Emily Pacheco

Emily Pacheco holds a Bachelor of Arts in American Sign Language from Framingham State University. For her Master of Research at Macquarie University, she is exploring the signed language brokering and heritage language maintenance practices among hearing Codas (children of Deaf adults) with migrant parents. As a Coda and professional interpreter herself, Emily is interested in the diverse language practices of Deaf-hearing families.

Multilingual families

Children of migrant Deaf adults

Graduation (Image credit: Emily Pacheco) During my Master of Research (MRes) studies, whenever I met someone new, they would often enquire about what I was doing for my thesis. When…

Emily PachecoJune 16, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

The case for ASL Instruction for Hearing Heritage Signers

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with Associate Professor Su Kyong Isakson (Community College of Baltimore County, USA) about her 2018 paper, The…

Emily PachecoApril 28, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Multilingual families

Sign Language Brokering

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with Professor Jemina Napier (Heriot-Watt University, Scotland) about her 2021 book Sign Language Brokering in Deaf-Hearing…

Emily PachecoJuly 30, 2024

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Multilingual families

Between Deaf and hearing cultures

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with writer and researcher Jessica Kirkness about her 2023 memoir, The House With All The Lights…

Emily PachecoJune 1, 2024

Children of migrant Deaf adults

The case for ASL Instruction for Hearing Heritage Signers

Sign Language Brokering

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