Lane, Harlan

Hearing. Born in New York City; master's degree from Columbia University (1958), Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard University (1960), and a doctorate in linguistics from the Sorbonne, Paris (1973). Chair of the psychology dept. at Northwestern University since 1974; founder of that university's ASL and deaf research program. Author of When the Mind Hears, The Mask of Benevolence, A Journey into the Deaf-World (with two deaf co-authors), and other books and articles. Advocate for deaf rights and against cochlear implants.