Matthew Davis

Matthew Davis is an Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fellow at New America, where he is working on a book about the Gallaudet football program and deaf identity. He is the founding director of the Alan Cheuse International Writers Center at George Mason University.

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'America's Deaf Team' Tackles Identity Politics

In order to survive, Gallaudet University has to blend a diverse student body from very different backgrounds: deaf culture and hearing culture. Can football players show the school how?
- Matthew Davis
- May 10, 2017