richardson, J.T.E., Sapere, P., & Sarchet, T. (2010). Approaches to teaching in mainstream and separate postsecondary classrooms. American Annals of the Deaf, 155, 481-487.

Richardson, J.T.E., Marschark, M., Sarchet, T., Sapere, P. (2010). Deaf and hard-of-hearing students' experiences in mainstream and separate postsecondary education. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 15, 358-382.

Wauters, L., Marschark, M., Sapere, P., & Convertino, C. (2009). Language and learning in mainstream classrooms. In J. Mole (Ed.), International Perspectives on Educational Interpreting (pp. 45-54). Brassington, UK: Direct Learned Services Ltd.

Marschark, M., Sapere, P., Convertino, C., Mayer, C., Wauters, L. & Sarchet, T. (2009). Are deaf students' reading challenges really about reading? American Annals of the Deaf, 154, 357-370.

Convertino, C.M., Marschark, M., Sapere, P., Sarchet, T., & Zupan, M. (2009). Predicting academic success of deaf college students. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 14, 324-343.

Marschark, M., Sapere, P., Convertino, C.M. & Pelz, J. (2008). Learning via direct and mediated instruction by deaf students. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 13, 446-461.

Marschark, M., Convertino, C.M., Macias, G., Monikowski, C., Sapere, P.M., & Seewagen, R. (2007). Understanding communication among deaf students who sign and speak: A trivial pursuit? American Annals of the Deaf, 152, 415-424.

Marschark, M., Leigh, G., Sapere, P., Burnham, D., Convertino, C., Stinson, M., Knoors, H., Vervloed, M.P.J. & Noble, W. (2006). Benefits of sign language interpreting and text alternatives to classroom learning by deaf students. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 11, 421-437.

Marschark, M., Pelz, J., Convertino, C., Sapere, P., Arndt, M.E., & Seewagen, R. (2005). Classroom interpreting and visual information processing in mainstream education for deaf students: Live or Memorex? American Educational Research Journal, 42, 727-762.

Marschark, M., Sapere, P. (2005). Educational Interpreting - Does it work as well as we think? In J. Mole (Ed.), International Perspectives on Educational Interpreting. Norbury, Shropshire, UK: Direct Learned Services Ltd.

Sapere, P., LaRock, D, Convertino, C., Gallimore, L. & Lessard, P. (2005). Interpreting and Interpreter Education - Adventures in Wonderland? In M. Marschark, R. Peterson, & E. Winston (Eds.), Interpreting and Interpreter Education: Directions for Research and Practice (pp. 283-297). New York: Oxford University Press.

Marschark, M., Sapere, P., Convertino, C., & Seewagen, R. (2005). Educational interpreting: Access and outcomes. In M. Marschark, R. Peterson, & E.A. Winston (Eds.), Interpreting and Interpreter Education: Directions for Research and Practice (pp. 57-83). New York: Oxford University Press.

Marschark, M., Sapere, P., Convertino, C., & Seewagen, R. (2005). Access to postsecondary education through sign language interpreting. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 10, 38-50.

Marschark, M., Sapere, P., Convertino, C., Seewagen, R. & Maltzan, H. (2004). Comprehension of sign language interpreting: deciphering a complex task situation. Sign Language Studies, 4, 345-368.

Technical Skills

Mac and PC literate, MS Office, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, SuperLab