American Sign Language is the primary language of many deaf Americans and Canadians. It is estimated that there are somewhere between 500,000 and 20 million speakers in the U.S. alone.

Faculty:

Sandra Fontana (Full-time, Riv) email - VP: (951) 801-5677

Diana MacDougall (Full-time, Riv; Chair, World Langs) email - (951) 222-8832 / VP: (951) 801-5697

Jodi Mowrey (Full-time, Riv) email - (951) 222-8429

Rachel Stone (Full-time, Riv) email - VP: (951) 801-5678