Dr Hannah Anglin-Jaffe

About me:

My research focuses broadly on learners labelled with disabilities and Special Educational Needs and specifically on learners who are deaf or hard of hearing. I am interested in the intersections between language, difference and belonging particularly in relation to sign language communities. I have published in international academic journals about my research in deaf education. This includes a publication in a top journal Education Review (2024) focusing on sign language. I have also published in professional publications like the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf Magazine (June 2026).  We completed a project entitled 'Deaf Role Modeling in a Community of Practice: A participatory approach towards social capital building and widening participation in higher education', which was funded by the Social Mobility Centre.  I have previously conducted a British Academy funded research project about the importance of schools for the deaf for Deaf people: The Deaf School: Bastion of Deaf Culture of Institution of Exclusion?

Skills

• Level 4 British Sign Language

Interests:

• Sign Language
• Disability Studies
• Deaf Studies

Career:

I joined the University of Exeter in 2010. Previously, I lectured at the University of Plymouth and gained my doctorate from the University of Reading. I completed my undergraduate education at the University of Cambridge.