Mr. Haaris Sheikh
ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Centre for Deaf Studies
ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Sch. Office - Linguistic Speech & Comm.
Biography
Haaris Sheikh is Chief Executive of Interesource Group (Ireland) Limited; Adjunct Assistant Professor in Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin, and Director of Deaf Community Centre Limerick.
He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), and Member of the Institute of Management Consultants and Advisers (IMCA). He serves as a Board Member of the Citizens Information Centre Limerick.
He has directed and chaired 17 European Commission projects in over 16 countries to date. Currently, he is Chairman of the DESIGNS project (2016-2019).
Haaris is a specialist in human resource management, business strategy, and policy and is retained as an advisor and consultant to several private and public sector organisations where his core function focuses on executive management and HR policy formulation.
He has delivered talks and lectures on a wide range of HR-related themes. He has been working extensively with Deaf studies projects for the past decade and has been the architect of multimedia/digital teaching materials for the Centre for Deaf Studies at Trinity College Dublin.
He has authored/co-authored numerous reports and journal articles, and has presented papers internationally on a range of topics. He has also directed 10 research documentaries.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Cabeza-Pereiro, Carmen; Casado-Neira; David, Conway, Brian; Clark, Lucy; Del-Pozo-Trivinõ, Maribel; Flanagan, John; Freir, Caitriona; Garahan, Lucy; Leeson, Lorraine; Longa-Alsono, Beatriz; Napier, Jemina; O"Dowd, Leonie; Pérez-Freire, Silvia; Quigley, Lianne; and Sheikh, Haaris, Silent Harm: A training manual for service providers and interpreters who work with deaf, refugee, and migrant women and girls who have experienced gender-based violence, 1, Dublin, Interesource Group Ireland Limited, 2023
Justisigns: Developing research-based training resources on sign language interpreting in police settings in Europe. in, editor(s)Brunson, Jeremy L. , Teaching legal interpreting, Washington DC, Gallaudet University Press, 2022, [Napier, Jemina; Skinner, Robert; Turner, G. H.;Leeson, Lorraine; Lynch, Teresa; Sheikh, Haaris; Vermeerbergen, Myriam; Salaets, Heidi; Doggen, Carolien; Haug, Tobias; Bucher, B.; Diaz, B.; Berger, M.; Krähenbühl, M. ]
Access to Justice for deaf signers: the Justisigns Project in, editor(s)Goedele A.M. De Clerk , UNCRPD Implementation in Europe - a deaf perspective: Article 9: Access to information and communication, Brussels, European Union of the Deaf, 2021, [Leeson, Lorraine; Jemina Napier, Tobias Haug, Teresa Lynch, and Haaris Sheikh]
Senan Dunne, Lorraine Leeson and Haaris Sheikh, 'Seagull, Seagull', https://youtu.be/Sv8TbdiBFeU, Trinity College Dublin , 2021, -
Access to employment for deaf graduates, employees and jobseeking signers: findings from the DESIGNS project in, editor(s)Dr Goedele de Klerk , UNCRPD Implementation in Europe - A Deaf Perspective 9: Access to information and communication, Brussels, European Union of the Deaf, 2021, pp179 - 193, [Haaris Sheikh, Jemina Napier, Audrey Cameron, Lorraine Leeson, Christian Rathmann, Chris Peters, John Bosco Conama, Rachel Moiselle, ]
Senan Dunne, Lorraine Leeson, Haaris Sheikh, 'The Very Long Room', https://youtu.be/9eqywLbLyFM, Trinity College Dublin , 2021, - https://youtu.be/9eqywLbLyFM
Jemina Napier, Audrey Cameron, Lorraine Leeson, John Bosco Conama, Christian Rathmann, Chris Peters & Haaris Sheikh, DESIGNS: Creating Employment for Deaf Signers in Europe, 5, Dublin, Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin, January, 2020
Leeson, Lorraine, Flynn, Sophie, Lynch, Teresa and Sheikh, Haaris, You Have the Right to Remain Signing: Deaf People and the Irish Justice System, Teanga, 2020, p142-173
Christian Rathmann, Chris Peters, Anna Grimm, Andreas Bittner, and Aletta Heldt (German version). Original Version in English: Haaris Sheikh, Lorraine Leeson, Caroline McGrotty and John Bosco Conama, Sie Haben Den Job! Ein Leitfaden für Arbeitgeber_innen im Umgang mit tauben Gebärdensprachnutzer_innen. Dublin: IGI Publishing. , Dublin, IGI Publishing, 2019, 1 - 54pp
Lorraine Leeson, Haaris Sheikh, Myriam Vermeerbergen, Jemina Napier, Robert Skinner, Teresa Lynch, Tobias Haug, Heidi Salaets, Graham H. Turner, Future proofing access to justice for deaf sign language users in the European Union: Language and Policy Issues, International Congress of Linguists 20, Cape Town, South Africa, 2-6 July 2018, 2018
Jemina Napier, Haaris Sheikh, Audrey Cameron, Lorraine Leeson, John Bosco Conama, Christian Rathmann, and Christian Peters, DESIGNS: Perspectives on Deaf people's access to employment through interpreters, European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 2018, 2018
Haaris Sheikh, John Bosco Conama and Lorraine Leeson, 'A Guide to Kilkenny Castle', Dublin: IGI Media, Office of Public Works (OPW), 2018, -
Sheikh, Haaris, Lorraine Leeson, Caroline McGrotty, Ann Heelan, John Bosco Conama, You're Hired! A Guide for Employers when Working with Deaf Sign Language Users, Dublin, IGI Publications, 2018, 1-51pp
Research with Deaf Sign Language Users: Action Research in Bilingual-Bimodal Legal Contexts in, Jim McKinley and Heath Rose , Doing Research in Applied Linguistics: Realities, Dilemmas and Solutions, London, Routledge, 2017, pp134 - 146, [Lorraine Leeson, Jemina Napier,, Robert Skinner, Teresa Lynch, Lucia Venturi and Haaris Sheikh]
Leeson, Lorraine, Haaris Sheikh, Asim Sheikh, Lucia Venturi and Teresa Lynch, Stakeholders in Shaping Better Policy and Practice: An Irish Case Study, Critical Link 8, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, 29 June - 1 July 201, 2016
Sheikh, H. and Jones, A., '1916 Proclamation in Irish Sign Language', 1916 Commemorations, Dublin Castle, IGI MEDIA, 2016, -
Sheikh, Haaris, Robert Skinner and Lorraine Leeson, You Have the Right to Remain Signing. A Guide to Communicating in Interpreter-Mediated Police Settings, Dublin , Interesource Group Publishing, 2016
Napier, Jemina, Skinner, Robert, Turner, G.H., Leeson, Lorraine, Haug, T., Salutes, H., Vermeerbergen, M. and Sheikh, H., Justisigns: Future proofing access to justice for deaf sign language users, Critical Link 8, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, 29 June - 1 July 201, 2016
Leeson, Lorraine, Lucia Venturi, Teresa Lynch and Haaris Sheikh, Access to Justice for Deaf People in the EU, 5th Community Interpreting Conference, GEMS, University of Limerick, 20 May 2016, 2016
Conducting Research with Deaf Sign Language Users in, editor(s)Jim McKinley and Heath Rose , Doing Research in Applied Linguistics - Realities, Dilemmas, and Solutions, Routledge, Routledge, 2016, pp134-145 , [Lorraine Leeson, Jemina Napier, Robert Skinner, Teresa Lynch, Lucia Venturi, Haaris Sheikh]
Lorraine Leeson, John Bosco Conama and Haaris Sheikh, Why Language Attitudes Matter: An evidence based approach, IRAAL 30th Anniversary Conference, Trinity College Dublin, 21 November 2015, 2015
The Superhighway or the Slow Lane: Evaluating Challenges in Creating New Learning Spaces for Interpreters in, editor(s)Suzanne Ehlrich and Jemina Napier , Digital Education in Interpreter Education: Innovation, Access and Change, Washington DC, Gallaudet University Press, 2015, pp153-206 , [Lorraine Leeson, Haaris Sheikh and Myriam Vermeerbergen]
Haaris Sheikh, Lorraine Leeson, John Bosco Conama, A Guide to Working with the Deaf Community in Education, Mental Health and Interpreting in Ireland , Dublin, IGI PUBLISHING, 2012, 32pp
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Lorraine Leeson, Haaris Sheikh and Council for Irish Sign Language Interpreters, Interpreting in Workplace Settings, 22 April 2018, In:Interpreting in Workplace Settings, 2018, Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin
John Bosco Conama, Haaris Sheikh, Lorraine Leeson, The DESIGNS Project: Deaf Employment in Europe, 8th Community Interpreting Conference, TCD ARTS BUILDING , 8 June 2017, 2017
Lorraine Leeson, Christian Rathmann and Haaris Sheikh, efsli Summer School 2017: Interpreting in Employment Settings , efsli Summer School 2017: Interpreting in Employment Settings , Belgrade, Serbia, 26-28 May 2017, 2017, European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters
Haaris Sheikh and Lorraine Leeson, Access to Justice for Deaf People, Access to Justice for Deaf People, Belgrade, Serbia, 26 May 2017, 2017, European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters/ Irish Hon. Consul to Serbia
Sheikh, H., R. Skinner and L. Leeson, You Have the Right to Remain Signing: A guide for An Garda Síochána when interacting with the Deaf community, Dublin, IGI PUBLISHING, 2016, 52pp
Sheikh, H, R. Skinner and L. Leeson, You Have the Right to Remain Signing. A Guide for An Garda Síochána: Communicating in Interpreter-Mediated Settings, 1, Dublin, IGI Publishing, 2016, 52pp
Sheikh, H., Access to Justice for Deaf People in the EU: Policy and Practice implications, Access to Justice for Deaf People in the EU: Policy and Practice implications, EU Parliament, Brussels, 27 April 2016, 2016
Leeson, L., H. Sheikh, L. Venturi and D. Coventry Howlett, Working with interpreters, District Headquarter Garda Station, Limerick, 12 Feb 2016, 2016
Sheikh, H, And that has made all the difference, Léargas Forum, Dublin Castle, 13 Dec, 2016, Léargas
Leeson. L., H. Sheikh and A. Sheikh, Across the Atlantic: Access to Healthcare and Justice for the Deaf Community, Swarthmore College, PA, USA, 16 APR 2014, 2014
Research Expertise
Description
Research interests include: - Triadic relationships in healthcare settings in the context of sign language interpretation - Triadic relationships in police settings in the context of sign language interpretation - Equality in employment settings with respect to sign language users as applicants and employees - The role of ICT and multimedia in the field of Deaf studies - Equality, Rights and Deaf sign language usersProjects
- Title
- DESIGNS - Deaf Community Employment
- Summary
- The DESIGNS project (Deaf Employment for Sign Language Users in the EU) is an EU project coordinated by Interesource Group (Ireland) Limited. EU Partners are Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Association for Higher Education Access & Disability (AHEAD), the European Union of the Deaf (EUD), European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters (efsli), Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Heriot Watt University. It is aimed at creating resource for employers, SL interpreters and the Deaf community for the purpose of increasing employment potential through better communication.
- Funding Agency
- European Commission
- Date From
- 2016
- Date To
- 2019
- Title
- JUSTISIGNS - Access to Justice for the Deaf Community
- Summary
- The JUSTISIGNS project is a transnational education and training project involving experts from Ireland, Belgium, UK and Switzerland. JUSTISIGNS is co-funded under European Commission's Life Long Learning programme and runs from 2013-2016 The partners in Ireland include Interesource Group (Ireland) Limited (project coordinator) and the Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin. The Belgian partners include the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters (efsli), the European Legal Interpreters and Translators Association (EULITA) and KU Leuven (Antwerp). The other partners are The Centre for Translation & Interpreting Studies at Heriot Watt University, Scotland and the University of Applied Sciences for Special Needs Education in Zurich, Switzerland.
- Funding Agency
- European Commission
- Date From
- 2013
- Date To
- 2016
- Title
- MEDISIGNS - Deaf community Access to Healthcare
- Summary
- MEDISIGNS (2010-2012) represents a ground-breaking initiative that focuses on providing language and communication skills to Deaf people, interpreters and those in the medical profession. Sometimes it is not possible to get an interpreter in a healthcare setting, often leaving a Deaf person or the healthcare provider in a situation which potentially compromises the level of patient care being delivered. Potentially, this forces a Deaf patient to either wait until an interpreter becomes available, or rely on a family or friend to casually interpret on their behalf. This is not ideal especially in medial situations that are sensitive, confidential or private in nature. From the perspective of a Deaf community and the project consortium, it is important to note that the provision of qualified interpreters, and especially those trained in healthcare aspects, is not viewed as a luxury but as a fundamental human right to the access and provision of appropriate healthcare.
- Funding Agency
- European Commission
- Date From
- 2010
- Date To
- 2012
- Title
- SIGNALL 2 - International Perspectives on Deafness
- Summary
- SIGNALL II offers a course on Perspectives on Deafness (POD) that is accredited by Trinity College Dublin and offered as part of the Bachelor in Deaf Studies. The course focuses on Deaf Culture, socio-cultural versus medical perspectives on deafness and International perspectives on deafness. Experiential and evidenced-based material will illustrate experiences of deafness by using case studies and video materials. The principal aim is that this course will be offered as a distance-learning programme with fully accessible course content in each partner country through the development of an e-learning platform specifically devised for this course. Coordinator - Interesource Group (Ireland) Limited Partners -The Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland -The Irish Deaf Society, Dublin, Ireland -Grant Advisor, Brno, Czech Republic -The Finnish Association of the Deaf, Helsinki Finland -The Foundation for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship, Lodz, Poland -Centre for Community Engagement, University of Sussex, UK
- Funding Agency
- European Commission
- Date From
- 2007
- Date To
- 2009
- Title
- SIGNALL 3 - Working in the Deaf Community
- Summary
- SIGNALL3 built on the concept and audiences of both former SIGNALL I and SIGNALL II projects that have made a very significant impact reaching audiences in Europe, Australia and the USA. The project focusses on providing educators, interpreters and those working with the Deaf community a vocational course through a blended learning approach using MOODLE. The course is available through the consortium partners in 4 countries, in 4 languages including 5 signed languages. The consortium comprised of world renowned organisations supported by European experts. Coordinator - Interesource Group (Ireland) Limited Partners -The Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland -University of Jyvaskyla, Finland -The University of Sussex -Lessius College University, Antwerp, Belgium -The Turkish National Federation, Istanbul Turkey
- Funding Agency
- European Commission
- Date From
- 2009
- Date To
- 2011
Recognition
Awards and Honours
European Language Label Award for JUSTISIGNS Project
European Language Label Award for MEDISIGNS Project
European Language Label Award for SIGNALL Project
European Language Label Award for EUROSIGNS 2 Project
Research Seed Funding Award, Awarded by the Office of the Dean, Research, University of Limerick for a study on Language Strategies of Exporting Companies in Ireland
University of Limerick Foundation Seed Fund. Awarded by the University of Limerick Foundation for a study on Recruitment Practices of Greenfield Site Companies in Ireland
Research Seed Funding Award, Awarded by the Office of the Dean, Research, University of Limerick for a study on Recruitment Practices in Ireland
Irish American Partnership Scholarship
Memberships
Chartered Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (FCIPD)
Member, Institute of Management Consultants and Advisers (IMCA)
Member, European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters