Thaisa Hughes

About Thaisa

Thaïsa Hughes is a registered freelance British Sign Language/English interpreter, a senior lecturer in deaf studies and interpreting at the University of Wolverhampton, a QCF qualified assessor and internal verifier, an NRCPD supervisor and a PhD student researching the use of situated-learning in the training of interpreters to work in the healthcare domain.

Thaisa has been working as an interpreter for many years and undertakes work across all community interpreting domains, as well as media (behind the scenes), legal and conference assignments. She also has a special interest and experience in working with deaf musicians.