Verena Krausneker
PhD in linguistics; expert on sign language policies in Europe and Deaf language communities; teaches at the Dept. of Education and the Dept. of Linguistics of the University of Vienna; visiting professor at the Dept. of German Sign Language of the University of Hamburg in 2007/08; non-academic activities in NGOs include e.g.: nominated World Federation of the Deaf expert (2009 – 2015), board member of Austrian Association of the Deaf (2001-2007), board member of the Austrian anti racist NGO ZARA (1999-2005).
Selected publications: Language use and awareness of Deaf and hearing children in a bilingual Setting In: Sign Bilingualism. Language Development, Interaction, and Maintenance in Sign Language Contact Situations (2008); 8 short films on "Deaf Austrians in National Socialism" www.univie.ac.at/gehoerlos-im-ns (2010); together with Sherman E. Wilcox and David F. Armstrong: Language Policies and the Deaf Community In: Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy (2012); Österreichische Gebärdensprache ist anerkannt In: Klagenfurter Erklärung revisited (2013).