Dr. Steven Surrency

Dr. Steven Surrency has been a professional ASL interpreter for the past 25 years. Steven learned ASL in his youth and quickly became active in the Deaf community.  He has a BA in Social Sciences, MAs in Linguistics and Philosophy, and a PhD in Philosophy and Religion with an emphasis on translation issues. Steven is a faculty member at the University of South Florida where he teaches ASL-to-English Interpreting, Linguistics, and Multicultural Communication. Steven has worked extensively in Europe, Asia, Latin America. He specializes in interpreting for individuals who are non- native ASL users and for people who use International Sign.  Steven is multilingual, working in English, Spanish, ASL, and International Sign. In this capacity, he often interprets for the World Federation of the Deaf, the United Nations, and other international organizations.