Dr. Hannah Dostal is a Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Connecticut whose work centers on multilingual language practices and the literacy instruction and learning of deaf students. Her research examines how language, discourse-level skills, and instructional approaches interact to shape reading and writing development among deaf students. Drawing on her experience as a middle school language arts teacher and PreK-12 literacy specialist at a deaf school, Dr. Dostal partners closely with teachers to design equitable, responsive literacy instruction, with a strong emphasis on teacher learning and classroom enactment. She currently serves as Editor of “The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education”.