Manuscripts Under Review

• Yacovone, A., Carter, J., Kocab, A., Davidson, K., & Snedeker, J. (in revision at Neurobiology of Language). Linguistic modality (hand)shapes your expectations: An EEG study of form-based predictions during naturalistic comprehension of stories in American Sign Language. [OSF]

• Kocab, A., Carter, J., & Snedeker, J. (under review). Who did what to whom: Marking event participants in Nicaraguan Sign Language.

Conference Talks & Poster Presentations

• Kocab, A., Carter, J., & Snedeker, J. (November 2023). Who did what to whom: Marking event participants in Nicaraguan Sign Language. Talk at 48th Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston University, Boston, MA [PDF of abstracts, page 25]

• Anderson, M., Wilkins, A., Riker. T., Lim Franck, N., McGinnis, F., McGovern, R., Carter, J., (November 2023). Sign here: How to effectively communicate with Deaf patients in health care systems. Film festival presentation at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo, Atlanta, GA

• Carter, J., Riker, T., (July 2023). Sign here: How to effectively communicate with Deaf patients in health care systems. Poster at Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD

• Wilkins, A., Carter, J. (June 2023). Personal and professional perspectives on alcohol use disorder recovery in Deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Poster at 46th Annual Research Society on Alcohol Scientific Meeting, Bellevue, WA

Clinical Research Experience

• Study Title: Deaf-MET: A Deaf-Accessible Pre-Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder

• Role: Clinical Research Coordinator

• Responsibilities: Study development, creation of treatment tool, liaise community participatory research and focus group participants, study participant recruitment and coordination, informed consent process, data collection, data analysis, study progress reporting.

• Area: Mental Health

• Funding: (NIH) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

• Phase: 1

• Researchers: Dr. Alexander Wilkins, Phd, Jessica Carter, MA 

• Study Title: Sign Here: How to Conduct Informed Consent with Deaf Individuals

  • Role: Clinical Research Coordinator

  • Responsibilities: Study development, creation of treatment tool, liaise community participatory research and focus group participants, study participant recruitment and coordination, informed consent process, data collection, study progress reporting.

  • Area: Healthcare Training

  • Funding: (NIH) National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

  • Publication: Training Medical Providers to Serve Diverse Deaf Patients: Age-Based Intervention Effects (submitted)

  • Authors: Anderson, M., Wilkins, A., Riker. T.,  Lim-Franck, N., McGinnis, F., McGovern, R., Carter, J., Aquino, C., Wang, B. (2025)

  • Treatment tool: Vital Signs