A distinguished Professor of Deaf Education with over 25 years of experience. A leading figure in the field, they specialize in deaf children's multilingual language development, inclusive and bilingual pedagogies, and teacher training. They have a strong record of securing and leading major international research grants (e.g., British Academy, EU Horizon 2020) and have pioneered the UK's first inclusive, distance-learning MA program for Teachers of the Deaf. Their work focuses on developing context-sensitive approaches to support early childhood education for deaf children globally.