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Doctoral student
Email: ldixon11@lamar.edu

Hometown

• DC/MD/VA 
• Currently resides outside of Austin, Texas  

Current Employment

• Accessibility Resource Specialist, National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes 

Education

• M.A. in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling, University of Texas at Austin, 2013
• B.A. in Early Childhood Education, Gallaudet University, 2008
• B.A. in Spanish, Gallaudet University, 2008

Research Interests

• Deafness/Disabilities & Accessibility
• Equity, diversity, inclusion, intersectional, advocacy, and social justice
• Policy change/ADA

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

• N/A

Recent Non-Peer Reviewed Publications

• N/A

Recent Presentations

• Dixon, L. K. & Ballentine, P. M. (2023, March). Beliefs and attitudes about deaf interpreters. DSDE Mini Research Conference, Beaumont, Texas.  

Dissertation Area

• ADA: The underlying disparities within the deaf community 
• Lack of accessibility and the impact on Deaf populations