A promotional image for My Uni Life, a series on RTE that featured the ISL STEM Glossary. Elizabeth is featured in the promo, holding a cut-out sign with STEM in English and ISL fingerspelling.

Publications, Presentations, and Reports from the ISL STEM Glossary

Academic Publications

Mathews, E., Cadwell, P., O’Boyle, S., & Dunne, S. (2022). Crisis interpreting and Deaf community access in the COVID-19 pandemic. Perspectives, 31(3), 431–449. https://doi.org/10.1080/0907676X.2022.2028873

O'Boyle, S., Mathews, E., Brosens, C., Omardeen, R., Van Landuyt, D., Jones, A. and Quigley, L. (2024). A deaf-centred art-science approach to community engagement with sign language technologies JCOM 23(05), N04. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.23050804

News Articles

DCU is creating an Irish Sign Language glossary for maths. Claire O'Connell, Silicon Republic (2018). Read.

Irish Sign Language STEM Glossary Project. DCU (2018). Read.

First ever Irish Sign Language STEM glossary launched by DCU. DCU (2019). Read.

First Ever ISL STEM Glossary. Holy Family School for the Deaf (2019. Read.

DCU teams up with Met Éireann to launch Irish Sign Language Environmental and Geography Glossary. SFI (2019). Read.

2019 President’s Awards for Engagement. DCU (2019). Read.

Ministers Harris and Foley announce more than €6 million for 40 projects to inspire public engagement with STEM. SFI (2022). Read.

40 STEM projects get more than €6 million to inspire public engagement - Ministers Harris and Foley. Gov.ie (2023). Read.

DCU’s Autism Friendly University and the ISL STEM glossary and The Gnomes feature in new series of My Uni Life. DCU (2024). Read.

Television

The ISL STEM Glossary featured on My Uni Life (Series 2, Episode 3), first broadcast on Friday, March 1st, at 8:00pm on RTÉ One. Watch the full episode.

Presentations

IOP Spring Conference 2024 (Ireland). Presentation by Maggie Owens and Dr Shaun O'Boyle.

PLANCKS Dublin 2024 (Ireland). Presentation by Dr Elizabeth Mathews.

Science and Maths Education Conference (SMEC) 2024 (Ireland). Presentation by Dr Elizabeth Mathews, Seán Herlihy, and Dr Shaun O'Boyle.

STEM Sign Language Summit (US). Presentation by Seán Herlihy and Maggie Owens.

Evaluation Reports

Evaluation of ISL STEM Glossary Pilot – Maths. Prepared by Dr. Elizabeth S. Mathews. Download PDF.