Photo Description: A white male, short hair with a salt/pepper beard smiling in front of a brick background with an exposed collar of plaid gray/blue/white button shirt.

Jim Lipsky

Program Director:

He took early retirement from the ASL Program at Northeastern University after about 28 years. He is currently consulting and teaching ASL users.

He is currently a nationally Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI) through the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID). He has been a freelance Deaf interpreter/DeafBlind Interpreter for 30+ years in Massachusetts and New England areas. His various settings are medical, workshop/training, Massachusetts’s Press Conferences, VRI, conference, emergency, and legal. He was one of the first Deaf graduates of Northeastern University's Interpreter Preparation Program for Deaf Persons (IPPDP) from Northeastern University in 1996, then earned a Master’s degree in Deaf Studies from Boston University in 1999.

He received a Masters level Certification through American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA).

He continues to serve as a Massachusetts State Screened Interpreter Evaluator for the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of the Hearing (MCDHH).

Jim enjoys gardening and spending time in Maine.