Author: Laurie Miller

During an early fall barbeque at the beginning of this academic year, a friend of mine, a faculty member at another university in my area, told me about her new fascination with TikTok. I was surprised as all I knew of TikTok were short dance move, magic trick, or “how to” videos. She explained her interest started when she found out that one of her students was a TikTok influencer, which had inspired her to have this student help their class create a project producing videos to promote issues facing the deaf community. I was intrigued. Here was a platform…