Stephanie W. Cawthon is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin and the Director of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Institute at the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk. Her research focuses on issues that relate to improving access and equity for deaf students, particularly in the areas of assessment and evidence-based practices. Carrie Lou Garberoglio is an educational researcher affiliated with the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research examines deaf individuals' psychological processes in a variety of contexts: online learning, language learning, computer-mediated communication, and transition from secondary to post-secondary settings.