Bio: Teaching undergraduate ASL courses since 2004, Mrs. Woodel is member of the faculty at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC, where she teaches the American Sign Language courses. She currently holds a Certificate through the national American Sign Language Teachers’ Association (ASLTA). She holds a Master’s Degree from Gallaudet University in Sign Language Teaching and a Bachelor’s Degree from Gallaudet University in Physical Education.

Mrs. Woodel is a member of the Board of the North Carolina School for the Deaf Historical Museum, secretary of the North Carolina School for the Deaf Alumni Association and Chair of the North Carolina Interpreter and Transliterator Licensing Board.

When she is not teaching formal ASL courses at CPCC, Beverly teaches workshops for local interpreters through NCRID and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities on ASL Depiction, ASL Numbers, Deaf Culture, Classifiers, History ASL Signs, Prosody, more. She also is a Provisional Licensure Deaf Interpreter.

From a Deaf family, Mrs. Woodel was raised in Morganton, NC, where she attended North Carolina School for the Deaf (NCSD), as did many generations of her family. During her leisure time, she enjoys quality time with family, assisting her mother when needed and spending time with her Deaf husband and her two hearing children also traveling.

When Beverly and her family are not out on the lake enjoying their jet skis or their pontoon boat, Beverly enjoys participating in cross-fit training classes, running, camping, outdoor activities and playing basketball for the Deaf women’s team. Beverly and her family currently reside in Morganton, NC.