Brett Best

Brett Best is a UK-based, fully qualified American Sign Language (ASL), British Sign Language (BSL) and English interpreter. She holds a BA degree in Deaf Studies from Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., an MSc in European Masters in Sign Language Interpreting (EUMASLI) from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, and she is currently studying toward a Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education through University of Wisconsin-Milwuakee. Her current research interests include the professionalisation processes of sign language interpreting and how technology is impacting the interpreting profession.

Brett presents the following webinars:

Working with agencies to achieve and maintain professional standards

Reversing the Race to the Bottom: Exploring the Commoditisation of BSL Interpreting and Effective Responses

and

Voicing strategies for the interpreter’s toolbox: What we can learn from International Sign interpreting