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Janna Sweenie

Janna Sweenie has been teaching ASL for over 50 years. Janna has been teaching ASL@NYU for over 40 years. Additional ASL teaching credits include The Juilliard School, The College of New Rochelle, LaGuardia Community College, Montclair University, Catholic Charities, the New York Society for the Deaf, and the Hotel Macklowe. Janna is the author of seven books on American Sign Language; and she created, and teaches, the ASL Level 5 course at NYU. Janna is also lead interpreter for the international ASL Opera project.

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David Boles

David Boles has been teaching American Sign Language for over 30 years. He founded the ASL program of study at the CUNY professional school and, for the past two decades, he's promoted online teaching and private tutoring here at Hardcore ASL. He also created SOSasl.com -- the original first online emergency commnication portal for first responders. David has written over 50 books, ten specifically on ASL and Deaf Culture social memes. David is the founder of the ASL Opera interprepreting project serving Opera companies all over the world.