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Hometown

• Smithton, IL 
• Currently resides in College Station, TX

Current Employment

•  Research Associate at Texas A&M University

Education

• Educational Leadership Principal Certification, University of St. Thomas, Houston, 2016 
• M. S. Education of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Missouri State University, 2013 
• Sign Language/Basic Communication Certificate, Southwestern Illinois College, 2011 
• B. S. Communication Sciences and Disorders, Murray State University, 2010

Research Interests

• Parental decision-making for deaf children
• Deaf education systems and practices
• Early language acquisition and language deprivation

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

• N/A

Recent Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

• N/A

Recent Presentations

• Beaty, J.M. (2025, February) A Mother’s Decision Making on School Placement for a Deaf Child: Narrative Case Study. Lamar University Graduate Research Conference, Beaumont, TX   
• Venable, T., Soza, K., Eberwein, A.A., Beaty, J.M., Tucker, E. (2025, February). Evidence for ASL and Spoken Language Development in Deaf Children. Association of College Educators - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Annual Conference, Washington, DC 
• Tucker, E. A., Soza, K.,Beaty, J., Rosalez, J., Clark, M. D., & Greene, A. (2024, July). Assessing Language Development Trajectories in Deaf Children: Unlocking their Potential. Statewide Conference on the Education of the Deaf, Austin TX. 
• Venable, T., Beaty, J.M., Rosalez, J. Eberwein, A.A., Soza, K., (2024, March) Assessing Language Development Trajectories in Deaf Children: Unlocking their Potential. 91ÖÆƬ³§ Graduate Research Conference, Beaumont, TX   
• Beaty, J.M., Soza, K., Greene, A., & Clark, M. D. (2024, February). Identifying Faults in the System and Working for a Change. Association of College Educators - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV 

Dissertation Focus

• Decision-making of hearing parents with deaf children