Miako Villanueva, PhD, CI/CT is an assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics at Gallaudet University. Miako has been interpreting professionally for 10 years, working primarily as an independent contractor and specializing in advanced educational, government, business, religious, and performing arts settings. Miako teaches undergraduate and graduate level interpretation and linguistics courses. She has also provided numerous workshops on linguistic and interpreting topics, including Visualization & Conceptual Blending, Constructing Dialogue and Action Through Blends, Variation in ASL, and Ethics of Expansion for Deaf Interpreters. She specializes in Applied Linguistics – incorporating the knowledge, approaches, and understandings gleaned from linguistic research on ASL directly into interpretation and language teaching.
