Attention book lovers!
The Monthly On-line book discussion is aimed around having professional discussion, inspired and directly applicable to our professional work as sign language interpreters. Books and themes are chosen only from non-fiction works, used in higher education, to explore lived experiences, research, and historical learnings that deepen our understanding of our work, culture, and community and ultimately our perspectives and behaviors.
What is the On-line group like?
Sessions go for the calendar month advertised, with registration allowed until the 5th day of each month. A weekly reflection question prompts readers to write thoughtful responses on the chapters assigned that week, as well as responding to peers reflections to engage in meaningful conversation. There is a due date each week to keep the flow of conversation going through the end of the book in week 4. There is no specific time to be on-line each week, and no live discussions. Log in anytime, multiple times per week to read over the discussion and post your reflections. At the end of the month, the RID CMP Sponsor, Ginevra Deianni, who is also the moderator, reviews posted assignments and then awards RID CEUs either by directly posting the CEUs to your RID transcript or via a Certificate of Completion for BEI and state certifications.
Cost: $95 per monthly session
CEUs: All book club sessions earn 1.0 RID CEUs
Register: by the 5th of each month for the current monthly session, or register in advance for any book on the list.
Registering now - November:
"An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States"
by: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
November 1 - 30, 2025
1.0 CEUs Prof Studies + PPO, $90*
*Reduced price celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Month
This ground-breaking book, now taught in many American high schools, reframes U.S. history through the experiences of Native peoples, exposing how settler-colonialism, land dispossession, systemic oppression and violence built the nation. Explore themes of power, privilege & oppression (PPO credit), resilience, resilience, reclaiming cultural identity and allyship. Together, we will reflect on how histories of marginalization intersect, and how we as interpreters can foster justice-minded practice in our work and communities.
Register by November 5, 2025
December Short Session announced: 0.6 CEUs
"Your Holiday Peace: The Mindful Approach to End-of-Year Stress Management" by Diana G Waters
December 1 - 19 (3 weeks): 0.6 CEUs PS. $55
Registering now through 12/5
2026 Book Titles*:
- January: “The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team & A Quest” by: Thomas Fuller
- February: “Found In Translation” by Nataly Kelly and Jost Zetsche
- March: “I’ll Tell You Later: Deaf Survivors of Dinner Table Syndrome” by: Raymond Luczak
- April: "How Doctors Think" by: Jerome Groopman
- May: “The Elements of Mentoring” by: W. Brad Johnson & Charles R. Ridley
- June: “Deaf Utopia” by: Nyle DeMarco
- July: “It’s time to talk (and listen)” by Anastasia S. Kim and Alicia del Prado
- August: “The Art of Being Deaf” by Donna McDonald
- September: “Deaf People in Hitler’s Europe” by: Donna F Ryan & John S Schuchman
- October: “What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear” by: Danielle Ofri
- November: “Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past & Reimagining Our Future” by: Patty Krawec
- Dec: TBD
*All titles and session months subject to change
What if I miss a book club monthly session, but love the book title?
No worries! You can find all our monthly book club selections in the Cultural Novel Project Series (still 1.0 CEUs) to do anytime, on your own, with a similar reflection writing format. See that project page for more details.