Shirin D Antia Author

Shirin D. Antia is a professor in the University of Arizona's College of Education and has been involved in education of deaf and hard-of-hearing children since 1971. She has taught DHH children in the United States and in India and has been involved in teacher preparation and research. She is the recipient of several research grants to develop peer-interaction interventions and to examine the social and academic progress of DHH students in public schools. Kathryn H. Kreimeyer is an associate professor of practice in the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies within the University of Arizona's College of Education, where she prepares graduate-level teachers of deaf and hard-of-hearing children. She and Dr. Antia have worked collaboratively for thirty years to conduct and publish research on the social competence of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.