Welcome
The Interpreting Institute for Reflection-in-Action and Supervision (IIRAS) is an international collaborative designed to promote and advance the practice of quality supervision in interpreting.
Our Team
Robyn Dean
PhD, CI/CT
Robyn K. Dean has been an interpreter for over 25 years, with particular service experience in medical and mental health settings. She conducts workshops internationally on the topics of ethics, reflective practice, and work effectiveness, with particular emphasis on healthcare interpreting and professional development. Robyn’s demand control schema has been the topic of numerous presentations, publications, grant projects, and most recently a textbook, which is being used in interpreter education programs across the globe. Robyn continues her research on ethics, decision-making, and moral development in community interpreting. Robyn completed her PhD from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, in June 2015. Her dissertation examines the ethical discourse and justice reasoning abilities in sign language interpreters.
Amanda R. Smith
MA, CI/CT, NIC Master, SC:L, Ed: K-12
Amanda Smith is a nationally certified interpreter and an Associate Professor of Interpreting Studies at Western Oregon University. She has been honored to serve as a Field Consultant for a FIPSE (Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education) funded Demand Control Schema dissemination project through the University of Rochester Medical Center (2007-2010). In 2007, Amanda completed her MA in Interpreter Pedagogy at Northeastern University. Her current research interest is in examining the impact of professional’s intrapersonal landscape on their practice. Over the past five years she has presented on topics such as infusing the demand-control schema in interpreter education curriculum, professional supervision, interpreting for educational interpreters, courtroom interpreting, and research on graduation, certification and readiness-to-work of WOU graduates.
We offer both in-person and remote supervision and reflective practice opportunities for interpreters. To learn more about what we can offer visit the services page.
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