Deafness and Academia - A conversation with Joyce Wangari Ngugi

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Following up on our previous episode with Joyce Wangari Nugi, in which we talked about Holistic wellness and mental health in research careers, this episode is about Wangari’s work for the deaf community and deafness in academia.

We are joined by N’kadziri Aminah Idd, who facilitates sign language interpretation throughout our conversation (see the video below).

Personal profiles

ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7093-2896
Website: wangari.africa
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/joyce-wangari-a9105a1a8/
Feature at TCC Africa: tcc-africa.org/my-tcc-experience-joyce-wangari-ngugi/
Feature at INASP: blog.inasp.info/celebrating-the-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science/

Related resources

• Deaf Mental Health, a webinar hosted by Eider Africa.
• deafculturethat.com/category/deaf-academics/

More details at access2perspectives.org/2022/05/a-conversation-with-wangari-joyce-gugi/

Host: Dr Jo Havemann, ORCID iD 0000-0002-6157-1494
Editing: Ebuka Ezeike
Music: Alex Lustig, produced by Kitty Kat
License: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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