BIO - Petra Horn-Marsh
Petra M. Horn-Marsh, PhD graduated from Gallaudet University with a BA in Secondary Education and History, a MA in History from Utah State University, a PhD in Sociology from Utah State University, and completed a Deaf Education certification program at the University of Kansas. She is currently an Early Childhood/Elementary School Principal at Kansas School for the Deaf. Currently, she serves on the SB 323 Advisory Committee, a Coordinator of ASL Curriculum Instruction and Assessment, and an Ad Hoc Co-Chair of American Sign Language Round Table. Before that, she was a Bilingual Specialist and also an AEBPD lead mentor for KSD and CAEBER. She served as a school administrator at Jean Massieu School of the Deaf, a bilingual charter school in Riverton, Utah, for a year and at California School for the Deaf, Riverside, for a year and a half prior to coming to KSD. She also has been teaching a variety of American Sign Language and Deaf Culture courses for 20+ years. She is Deaf with two Deaf children and 3 hearing children. Finally, she co-wrote an article, "Bilingual Students Publish Works in ASL and English", with Kester Horn-Marsh in the spring 2009 issue of the Odyssey magazine. In Fall 2012, Petra and Kester were the co-chairpersons of the ASLRT hosted at KSD.
Petra M. Horn-Marsh, PhD graduated from Gallaudet University with a BA in Secondary Education and History, a MA in History from Utah State University, a PhD in Sociology from Utah State University, and completed a Deaf Education certification program at the University of Kansas. She is currently an Early Childhood/Elementary School Principal at Kansas School for the Deaf. Currently, she serves on the SB 323 Advisory Committee, a Coordinator of ASL Curriculum Instruction and Assessment, and an Ad Hoc Co-Chair of American Sign Language Round Table. Before that, she was a Bilingual Specialist and also an AEBPD lead mentor for KSD and CAEBER. She served as a school administrator at Jean Massieu School of the Deaf, a bilingual charter school in Riverton, Utah, for a year and at California School for the Deaf, Riverside, for a year and a half prior to coming to KSD. She also has been teaching a variety of American Sign Language and Deaf Culture courses for 20+ years. She is Deaf with two Deaf children and 3 hearing children. Finally, she co-wrote an article, "Bilingual Students Publish Works in ASL and English", with Kester Horn-Marsh in the spring 2009 issue of the Odyssey magazine. In Fall 2012, Petra and Kester were the co-chairpersons of the ASLRT hosted at KSD.