Jamie M. Bencak
Doctoral Student
Email: jbencak@lamar.edu
Hometown
- Chicago, IL
Current Employment
- Deaf Education Teacher, Humble ISD, Humble TX
Education
- M.S. in Education of the Deaf, Texas Woman's University, 2018
- B.S. in Deaf Education, Illinois State University, 2006
Research Interests
- Early Literacy and Langauge Development of Deaf Children
- Literacy Strategies and Interactions between Deaf/Hearing Parents and Deaf Children
- Curriculum and Instruction of Early Literacy for Deaf Children
- ASL-English Bilingualism
- ASL Assessments
- Self-Advocacy Skills of Deaf Children and Adolescents
- Deaf Education Administration
Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Alford, A. D., Bencak, J. M., Tucker, E. A., Williams, D. C., Courson, F. F., Buchanan, B. J., Greene, A. N., & Clark, M. D. (in press). Is the window of learning only cracked open? Parents’ perspectives on virtual learning. American Annals of the Deaf.
Recent Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
- N/A
Recent Presentations
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Edwards, S., Courson, F., Alford, A., & Bencak, J. (2022, February). Online Mentoring with Preservice Teachers of K-12 DHH Students using Bilingual Instructional Strategies in Literacy. Presented at Association of College Educators-Deaf and Hard of Hearing Conference, Omaha, Nebraska.
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Wright, S.J., Lawyer, G., Tucker, E., Bencak, J., Hill, J., & Goodwin, S. (2020, February). Case Study: Social Movement Impacts on Deaf Administrative Hires in the Past 7 Years.Presented at the Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dissertation Focus
- TBA
