Leah Geer, PhD

Leah Geer, PhD is an Associate Professor and program coordinator for the ASL & Deaf Studies program at California State University, Sacramento. She has a master’s degree in sign language linguistics from Gallaudet University and a PhD, also in linguistics, from The University of Texas at Austin. Leah was drawn to linguistics after studying kinesiology in undergrad, in hopes of gaining a better understanding of the relationship between motor skill and language acquisition in children and adults. Inspired by her work with families after co-authoring the ASL curriculum ASL at Home, she recently completed the Interdisciplinary Infants, Toddlers and their Families Collaborative Leadership Graduate Certificate from Gallaudet University and is now pursuing a second MA in the same topic.