Bio: Jeni Rodrigues, Ph.D., NIC-Advanced, CI, CT, NAD IV, CoreCHI™ is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Healthcare Interpreting Programs in the Department of ASL and Interpreting Education at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Jeni has worked as a practitioner for 25 years and has specialized in healthcare and mental health interpreting for the past decade. She earned her master’s degree in Interpreting Pedagogy from Northeastern University in 2011 and completed her Ph.D. in Interpreting from Gallaudet University in 2022. Jeni’s work explores access barriers deaf patients face in healthcare settings and best practices in healthcare interpreting education for ASL-English Interpreters.