Protactile Research Network
John Lee Clark
[email protected]
CREDENTIALS
M.F.A., Creative Writing, Randolph College.
B.A. DeafBlind Studies, Metropolitan State University.
CITI Research Certificate, Group 2: Social-Behavioral Research Investigators and Key Personnel Training.
National Certificate in Literary Braille.
RECENT EXPERIENCE
Research
Research Assistant. Saint Louis University. 2020-present. Doing ethnography for a National Science Foundation grant exploring Protactile technology, Dr. Jenny Gorlewicz principal investigator.
Research Assistant. Saint Louis University. 2018-present. Consulting and coordinating data collection hub in Minnesota for a National Science Foundation grant studying Protactile phonology, Drs. Terra Edwards and Diane Brentari principal investigators.
Collaborator. Tactile Mind Research Collaborative, Gallaudet University. 2015-2017. Consulting, teaching, and dissemination of information for various Protactile initatives and grants.
Teaching
Trainer. Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf National Conference. June 2019. Led, with Jelica Nuccio and Jason Herbers, a two-day training for 25 interpreters.
Curriculum Co-author. DeafBlind Interpreting National Training and Resource Center, Western Oregon University. 2019-2021. Developed structure and content for a curriculum in Protactile interpreting, writing units in English and creating filmed content in Protactile. Will create more filmed content and pilot the curriculum.
Trainer. Affiliated Blind of Louisiana. April 2019. Led, with Jelica Nuccio, multi-day Protactile trainings for four DeafBlind prospective trainers, 12 interpreters, and 12 Support Service Providers.
Trainer. Sanderson Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. October 20018. Led, with Jelica Nuccio, multi-day trainings for four DeafBlind prospective trainers and 20 teachers and interpreters.
Founder. Clark Touch LLC. Spring 2018 to Present. Developing and leading seminars in Protactile and DeafBlind Studies.
Mentor Trainer. DeafBlind Interpreting National Training and Resource Center, Western Oregon University. Springs 2018-2021. Trained three cohorts of prospective DeafBlind Mentors in preparation for their work during DeafBlind Interpreting Institues.
Educator. DeafBlind Interpreting National Training and Resource Center, Western Oregon University. Summers 2018-2021. Taught six cohorts of interpreters during their respective weeklong immersive DeafBlind Interpreting Institues.
Adjunct Instructor. Gallaudet University. Fall 2017. Taught DST 410: DeafBlind Studies.
Visiting Instructor. Gallaudet University. April 19-29, 2016. Taught, with Jelica Nuccio, a crash course in Protactile and participated in linguistics data collection.
Trainer. ASL Interpreting Services. January-September 2016. Designed and co-taught a series of five workshops and a three-day training in Protactile for interpreters.
Trainer. DeafBlind Services Minnesota. June-November 2015. Designed and co-taught a series of four Protactile workshops for DeafBlind community members and one training for Support Service Providers.
Trainer. Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf. May 2015. Co-trained teachers in Protactile.
Vendor. State Services for the Blind. 2015-present. Providing instruction in Braille and Protactile.
RECENT HONORS
Disability Futures Fellow. The Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 2020-2021.
National Magazine Award in Essay and Criticism. “Tactile Art.” 2020.
Frederick Bock Prize. Poetry. 2019.
Featured Poet. “I wanna be with you everywhere” Disability Arts Festival. April 2019.
Keynote. Northwest DeafBlind Conference. March 2018.
Outstanding Student Award. Metropolitan State University. 2016.
Finalist, Split This Rock Freedom Plow Award for Poetry and Activism. 2015.
BOOKS
As Author
Where I Stand: On the Signing Community and My DeafBlind Experience. Minneapolis: Handtype Press, 2014.
Suddenly Slow: Poems (chapbook). Minneapolis: Handtype Press, 2008.
As Editor
Deaf Lit Extravaganza. Minneapolis: Handtype Press, 2013.
Deaf American Poetry: An Anthology. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press, 2009.
Clayton: A Tribute to Clayton Valli. Minneapolis: The Tactile Mind Press, 2005.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Anthologies
Essay “Tactile Art” in The Best American Magazine Writing 2020. 2020.
Story “The Vibrating Mouth” in Tripping the Tale Fantastic: Weird Fiction by Deaf Writers. 2017.
Poems in The Nodin Anthology of Poetry. 2015.
Essays
"The View Where I Write." The Paris Review: The Daily. October 15, 2020.
“Theodocia Pearce, DeafBlind Modernist.” Blind Academy. April 2020.
“Tactile Art.” Poetry. October 2019.
“Charles Joseph Kickham’s Poetics of Patriotism.” Wordgathering. Fall 2018.
“Reading Environments.” Poetry. October 2018.
“The Retroactive Poems of Alfred Castner King.” Wordgathering. Summer 2018.
“Distantism.” Wordgathering. September 2017.
“Facebook and the DeafBlind Community.” johnleeclark.com. April 2016.
“Metatactile Knowledge.” Wordgathering. December 2015.
“No Stage.” Scene4. April 2015.
Poems
“The Mansion.” Poetry. October 2020.
“A Funeral.” Poetry. October 2020.
“Line of Descent.” The Paris Review. Fall 2020.
“The Manual.” Poetry. February 2020.
“The Launch.” Wordgathering. September 2019.
“The Offspring.” Wordgathering. September 2019.
“The Valediction.” Wordgathering. September 2019.
“Pass.” The New York Times. June 15, 2019.
“Morrison Heady.” American Poetry Review. May-June 2019.
“Sorrow and Joy.” American Poetry Review. May-June 2019.
“Treasure.” American Poetry Review. May-June 2019.
“The Interaction.” The Paris Review. Winter 2019.
“The Transition.” The Paris Review. Winter 2019.
“Cubist Statue.” Poetry International. 2019.
“I Promise You.” Poetry. October 2018.
“A DeafBlind Poet.” Poetry. October 2018.
“The Diagonsis.” Poetry. October 2018.
“The Rebuttal.” Poetry. October 2018.
“The Culmination.” Poetry. October 2018.
“Eight Slateku.” The Nation. July 2018.
“Four Slateku.” Poem-a-Day. January 2018.
“At the Holiday Gas Station.” Poetry. December 2017.
“Five Slateku.” Rattle. Fall 2017.
“Nicholas Saundersson.” The South Carolina Review. Fall 2017.
“The Three Frenchmen.” Wordgathering. Summer 2017.
“Etienne de Fay.” Ecotone. Spring 2016.
“Old Deaf Joke.” Ecotone. Spring 2016.
“Last Night.” Apogee Journal. 2015.
“Goldilocks in Denial.” Wordgathering. March 2015.
Translations
“Memories” by Patrick Graybill. West Branch Wired. Forthcoming.
“The Lumberjack Story” by Oscar Chacon. West Branch Wired. Forthcoming.
“Solace” by Rhonda Voight-Campbell. West Branch Wired. Forthcoming.
“The Moonlight” by Noah Buchholz. Poetry. July-August 2016.“The Friend” by John Maucere. Poetry. July-August 2016.
“Need” by Peter Cook and Kenny Lerner. Split This rock Poem of the Week. February 2015.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
“Tactile Art.” Whitney Museum of American Art. April 2019.
“The Four Translations.” CUNY Graduate School. September 2018.
“Protactile in Higher Education.” University of Wisconsin at Stout. June 18, 2018.
“DeafBlind History: Figures and Topics” (with parts assigned to Jelica Nuccio, Bryen Yunashko, Sarah Morrison, Oscar Chacon, Debra Kahn, Sarah McMillen, and Ryan Bondroff). Northwest DeafBlind Conference. March 29, 2018.
“Breaking Through Distantism: How DeafBlind People Created a Virtual Community, 1850-1920.” Annual ASL Lecture Series. University of Washington. March 28, 2018.
“Braille Art” (with Jamie Taylor). Metro Deaf School. March 22, 2018.
“Communication Facilitator and Email Relay Services” (with Jamie Taylor). Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans. November 8, 2017.
“Distantism and the Rise of Protactile.” Deaf Studies Association Social Justice Conference. California State University at Northridge. October 20, 2017.
“Birth of the DeafBlind Community in North America, 1850-1900.” U.S. Deaf History Association Conference. March 15-18, 2017.
“Introduction to Protactile” (with Bryen Yunashko and Julie Somers). Mary Mulcrone Annual Workshop. Chicago Hearing Society. February 7, 2016.
Tactile Mind Research and Planning Collaborative. Gallaudet University. November 5-8, 2015.
“DeafBlind Community-Based Solutions.” Deaf Certified Peer Support Specialists Program. Minnesota Department of Human Services. August 28, 2015.
“Poetry and Disability” panel. Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference. 2015.
“It’s Sad When Batman Needs to Use a Cane: Disability and Sexuality in the Marketplace” panel. Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference. 2015.
M.F.A., Creative Writing, Randolph College.
B.A. DeafBlind Studies, Metropolitan State University.
CITI Research Certificate, Group 2: Social-Behavioral Research Investigators and Key Personnel Training.
National Certificate in Literary Braille.
RECENT EXPERIENCE
Research
Research Assistant. Saint Louis University. 2020-present. Doing ethnography for a National Science Foundation grant exploring Protactile technology, Dr. Jenny Gorlewicz principal investigator.
Research Assistant. Saint Louis University. 2018-present. Consulting and coordinating data collection hub in Minnesota for a National Science Foundation grant studying Protactile phonology, Drs. Terra Edwards and Diane Brentari principal investigators.
Collaborator. Tactile Mind Research Collaborative, Gallaudet University. 2015-2017. Consulting, teaching, and dissemination of information for various Protactile initatives and grants.
Teaching
Trainer. Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf National Conference. June 2019. Led, with Jelica Nuccio and Jason Herbers, a two-day training for 25 interpreters.
Curriculum Co-author. DeafBlind Interpreting National Training and Resource Center, Western Oregon University. 2019-2021. Developed structure and content for a curriculum in Protactile interpreting, writing units in English and creating filmed content in Protactile. Will create more filmed content and pilot the curriculum.
Trainer. Affiliated Blind of Louisiana. April 2019. Led, with Jelica Nuccio, multi-day Protactile trainings for four DeafBlind prospective trainers, 12 interpreters, and 12 Support Service Providers.
Trainer. Sanderson Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. October 20018. Led, with Jelica Nuccio, multi-day trainings for four DeafBlind prospective trainers and 20 teachers and interpreters.
Founder. Clark Touch LLC. Spring 2018 to Present. Developing and leading seminars in Protactile and DeafBlind Studies.
Mentor Trainer. DeafBlind Interpreting National Training and Resource Center, Western Oregon University. Springs 2018-2021. Trained three cohorts of prospective DeafBlind Mentors in preparation for their work during DeafBlind Interpreting Institues.
Educator. DeafBlind Interpreting National Training and Resource Center, Western Oregon University. Summers 2018-2021. Taught six cohorts of interpreters during their respective weeklong immersive DeafBlind Interpreting Institues.
Adjunct Instructor. Gallaudet University. Fall 2017. Taught DST 410: DeafBlind Studies.
Visiting Instructor. Gallaudet University. April 19-29, 2016. Taught, with Jelica Nuccio, a crash course in Protactile and participated in linguistics data collection.
Trainer. ASL Interpreting Services. January-September 2016. Designed and co-taught a series of five workshops and a three-day training in Protactile for interpreters.
Trainer. DeafBlind Services Minnesota. June-November 2015. Designed and co-taught a series of four Protactile workshops for DeafBlind community members and one training for Support Service Providers.
Trainer. Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf. May 2015. Co-trained teachers in Protactile.
Vendor. State Services for the Blind. 2015-present. Providing instruction in Braille and Protactile.
RECENT HONORS
Disability Futures Fellow. The Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 2020-2021.
National Magazine Award in Essay and Criticism. “Tactile Art.” 2020.
Frederick Bock Prize. Poetry. 2019.
Featured Poet. “I wanna be with you everywhere” Disability Arts Festival. April 2019.
Keynote. Northwest DeafBlind Conference. March 2018.
Outstanding Student Award. Metropolitan State University. 2016.
Finalist, Split This Rock Freedom Plow Award for Poetry and Activism. 2015.
BOOKS
As Author
Where I Stand: On the Signing Community and My DeafBlind Experience. Minneapolis: Handtype Press, 2014.
Suddenly Slow: Poems (chapbook). Minneapolis: Handtype Press, 2008.
As Editor
Deaf Lit Extravaganza. Minneapolis: Handtype Press, 2013.
Deaf American Poetry: An Anthology. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press, 2009.
Clayton: A Tribute to Clayton Valli. Minneapolis: The Tactile Mind Press, 2005.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Anthologies
Essay “Tactile Art” in The Best American Magazine Writing 2020. 2020.
Story “The Vibrating Mouth” in Tripping the Tale Fantastic: Weird Fiction by Deaf Writers. 2017.
Poems in The Nodin Anthology of Poetry. 2015.
Essays
"The View Where I Write." The Paris Review: The Daily. October 15, 2020.
“Theodocia Pearce, DeafBlind Modernist.” Blind Academy. April 2020.
“Tactile Art.” Poetry. October 2019.
“Charles Joseph Kickham’s Poetics of Patriotism.” Wordgathering. Fall 2018.
“Reading Environments.” Poetry. October 2018.
“The Retroactive Poems of Alfred Castner King.” Wordgathering. Summer 2018.
“Distantism.” Wordgathering. September 2017.
“Facebook and the DeafBlind Community.” johnleeclark.com. April 2016.
“Metatactile Knowledge.” Wordgathering. December 2015.
“No Stage.” Scene4. April 2015.
Poems
“The Mansion.” Poetry. October 2020.
“A Funeral.” Poetry. October 2020.
“Line of Descent.” The Paris Review. Fall 2020.
“The Manual.” Poetry. February 2020.
“The Launch.” Wordgathering. September 2019.
“The Offspring.” Wordgathering. September 2019.
“The Valediction.” Wordgathering. September 2019.
“Pass.” The New York Times. June 15, 2019.
“Morrison Heady.” American Poetry Review. May-June 2019.
“Sorrow and Joy.” American Poetry Review. May-June 2019.
“Treasure.” American Poetry Review. May-June 2019.
“The Interaction.” The Paris Review. Winter 2019.
“The Transition.” The Paris Review. Winter 2019.
“Cubist Statue.” Poetry International. 2019.
“I Promise You.” Poetry. October 2018.
“A DeafBlind Poet.” Poetry. October 2018.
“The Diagonsis.” Poetry. October 2018.
“The Rebuttal.” Poetry. October 2018.
“The Culmination.” Poetry. October 2018.
“Eight Slateku.” The Nation. July 2018.
“Four Slateku.” Poem-a-Day. January 2018.
“At the Holiday Gas Station.” Poetry. December 2017.
“Five Slateku.” Rattle. Fall 2017.
“Nicholas Saundersson.” The South Carolina Review. Fall 2017.
“The Three Frenchmen.” Wordgathering. Summer 2017.
“Etienne de Fay.” Ecotone. Spring 2016.
“Old Deaf Joke.” Ecotone. Spring 2016.
“Last Night.” Apogee Journal. 2015.
“Goldilocks in Denial.” Wordgathering. March 2015.
Translations
“Memories” by Patrick Graybill. West Branch Wired. Forthcoming.
“The Lumberjack Story” by Oscar Chacon. West Branch Wired. Forthcoming.
“Solace” by Rhonda Voight-Campbell. West Branch Wired. Forthcoming.
“The Moonlight” by Noah Buchholz. Poetry. July-August 2016.“The Friend” by John Maucere. Poetry. July-August 2016.
“Need” by Peter Cook and Kenny Lerner. Split This rock Poem of the Week. February 2015.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
“Tactile Art.” Whitney Museum of American Art. April 2019.
“The Four Translations.” CUNY Graduate School. September 2018.
“Protactile in Higher Education.” University of Wisconsin at Stout. June 18, 2018.
“DeafBlind History: Figures and Topics” (with parts assigned to Jelica Nuccio, Bryen Yunashko, Sarah Morrison, Oscar Chacon, Debra Kahn, Sarah McMillen, and Ryan Bondroff). Northwest DeafBlind Conference. March 29, 2018.
“Breaking Through Distantism: How DeafBlind People Created a Virtual Community, 1850-1920.” Annual ASL Lecture Series. University of Washington. March 28, 2018.
“Braille Art” (with Jamie Taylor). Metro Deaf School. March 22, 2018.
“Communication Facilitator and Email Relay Services” (with Jamie Taylor). Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans. November 8, 2017.
“Distantism and the Rise of Protactile.” Deaf Studies Association Social Justice Conference. California State University at Northridge. October 20, 2017.
“Birth of the DeafBlind Community in North America, 1850-1900.” U.S. Deaf History Association Conference. March 15-18, 2017.
“Introduction to Protactile” (with Bryen Yunashko and Julie Somers). Mary Mulcrone Annual Workshop. Chicago Hearing Society. February 7, 2016.
Tactile Mind Research and Planning Collaborative. Gallaudet University. November 5-8, 2015.
“DeafBlind Community-Based Solutions.” Deaf Certified Peer Support Specialists Program. Minnesota Department of Human Services. August 28, 2015.
“Poetry and Disability” panel. Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference. 2015.
“It’s Sad When Batman Needs to Use a Cane: Disability and Sexuality in the Marketplace” panel. Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference. 2015.
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