Meet Your Instructors
Brenda Schertz, CDI
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Brenda Schertz is currently a full time ASL lecturer at the University of Rochester. She has also worked as an adjunct instructor and lecturer covering topics of ASL, Deaf studies and Interpreting at Northeastern University, Emerson, University of Southern Maine (USM) and most recently at NTID. Brenda has been teaching a week-long summer intensive Certified Deaf Interpreter Knowledge Exam Preparation workshops since 2004, and has been a certified interpreter since 2008. She was a part of the team developing NCIEC’s Deaf Interpreter Curriculum. Ms. Schertz serves on the board of the American Sign Language Teacher Association as the Chapters chair.
Rupert Dubler, CDI
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Rupert have worked in the ASL and interpreting field since 2004. He have been interpreting since 2014 and have interpreted over 2,000+ billable hours in addition to pro bono work in all settings including medical, legal, and social services. Rupert have also provided workshops and presentations to both the Deaf community and the interpreter community. As the Inclusion Project Manager at Willow Domestic Violence Center, Rupert routinely contract with and schedule freelance interpreters and is familiar with business practices in the interpreting profession. He has authored the Business Practices online component of this training. Rupert also co-taught this intensive training with Brenda Schertz in July 2016.