Terra Edwards, Ph.D.
Terra is a linguistic anthropologist whose research is concerned with the existential and environmental conditions that support language emergence. 

Jelica Nuccio, M.P.H.

Jelica is a Protactile expert with extensive experience teaching Protactile and conducting linguistic research. ​

​John Lee Clark, M.F.A.
John is a Protactile expert and educator. He conducts anthropological research, consults on design, and facilitates linguistic research. 

​Diane Brentari, Ph.D.
Diane is a linguist with expertise in the structure of visual and tactile signed languages, including protactile languages. 


​Hayley Broadway, M.A.

Hayley is a Protactile expert with experience in curriculum design, teaching, and working with families of DeafBlind children.

Deanna Gagne, Ph.D.
Deanna is a psychologist with expertise in child development, specializing in how children acquire and create language. 


​Jenna Gorlewicz, Ph.D.

Jenna is a mechanical engineer who specializes in designing touch-based communication technologies.