Dr. Zed Sehyr

@zedsehyr.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor in Communication Sciences & Disorders @ChapmanUniversity. Director of of Cognition, Language & Plasticity Lab: http://www.claplab.org/ Co-founder of ASL-LEX database: https://asl-lex.org/ Pronouns: She/her.

Four women stand together and smile under a canopy at an outdoor outreach event, with a display table behind them labeled "Cognition, Language & Plasticity Lab" featuring educational materials and a model brain held by one of the group members.
A white male presenting person with short blond hair, wearing black pants and dark check shirt signing ASL and standing in front of a projection screen showing a drawing of a brain with black text on a white screen.
Infographic summarizing findings from a study on listening fatigue and communication health in 152 deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) adults. The top row shows three histograms titled: "Listening Fatigue (VFS10-A)," "General Fatigue (PROMIS-D)," and "Comm. Health (PROMIS-D)," displaying the distribution of outcome scores. The bottom row includes three scatterplots: A scatterplot showing listening fatigue increases with greater reliance on lipreading (x-axis: lipreading frequency; y-axis: fatigue score). A plot showing general fatigue decreases with higher ASL proficiency and earlier ASL exposure (x-axis: language dominance; y-axis: fatigue score). A plot showing communication health increases with greater ASL dominance and earlier exposure (x-axis: language dominance; y-axis: comm. health). Text highlights include: “Increases with greater reliance on lipreading & later ASL exposure” “Decreases with higher ASL proficiency & earlier exposure” “Linked to greater ASL dominance, usage & earlier exposure” Also shown are logos for Chapman University and the Cognition, Language & Plasticity Lab, a QR code labeled "References & PDF," and the contact email: sehyr@chapman.edu.
Update: The US National Science Foundation (NSF) terminated roughly 380 grants on Friday, 2 May, an NSF staff member told Nature. That raises the total number of terminated grants to approximately 1,425. Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to "stop awarding all funding actions until further notice," according to an email seen by Nature. The policy prevents the NSF, one of the world's biggest supporters of basic research, from awarding new research grants and from supplying additional increments of money or subawards to existing grants. But researchers should be able to draw down money from grant funds that they have already received, NSF staff members say. The
a welcome development for the American Psychological Association (APA) starting to speak up, now after 1,000+ terminated NSF grants
An image of a poster presented at an international conference for the theoretical issues in sign language research. The Poster reports on using machine learning to build an inventory of sign components. The poster shows some text, the research question, methodology, key finding, and information about the data sets used for modelling. The authors on this paper are Lee Kezar, Zed Sehyr, Jesse Thomason
Holltwood REPORTER STUDIO AT PARK CITY Five white men and a white woman sitting next to each other facing the camera, their hands folded on their laps.
The image features five adults inside a room with black and white wallpaper, paraphernalia and a neon sign “escape room 66” hanging on the wall behind them. They are smiling and posing wearing blindfolds. The interior is dimly lit with purple Christmas lights glowing and hanging from the ceiling.
A festive illustration for 'Nerd Nite San Diego' featuring a winter-themed scene with Santa in a sleigh, reindeer, polar bears, holly, and snowflakes. The foreground displays a bottle and mug of beer, and an event flyer for 'Nerd Nite San Diego' on December 11, decorated with science-inspired symbols. Text says: Nerd Nite SD presents holiday special with Cypress Hansen, Lisa Will, Effie Fine. Wednesday December 11th 7pm, Kensington Club, 4079 Adams Ave. $10. Barcode to tickets in bottom right corner.
The image is a section of a presentation slide titled "Pose Estimation: Measuring" with multiple graphical elements and text. In the upper part of the image, there are two photographs of a person with lines and points overlaid on their face and upper body, indicating a pose estimation analysis. The lines are in different colors, mapping the head, arms, and torso. Below the photographs is a scatterplot graph with several yellow lines radiating from central points, labeled "sun" and "farm". The x-axis and y-axis are marked with numerical intervals, and arrows are drawn from the images above to specific areas on the graph.
A deaf signer wearing a black top and blond hair pointing to their eyes projected on a screen which hangs on a white wall.
Five female presenting individuals standing together on a balcony with buildings and a clear sky in the background. They are all smiling and wearing name tags.
alt text: Elf doll sitting near a tic-tac-toe game made of gift bows, with a note saying, "Wanna play tic-tac-bow with me?" on a door.
Two nutcracker dolls and an elf doll dressed up as doctors and nurses on the table next to Tide laundry detergent. A message on a sheet of paper says: I made a full recovery overnight and am back in class today with some new friends. We send TIDINGS of JOY!
A wide angle picture of water with red Golden Gate Bridge and hills in the background. Sunny, blue sky.
A white female presenter on a stage using American Sign Language next to a panel of six people seated at a long table covered with a white tablecloth. The background is dark with a white TV screen.