Ritchie R. Bryant

Ritchie R. Bryant is a dynamic Black Deaf Texan with a passion for cultivating and teaching American Sign Language (ASL). He currently works as a staff interpreter for Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. Ritchie has been presenting ASL/Deaf-related workshops for over twenty years. With his experiences as an ASL mentor and ASLPI/SLPI evaluator, he trained Deaf people to become ASL mentors for signers from the Community Interpreter Grant program. Ritchie obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Sign Language from Gallaudet University and a Master of Science degree in Deaf Education from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He has been a certified Deaf interpreter since 2007. He served on the RID board as Deaf Member at Large from 2015-2017 and provided consulting services ranging from deaf-interpreting to developments of evaluations for future deaf and hearing interpreters to various organizations and agencies.