THE INSTITUTE CORE FACULTY
The interpreter Institute faculty boasts some of the leading teachers, researchers and program adminstrators for mental health services to deaf people in the country.
Charlene Crump, MA., NCC, CRC, QMHI-S
MHI Coordinator, Office of Deaf Services, Alabama Department of Mental Health, Montgomery, Alabama
Teaches Psycholinguistics
Carter English, RPH
Coordinator, Community Pharmacy Program, Alabama Department of Mental Health, Montgomery, Alabama
Teaches Psychopharmacology
Steve Hamerdinger, MA
Director, Office of Deaf Services, Alabama Department of Mental Health, Montgomery, Alabama
Universal Precautions, Secondary Trauma, and Self Care
Robert Pollard, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean of Research at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine.
Teaches Demand/Control Schema, Assessment and Diagnostic Criteria
Roger Williams, LCSW
State Director, Deaf Services, South Carolina Department of Mental Health (Retired)
Teaches Roles of the Mental Health Professional in Deafness, Confidentiality, Role Playing and Critique
Brian McKenny, BA, CI/CT, NIC, QMHI-S
Staff Interpreter, Office of Deaf Services, Alabama Department of Mental Health, Montgomery, Alabama
Teaches Interpreting in Substance Abuse Settings, Self-Protection
Robyn Dean, Ph.D., C.I./C.T.
Faculty Associate in Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York
Teaches Demand/Control Schema, Interpreting as a Practice Profession
Kent Schafer, PhD., MSE, NCSP
Statewide Deaf Psychologist, Office of Deaf Services, Alabama Department of Mental Health, Montgomery, Alabama.
Teaches Interpreting in Substance Abuse Settings, Treatment Approaches
Amanda Somdal, MSW, LiSCW-PIP
Region V Therapist, Office of Deaf Services, Alabama Department of Mental Health, Montgomery, Alabama.
Teaches Treatment Approaches
