Jim Lipsky
Instructor
Jim Lipsky has been an ASL instructor at Northeastern University and Tufts University since 1992. He was one of the first graduates of the Northeastern University Interpreter Preparation Program for Deaf Persons (IPPDP) in 1996. He is a Certified Deaf Interpreter-Provisional (CDI-P). He is also a State Screened in Massachusetts as a Deaf-Blind Interpreter by Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MDCHH). He has been a freelance relay interpreter for about five years and a Deaf-Blind community interpreter for fifteen. He also has completed a legal interpreter training program by Advancement Seminars, Inc. in 1997. In 1997, he was awarded the Garth Pittman Award for teaching Excellence in the Liberal Arts Program at the University College of Northeastern University. He also gave some various workshops about Deaf-Blind Interpreting/Communication; Deaf Interpreting; and Team Interpreting to New England area.