Publications
This is a list of selected publications. For a full list, see my Google Scholar profile.
Journal articles & conference papers
Preprints
Special issues
Edited volumes
Chapters
Reports & working papers
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Peer reviewed journal articles/conference papers
In review
Murray, J.J., De Meulder, M. et al.
Multilingual deaf lives within national sign language interpreting regimes
Ethnicities (Special Issue Linguistic Justice Reloaded: inclusive approaches beyond the monolingual bias, ed. M. Zeba & C. Gialdini)
In press
Angelini, R., Tran, N., De Meulder, M., & Spiel, K.
From interpreter to algorithm? Language ideologies, Access Labour, and (In)Dependency in Deaf-AI Interactions
ASSETS ’26
2026
Ritmeester, J., Sumer, B., Boonstra, B., De Meulder, M., van der Aa, B., & Roelofsen, F.
From Words to Sentences: Designing and Evaluating a Parent-Facing Sign Language Learning App
Universal Access in the Information Society
Hinderks, L., De Meulder, M., Jaberg, R., Sijm, N., & Smits, C. (in press).
From background knowledge to foundational practice: embedding Deaf Studies and ethics in sign language interpreter education in the Netherlands
The Interpreter and Translator Trainer. doi: 10.1080/1750399X.2026.2658336
De Meulder, M., Murray, J. J., & Kusters, A.
This is our rhythm: academic becoming and realignment in deaf space
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Ritmeester, J., Sumer, B., Boonstra, M., De Meulder, M., van der Aa, B., & Roelofsen, F.
Navigating sign language learning: insights from hearing parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing children
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
2025
De Meulder, M.
Deaf in AI: AI language technologies and the erosion of linguistic rights
Language and Law / Linguagem e Direito, 12(1). 10.21747/21833745/lanlaw12_1a5
Xia, Z., De Meulder, M., Otterspeer, G., & Roelofsen, F.
User Acceptance of Augmented Remote Sign Language Interpreting
In ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. Berlin.
Angelini, R., De Meulder, M., & Spiel, K.
Speculating Deaf Tech: Reimagining Technologies Centering Deaf People
In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’25). ACM, New York, NY, USA.
Open Access ↗Best Paper Award
2024
Desai, A., De Meulder, M., Hochgesang, J., Kocab, A., & Lu, A.
Systemic Biases in Sign Language AI Research: A Deaf-Led Call to Reevaluate Research Agendas
In LREC-COLING 2024, 11th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Evaluation of Sign Language Resources (pp. 54-65). Torino, Italia: ELRA and ICCL.
De Meulder, M., & Stone, C.
Finally free from the interpreter’s gaze? Uncovering the hidden labor of gaze work for deaf consumers of interpreter services
International Journal of Interpreter Education, 15(1), 87-98.
De Meulder, M., & Sijm, N.
“I feel a bit more of a conduit now”: sign language interpreters coping and adapting during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
Interpreting and Society
2023
Van Gemert, B., Cokart, R., Esselink, L., De Meulder, M., Sijm, N., & Roelofson, F. (2022).
First steps towards a signing avatar for railway travel announcements in the Netherlands
Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Sign Language Translation and Avatar Technology (SLTAT 7), pp. 109-116. LREC 2022, Marseille.
Esselink, L., Roelofsen, F., Dotlacil, J., Mende-Gillings, S., De Meulder, M., Sijm, N., and Smeijers, A.
Exploring automatic text-to-sign translation in a healthcare setting
Universal Access in the Information Society
Haualand, H., De Meulder, M., & Napier, J.
Unpacking sign language interpreting as a social institution. The missing macro perspective?
Introduction to special issue of Translation and Interpreting Studies. DOI: 10.1075/tis.00055.hau
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De Meulder, M.
Book Review. Critical Perspectives on Plurilingualism in Deaf Education
Journal of Sociolinguistics, 27(1), 95-98. DOI: 10.1111/josl.12583
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2021
Roelofsen, F., Esselink, L., Mende-Gillings, S., De Meulder, M., Sijm, N., & Smeijers, A. (2021).
Online Evaluation of Text-to-sign Translation by Deaf End Users: Some Methodological Recommendations
In D. Shterionov (Ed.), Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Machine Translation Summit, 1st International Workshop on Automatic Translation for Signed and Spoken Languages (pp. 82-87).
De Meulder, M.
Is “good enough” good enough? Ethical and responsible development of sign language technologies
Conference proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Automatic Translation for Sign and Spoken Languages. #AT4SSL2021
Van Mensel, L., & De Meulder, M. (eds.)
Introduction: Exploring the multilingual family repertoire: ethnographic approaches
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 42(8).
De Meulder, M., & Murray, J. J.
The Illusion of Choice in Inclusive Education
International Journal of Inclusive Education. DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2021.1956607
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Kusters, A., De Meulder, M., & Napier, J. (2021).
Family language policy on holiday: four multilingual signing and speaking families travelling together
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 42(8), 698-715.
De Meulder, M., & Haualand, H.
Sign language interpreting services: A quick fix for inclusion?
Translation and Interpreting Studies, 16(1), 19-40.
2020
De Meulder, M.
Transformations in Deaf Studies. Implications for sign language policy, revitalization and rights
Deaf Studies Digital Journal, 5.
Snoddon, K., & De Meulder, M.
Introduction: Ideologies in sign language vitality and revitalisation
Language & Communication, 74.
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De Meulder, M., & Birnie, I.
Language diaries as a research method in the study of language use and language choice: the case of Flemish Sign Language and Scottish Gaelic
Language Awareness. DOI: 10.1080/09658416.2020.1781873
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2019
Kusters, A., & De Meulder, M.
Language portraits: investigating embodied multilingual and multimodal repertoires
Forum Qualitative Social Research, 20(3).
De Meulder, M., Kusters, A., Moriarty, E., & Murray, J. J.
Describe, don’t prescribe. The Practice and Politics of Translanguaging in the Context of Deaf Signers
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. Published online 21 March 2019.
2018
De Meulder, M., Napier, J., & Stone, C.
Designated or preferred? A deaf academic and two signed language interpreters working together for a PhD defense: A case study of best practice
International Journal of Interpreter Education, 10(2).
Murray, J. J., Snoddon, K., De Meulder, M., & Underwood, K.
Intersectional Inclusion for Deaf Learners: Moving Beyond General Comment no. 4 on Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
International Journal of Inclusive Education. DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2018.1482013
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De Meulder, M.
“So, why do you sign?” Deaf and hearing new signers, their motivation, and revitalisation policies for sign languages
Applied Linguistics Review
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Murray, J. J., De Meulder, M., & le Maire, D.
An Education in Sign Language as a Human Right? The Sensory Exception in the Legislative History and Ongoing Interpretation of Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Human Rights Quarterly, 40(1), 37-60. DOI: 10.1353/hrq.2018.0001
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2017
De Meulder, M., & Murray, J.J.
Buttering their Bread on Both Sides? The Recognition of Sign Languages and the Aspirations of Deaf Communities
Language Problems and Language Planning, 41(2), 136-158.
2016
De Meulder, M. (2016)
Promotion in Times of Endangerment: The Sign Language Act in Finland
Language Policy, 16(2), 189-208.
2015
De Meulder, M.
A Barking Dog That Never Bites? The British Sign Language (Scotland) Bill
Sign Language Studies, 15(4), 446-472.
De Meulder, M.
The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages
Sign Language Studies, 15(4), 498-506.
Preprints
De Meulder, M., Van Landuyt, D., & Omardeen, R. (2024).
Lessons in co-creation: the inconvenient truths of inclusive sign language technology development
arXiv preprint
De Meulder, M., Giustini, D., & Gebruers, K.
“Safe for now?” Situated professional knowledge and tensions of AI adoption in sign language interpreting and text-to-speech reporting practices
SocArXiv preprint
Special issues
Haualand, H., De Meulder, M., & Napier, J. (eds.) (2023).
Unpacking sign language interpreting as a social institution: Politics, ethics and ideologies
Special issue of Translation and Interpreting Studies.
De Meulder, M., & Snoddon, K. (Eds.) (September 2020).
Ideologies in sign language vitality and revitalisation
Special issue of Language & Communication, 74.
Van Mensel, L., & De Meulder, M. (Eds.) (2021).
Exploring the multilingual family repertoire: ethnographic approaches
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.
Edited volumes
De Meulder, Maartje, Joseph J. Murray, and Rachel McKee (2019)
The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages: Advocacy and Outcomes Around the World
Multilingual Matters.
Kusters, Annelies, Maartje De Meulder, and Dai O’Brien (2017)
Innovations in Deaf Studies: The Role of Deaf Scholars
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Chapters in edited volumes
In review
Haualand, H., De Meulder, M.
Reluctant knowledge: cripping sign language interpreting
In E. Monzó-Nebot & C.D. Mellinger (eds.), Public Translation and Interpreting Studies: Goals, Paths, and Epistemologies.
De Meulder, M., Spiel, K., Vogler, C., & Yudytska, J.
Speech Technology as Infrastructure of Participation
In M. Coler & M. Glass (Eds.), Ethics in Speech Technology.
2025
Snoddon, K., & De Meulder, M.
Language Policy and Management for Sign Languages
To appear in Lo Bianco, J., Spolsky, B., & Lundberg, A. (Eds). Research in Language Policy and Management. Bloomsbury.
2024
Angelini, R., Spiel, K., and De Meulder, M.
Bridging Deaf Critique and Technological Practice – Understanding the Gap
To appear in A. Way, D. Shterionov, C. Rathmann & L. Leeson (eds.), Sign Language Machine Translation. Springer.
2022
De Meulder, M., & Kusters, A. (2022).
Experiencing Multimodal Languaging: The Use of Language Portraits with Deaf and Hearing Multilingual Signers
In J. Purkarthofer & M.-C. Flubacher (eds.), Speaking Subjects in Multilingualism Research: Biographical and Speaker-centred approaches. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
Kusters, A., De Meulder, M., & Moriarty, E. (2022).
Researching language attitudes in signing communities
In R. Kircher & L. Zipp (eds.), Research Methods in Language Attitudes (pp 286-292). Cambridge University Press.
Chua, M., De Meulder, M., Geer, L., Henner, J., Hou, L., Kubus, O., O’Brien, D., & Robinson, O. (2022).
1001 Small Victories: Deaf Academics and Impostor Syndrome
In M. Addison & M. Breeze (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Imposter Syndrome in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
2021
De Meulder, M., Kusters, A., & Napier, J.
Researching family language policy in multilingual deaf-hearing families: Using autoethnographic, visual and narrative methods
In L. Wright & C. Higgins (eds.), Diversifying family language policy: Families, methodologies, and speakers. Bloomsbury.
2019
De Meulder, M., Murray, J.J., & McKee, R.
Introduction: The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages. Advocacy and Outcomes Around the World
In The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages. Advocacy and Outcomes Around the World, ed. by Maartje De Meulder, Joseph J. Murray and Rachel McKee. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
De Meulder, M., and Thierry Haesenne (2019)
A Belgian Compromise? Recognising French-Belgian Sign Language and Flemish Sign Language
In The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages. Advocacy and Outcomes Around the World, ed. by Maartje De Meulder, Joseph J. Murray and Rachel McKee. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
2018
De Meulder, M., Krausneker, V., Turner, G.H., & Conama, J.B.
Sign Language Communities
In The Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities, ed. by Gabrielle Hogan-Brun and Bernadette O’Rourke. Palgrave Macmillan.
2017
De Meulder, M.
The Emergence of a Deaf Academic Professional Class during the British Deaf Resurgence
In Innovations in Deaf Studies: The Role of Deaf Scholars, ed. by Annelies Kusters, Maartje De Meulder, and Dai O’Brien. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kusters, A., De Meulder, M., & O’Brien, D.
Innovations in Deaf Studies. Critically Mapping the Field
In Innovations in Deaf Studies: The Role of Deaf Scholars, ed. by Annelies Kusters, Maartje De Meulder, and Dai O’Brien. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Research reports
De Meulder, Maartje; Pouliot, Oliver; & Gebruers, Karolien.
Remote Sign Language Interpreting in Times of COVID-19
University of Applied Sciences Utrecht.
Peer-reviewed working papers
Kusters, Annelies, Maartje De Meulder, Michele Friedner, and Steve Emery (2015)
On “diversity” and “inclusion”: exploring paradigms for Sign Language Peoples’ rights
MMG Working Paper 15-02.
