Publications

Snoddon, K. (2026). Being understood: Deaf interpreters, embodied language and relationality (external link, opens in new window) . Multilingual Matters. 

Snoddon, K. (2012). American Sign Language and early literacy: A model parent-child program.  Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.

Friedner, M., O’Neill, R., & Snoddon, K. (2026). Professional responsibility and relationality in deaf education (external link, opens in new window) . Routledge.

Snoddon, K. & Weber, J. (Eds., 2021). Critical perspectives on plurilingualism in deaf education (external link, opens in new window) . Multilingual Matters.

Kusters, A., Green, M., Moriarty Harrelson, E., & Snoddon, K. (Eds., 2020). Sign language ideologies in practice (external link, opens in new window) . Mouton De Gruyter.

Snoddon, K. (Ed., 2014). Telling Deaf lives: Agents of change. Gallaudet University Press.

Friedner, M., O’Neill, R., & Snoddon, K. (2025). Professional responsibility and relationality in deaf education (external link, opens in new window) . Special issue of Deafness & Education International, 27(2). 

Snoddon, K. (Ed., 2021). Sign language-medium education in the global South (external link, opens in new window) . Special issue of Deafness & Education International, 23(3).

De Meulder, M., & Snoddon, K. (Eds., 2020). Ideologies in sign language vitality and revitalisation. (external link, opens in new window)  Special issue of Language & Communication, 74.

Taylor, S.K. & Snoddon, K. (Eds.) (2013). Plurilingualism in TESOL (external link, opens in new window) . Special issue of TESOL Quarterly. 47(3).

Snoddon, K. (2026). Brokering understanding: Canadian deaf interpreters’ role and practice (external link, opens in new window) . Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, 34(1), 93-108.

Snoddon, K. (2025). A phenomenology of deaf people’s experiences and understanding of music at Carnival time (external link, opens in new window) . Tout Moun Caribbean Journal of Cultural Studies, 9(1). 

Snoddon, K. (2025). Possible beings: Deaf children and linguistic justice (external link, opens in new window) . Deafnesss & Education International, 27(2), 202-217. 

Snoddon, K. (2024). Signing songs and the openings of semiotic repertoires (external link, opens in new window) . Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts, 10(2), 256-278. 

Snoddon, K., Ireland, D., Abram, J., Ireland, M., Ireland, M., Osawamick, E., Osawamick-Sagissige, M., Tanner, S.R., & Tanner, S. (2024). Reclaiming Indigenous sign languages and supporting accessibility and inclusion for Indigenous deaf children and their families (external link, opens in new window) . First Peoples Child & Family Review, 19(1), 10-27. 

Snoddon, K. (2023). Sign language ideologies and deaf interpreters in Canada (external link, opens in new window) . Interpreting and Society, 3(1), 126-149.

Snoddon, K. & Madaparthi, K. (2023). Conceptualizing the role of mediation in an online American Sign Language teaching model for parents of deaf children (external link, opens in new window) . Deafness & Education International, 25(1), 4-20.

Snoddon, K. & Willkinson, E. (2022). The institutionalization of sign language interpreting and COVID-19 briefings in Canada (external link, opens in new window) . Translation and Interpreting Studies, 17(3).

Snoddon, K. & Murray, J.J. (2022). Supporting deaf learners in Nepal via Sustainable Development Goal 4: Inclusive and equitable quality education in sign languages (external link, opens in new window) . International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 92-95.

Rowley, K., Snoddon, K., & O’Neill, R. (2022). Supporting families and young deaf children with a bimodal approach. International Journal of  Birth and Parent Education, 9(3), 15-20.

Snoddon, K. (2022). Writing as being: On the existential primacy of writing for a deaf scholar (external link, opens in new window) . Qualitative Inquiry, 28(6), 722-731.

Snoddon, K. (2021). ‘It seemed like if you chose sign language you were going to be punished’: A narrative case study of participant experiences with supporting a deaf child in Ontario early childhood education and care (external link, opens in new window) . Deafness & Education International, 23(4), 276-294.

Snoddon, K. (2021). Sign language planning and policy in Ontario teacher education (external link, opens in new window) . Language Policy, 20, 577-598.

Ali, K., Braithwaite, B., Dhanoolal, I., & Snoddon, K. (2021). Sign language-medium education in the global South (external link, opens in new window) . Deafness & Education International, 23(3), 169-178.

Snoddon, K. (2020). ASL and early literacy: From ASL phonological awareness to print literacy (external link, opens in new window) . Society for American Sign Language Journal, 4(1), 24-35.

Snoddon, K. (2020). The social and epistemological violence of inclusive education for deaf learners (external link, opens in new window) . Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 9(5), 184-213.

Snoddon, K. & Weber, J. (2020). Commentary: Shapes and sites of deaf people’s transinstitutionalization (external link, opens in new window) . Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 9(3), 15-27.

Weber, J. & Snoddon, K. (2020). Intelligibility as a methodological problem in the rehearsal spaces of a deaf play (external link, opens in new window) , Apple Time. Sign Language Studies, 20(4), 595-618.

Snoddon, K. & De Meulder, M. (2020). Introduction: Ideologies in sign language vitality and revitalization (external link, opens in new window) . Language & Communication, 74, 154-163.

Snoddon, K. & Paul, J.J. (2020). Framing sign language as a health need in Canadian and international policy (external link, opens in new window) . Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2974, 1360-1364.

Murray, J.J., Snoddon, K., De Meulder, M., & Underwood, K. (2020). Intersectional inclusion for deaf learners: Moving beyond General Comment No. 4 on Article 24 of the UNCRPD (external link, opens in new window) . International Journal of Inclusive Education, 24(7), 691-705.

Murray, J.J., Hall, W.C., & Snoddon, K. (2020). The importance of signed language for deaf children and their families (external link, opens in new window) . The Hearing Journal, 73(3), 30-32.

Murray, J.J., Hall, W.C., & Snoddon, K. (2019). Education and health of children with hearing loss: The necessity of signed languages (external link, opens in new window) . Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 97(10), 711-716.

Snoddon, K. & Murray, J.J. (2019). The Salamanca Statement and sign language education for deaf learners 25 years on (external link, opens in new window) . International Journal of Inclusive Education, 23(7-8), 740-753.

Snoddon, K. & Wilkinson, E. (2019). Problematizing the legal recognition of sign languages in Canada (external link, opens in new window) . Canadian Modern Language Review, 75(2) 128-144.

Snoddon, K. & Underwood, K. (2017). Deaf time in the twenty-first century: Considering rights frameworks and the social relational model of deaf childhood (external link, opens in new window) . Disability & Society, 32(9), 1400-1415.

Snoddon, K. (2017). Uncovering translingual practices in teaching parents classical ASL varieties (external link, opens in new window) . International Journal of Multilingualism, 14(3), 303-316.

Paul, J.J. & Snoddon, K. (2017). Framing deaf children’s right to sign language in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (external link, opens in new window) . Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 6(1).

Snoddon, K. (2016). Whose ASL counts? Linguistic prescriptivism and challenges in the context of parent sign language curriculum development (external link, opens in new window) . International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 21(8), 1004-1015.

Snoddon, K. (2015). Using the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages to teach sign language to parents of deaf children (external link, opens in new window) . Canadian Modern Language Review, 71(3), 270-287.

Snoddon, K. (2014). Ways of taking from books in ASL book sharing (external link, opens in new window) . Sign Language Studies, 14(3), 338-359.

Snoddon, K. & Underwood, K. (2014). Toward a social relational model of Deaf childhood (external link, opens in new window) . Disability & Society, 29(4), 530-542.

Snoddon, K. (2011). Action research with a family ASL literacy program (external link, opens in new window) . Writing & Pedagogy, 3(2), 265-288.

Snoddon, K. (2010). Technology as a learning tool for ASL literacy (external link, opens in new window) . Sign Language Studies, 10(2), 197-213.

Snoddon, K. (2009). Equity in education: Signed language and the courts (external link, opens in new window) . Current Issues in Language Planning, 10(3), 279-295.

Snoddon, K. (2008). American Sign Language and early intervention (external link, opens in new window) . Canadian Modern Language Review, 64(4), 581-604.

Snoddon, K., Chovaz, C., & Hall, W.C. (2026). Language acquisition & language deprivation: Antecedents to mental health. In C. Chovaz (Ed.), Head-to-head and heart-to-heart: Perspectives, insights and discourse regarding deaf people and mental health (pp. 16-35). Gallaudet University Press.

Player, D. & Snoddon, K. (2026). Using Black Deaf Gain to reframe Black deaf education during the Jim Crow era and its aftermath . In J.C. Hill, R. Bayley, & E. Shaw (Eds.), Sociolinguistic pathways in sign language: Sociolinguistic studies in honor of Ceil Lucas. Gallaudet University Press.

Snoddon, K. (2026). Possible beings: Deaf children and linguistic justice (external link, opens in new window) . In M. Friedner, R. O’Neill, & K. Snoddon (Eds.), Professional responsibility and relationality in deaf education (pp. 95-110). Routledge.

Snoddon, K., & De Meulder, M. (2026). Language policy and management for sign languages. In J. Lo Bianco, B. Spolsky, & A. Lundberg (Eds.), Bloomsbury Applied Linguistics Volume 2: Language policy and planning: State of research and future directions (pp. 199-214). Bloomsbury. 

Snoddon, K. (2025). Sign language programs for parents and young children. In R. Herman & C. Enns (Eds.), Communication interventions and deafness (pp. 271-285). Oxford University Press.

Hoffman-Dilloway, E. & Snoddon, K. (2023). Sign languages (external link, opens in new window) . In M. Aldenderfer (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Oxford University Press. 

Snoddon, K. & Wilkinson, E. (2021). Vulnerabilities, challenges, and risks in sign language recognition in Canada. In C. Cunningham & C. Hall (Eds.), Vulnerabilities, challenges and risks in applied linguistics (pp. 111-127). Multilingual Matters.

Snoddon, K. (2021). Sign language planning and policy in Ontario teacher education. In K. Snoddon & J. Weber (Eds.), Critical perspectives on plurilingualism in deaf education (pp. 35-59). Multilingual Matters.

Snoddon, K. & Weber, J. (2021). Introduction: Plurilingualism and (in)competence in deaf education. In K. Snoddon & J. Weber (Eds.), Critical perspectives on plurilingualism in deaf education (pp. 1-12). Multilingual Matters.

Kusters, A., Green, M., Moriarty Harrelson, E., & Snoddon, K. (2020). Sign language ideologies: Practices and politics (external link, opens in new window) . In A. Kusters, M. Green, E. Moriarty Harrelson, & K. Snoddon (Eds.), Sign language ideologies in practice (pp. 3-22). Mouton de Gruyter.

Snoddon, K. (2020). Teaching sign language to parents of deaf children in the name of the CEFR: Exploring tensions between plurilingual ideologies and ASL pedagogical ideologies (external link, opens in new window) . In A. Kusters, M. Green, E. Moriarty Harrelson, & K. Snoddon (Eds.), Sign language ideologies in practice (pp. 143-162). Mouton de Gruyter.

Snoddon, K. (2020). L2/Ln parent education. In R. Rosen (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of sign language pedagogy (pp. 293-306). Taylor & Francis/Routledge.

Snoddon, K. & Underwood, K. (2018). A social relational model of Deaf childhood in action. In T. Curran, K. Liddiard, & K. Runswick-Cole (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of disabled children's childhood studies (pp. 85-100). Palgrave Macmillan.

Burke, T.B., Snoddon, K., & Wilkinson, E. (2016). Genetics and deafness: A view from the inside (external link, opens in new window) . In B. Vona & T. Haaf (Eds.), Genetics of deafness (Monographs in Human Genetics series, 20, pp. 1-8). Karger.

Snoddon, K. (2014). Baby sign as Deaf-gain. In H-D.L. Bauman & J.J. Murray (Eds.), Deaf-gain and the future of human diversity (pp. 146-158). University of Minnesota Press.

Snoddon, K. (2014). Hearing parents as plurilingual learners of ASL. In D. McKee, R. Rosen, & R.McKee (Eds.), Teaching and learning of signed languages: International perspectives and practices (pp. 175-196). Palgrave Macmillan.

Snoddon, K. (2011). Developing American Sign Language identity texts. In J. Cummins & M. Early (Eds.), Identity texts: The collaborative creation of power in multilingual schools (pp. 149-152). Trentham Books.

Snoddon, K. (2025). Qualitative research in Deaf Studies (external link, opens in new window) . In C.A. Chapelle & K. Toohey (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, 2nd ed. Wiley. 

Snoddon, K. (2022). Inclusive education and deaf learners (external link, opens in new window) . In R. Slee (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Education, 4^th ed., Vol. 12: Special education and inclusive education (pp. 480-484). Elsevier.

Czubek, T.A. & Snoddon, K. (2016). Bilingualism, philosophy and models of. In G. Gertz & P. Boudreault (Eds.), The Deaf Studies Encyclopedia, Volume I (pp. 79-82). Sage Publications.

Snoddon, K. (2019). Report on baseline data collection on deaf education in Nepal (external link, opens in new window) . World Federation of the Deaf.

Snoddon, K. & Underwood, K. (2019).  (PDF file) Analysis from young deaf people on IECSS findings (opens in new window) . Inclusive Early Childhood Service System project: Research Brief No. 2.

Underwood, K., & Snoddon, K. (2021).  (PDF file) IECSS Policy Brief No. 10: Deaf childhoods and inclusive early childhood education and care (opens in new window) . Inclusive Early Childhood Service System project: Policy Brief No. 10.

Snoddon, K. (2025). Being and understanding: Review of Going Tactile: Life at the Limits of Language and Making Sense: Language, Ethics, and Understanding in Deaf Nepal (external link, opens in new window) . Journal of Sociolinguistics, 29(4), 302-308. 

Snoddon, K. (2023). [Review of How to Communicate: Poems (external link, opens in new window) ]. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 12(2). 

Snoddon, K. (2023). [Review of Seeing Through New Eyes, Deaf Culture and Deaf Pedagogies: The Unrecognized Curriculum (external link, opens in new window) ]. Deafness & Education International, 26(2), 208-210.

Snoddon, K. (2022). [Review of There Plant Eyes (external link, opens in new window) ]. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 11(2).

Snoddon, K. (2021). Are there really deaf people who are languageless? (external link, opens in new window)  Review of A Man Without Words: With New Material, 2^nd ed. Society for American Sign Language Journal, 5(2), 57-59.

Snoddon, K. (2021). [Review of Deaf politician: The Gary Malkowski story (external link, opens in new window) ]. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 10(1).

Snoddon, K. (2020). [Review of Co-enrollment in deaf education (external link, opens in new window) .] Deafness & Education International, 23(2), 142-144.

Snoddon, K. (2019). [Review of Managing their own affairs: The Australian Deaf community in the 1920s and 1930s. (external link, opens in new window) ] Disability & Society, 34(3).

Snoddon, K. (2018). [Review of Innovations in Deaf Studies: The role of deaf scholars (external link, opens in new window) .] Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 7(3).

Snoddon, K. (2018). [Review of Things are different here (external link, opens in new window) .] Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 7(2).

Snoddon, K. (2017). [Review of It’s a small world: International deaf spaces and encounters (external link, opens in new window) .] Disability & Society, 32(5).

Snoddon, K. (2017). [Review of Made to hear: Cochlear implants and raising deaf children (external link, opens in new window) .] Sociology of Health and Illness, 39(5), 802-804.

Snoddon, K. (2016). [Review of Language, corpus and empowerment: Applications to deaf education, healthcare and online resources (external link, opens in new window) .] Discourse and Society, 27(6), 670-672.

Snoddon, K. (2014). [Review of The Deaf House (external link, opens in new window) .] Sign Language Studies, 14(4), 543-546.

Snoddon, K. (2013). [Review of Growing Up with Languages: Reflections on Multilingual Childhoods (external link, opens in new window) .] TESOL Quarterly, 47(3), 660-662.

Snoddon, K. (2009). [Review of Six Lenses for Anti-Oppressive Education (external link, opens in new window) .] TESL-EJ, 12(4), 1-4.

Snoddon, K. (2008). [Book note for Sign Language and Linguistic Universals (external link, opens in new window) ]. Language in Society, 37(4), 628.

Snoddon, K. (2008). [Review of  (PDF file) Making a Difference in the Lives of Bilingual/Bicultural Children (external link, opens in new window) ]. TESL-EJ, 11(4), 1-3.

Snoddon, K. (2007). [Review of  (PDF file) Language, Space and Power: A Critical Look at Bilingual Education (external link, opens in new window) ]. TESL-EJ, 11(1), 1-4.

Snoddon, K. (2025, 10 December). Deaf interpreters and linguistic flourishing (external link, opens in new window) . Channel View Publications.

Snoddon, K. (2025, 12 November). Deaf interpreters and being understood (external link, opens in new window) . Acadeafic: Academic vlogs and blogs about sign language and Deaf Studies research. 

Snoddon, K. (2025, 22 January). Deaf interpreters and epistemic injustice (external link, opens in new window) . Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare. 

Snoddon, K. (2024, July 16). The “deaf tax” and speaking for others (external link, opens in new window) . The Mind Hears.