John Bosco Conama

John Bosco Conama is originally from Roscommon and married to Audrey. He is the Director of the Centre for Deaf Studies in Trinity College. He is the Board Director of the Irish Deaf Society and he has been involved in many committees and working groups within the Civil Service and other Government bodies to monitor the progress of Deaf and disabled people in society. His recent publications have focused on Deaf people in society, especially focusing on language rights and equality.  He graduated with a doctorate from University College Dublin and his thesis focused on a comparative policy analysis of signed languages in two countries – Finland and Ireland. John Bosco was awarded as one of the European Label Language Ambassador for 2015.