Meet the Team

Rachel Showstack, Ph.D.

Founding Director
Associate Professor of Spanish

Drew Colcher, Ph.D.

Program Manager

Gabriela Aguilar

Graduate Research Assistant

Denise Romero

Director of Community Engagement and Education

Rommy Vargas, M.A.

Director of Interpreter Engagement and Education

Margarita Francisco

Community Liaison

Affiliated Faculty

American Sign Language Division Director
Assistant Professor of American Sign Language

Julie Henderson, M.A.

Spanish Lecturer

Nikki Keene Woods, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of
Public Health Sciences

Colleen Loo-Gross, M.D., MPH

Associate Professor
KU School of Medicine-Wichita

Lecturer of American Sign Language

Volunteers

Savannah Paschal

Volunteer

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