- Dennis B. Galvan, Ph.D. - Gallaudet University

Department
Psychology

Office Location
Hall Memorial Building (HMB) W312

Phone Numbers

Voice Phone: 202 651 5540

Email Address
dennis.galvan@gallaudet.edu

Dennis B. Galvan, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology

Ph.D. Educational Psychology and Human Development, University of California, Berkeley
MA Educational Psychology and Human Development, University of California, Berkeley
BA Sociology, University of California, Davis

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Galvan has been in the Psychology Department at Gallaudet since 1989. His research has focused on ASL acquisition in deaf children with deaf and hearing parents and hearing adults and is currently involved in a study looking at factors that predict ASL acquisition (including gesture and visual cognition) with Pilar Pinar, Sue Mather and Amanda Holzrichter. He has also conducted cross-linguistic studies with Pilar Pinar and Sarah Taub looking at how spatial information is conveyed in English, Spanish and ASL.Dr. Galvan teaches courses in Child Development, Statistics and Research Methods, Psychology Internship and Internship Seminar, Psycholinguistics, Psychology and Deaf People, and Stress from Psychological and Biochemical Perspectives. Dr. Galvan is currently the director of the Undergraduate Program in Psychology.

SPECIALIZATIONS

Acquisition of ASL

Gesture and ASL