CURRICULUM VITAE

ABBI N. SIMONS
1. Personal Information
Abbi N. Simons, Biology, Lecturer I since August 2016
The George Washington University, Epidemiology

M.S. 2015

Rochester Institute of Technology, Biomedical science

B.S. 2012

Employment Background:

August 2016 present: Lecturer I (non-tenure track). Biology program,

Department of Science, Technology, and Mathematics at Gallaudet
University.

August 2016 present: Collaborator for the Deaf Health

Communication and Quality of Life Research Lab at Gallaudet
University.

January 2014 to May 2016: Adjunct lecturer. Biology and mathematics

program, Department of Science, Technology, and Mathematics at
Gallaudet University.

2. Research, Scholarly, & Creative Activities

Presentations
Kushalnagar, P., Paludneviciene, R., Bruce, S., Simons, A., & Sadler, G. (2016). HINTS-ASL:
Inclusion of Deaf Adults in Cancer Health and Internet Research. Poster presented at the
International Cancer Education Conference, Bethesda, MD.
Abstracts submitted
Bruce, S.*, Simons, A., & Kushalnagar, P. (submitted). Language confidence and patient
centered communication in a nationwide sample of deaf adults.
Kushalnagar, P., Keogh, B.*, Holcomb, T.*, & Simons, A. (submitted). Food insecurity and
retrospective communication neglect in deaf adults.
Kushalnagar, P., Moreland, C., & Simons, A. (submitted). Early life communication neglect
liked to food insecurity in deaf adults.

3. Teaching, Mentoring, and Advising.

Courses taught in the last five years (2014 to present).
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Semester

Course #

Course Title

Approx. Enroll.

Spring 2014 BIO 106

Medical Terminology

10

Fall 2014

Principles of Biology for Sci. Maj. Lab I

15

Spring 2015 BIO 106

Medical Terminology

10

Spring 2015 BIO 108L

Principles of Biology for Sci. Maj. Lab II

15

Fall 2015

MAT 40

Pre-college Mathematics

15

Fall 2015

MAT 45

Elementary Algebra

20

Fall 2015

MAT 55

Intermediate Algebra

20

Spring 2016 MAT 40

Pre-college mathematics

20

Spring 2016 MAT 55

Intermediate Algebra

20

Spring 2016 MAT 102

Intro. to Probability and Stats. (for social sci.)

15

Spring 2016 MAT 142

Intro. to Prob. And Stats. (for science and IT)

12

Spring 2016 BIO 108L

Principles of Biology for Sci. Maj. Lab II

20

Fall 2016

BIO 105

Human Biology

18

Fall 2016

BIO 105L

Human Biology Lab

19

Fall 2016

BIO 107

Principles of Biology for Sci. Maj. I

22

Fall 2016

BIO 107L

Principles of Biology for Sci. Maj. Lab I

22

BIO 107L

4. Service
a. Professional.
i.

Memberships held in professional organizations

a. Member of American Public Health Association

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b. Campus.
i.

Departmental.
a. Attend campus events on behalf of the department
b. DSTM Open House committee
c. DSTM Social Media committee

ii.

University.
a. Biostatistics/epidemiology collaborator for Dr. Poorna
Kushalnagars Deaf Health Communication and Quality of Life
Research Lab

Notarization. I have read the above following and certify that this curriculum vitae is
a current and accurate statement of my professional record.

1/12/2017
Signature______________________________ Date______________________

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