Deaf scholar promoted to full professor in deaf studies in UK first

Until the appointment of Annelies Kusters, UK had only hearing people as full professors in the field

Trains in the Indian megacity of Mumbai are famously among the most crowded in the world, but they have also become deaf meeting spots" where deaf people meet and socialise on their daily commute.

These unexpected gatherings in carriages reserved for disabled passengers have been documented by Annelies Kusters, who has just become the first deaf scholar to be made a full professor in the field of deaf studies and sign language studies in the UK.