Another poster in Coplin’s ASL class at North Eugene High School. As Coplin is the only ASL teacher in the Eugene school district, Johanna Larson is one of two instructors of the language at the University of Oregon.

By: Becca Robbins

Johanna Larson is the first-year American Sign Language instructor at the University of Oregon. She is the hearing daughter of two deaf parents and brings her experiences of the treatment of and challenges her parents faced to the classroom in teaching students about Deaf culture and introducing them to sign.