CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME Markku Juhani Jokinen

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH
20^th June 1959, Jämsänkoski, Finland

WORK ADDRESS
Finnish Association of the Deaf
PB 57
00401 Helsinki, Finland
e-mail: markku.jokinen@kl-deaf.fi

EDUCATION

1980 Matriculation examination, Jämsänkoski Upper Secondary School (Senior High School)

1991 M.A. in Education, Certified Teacher of Comprehensive School, University of Jyväskylä

1992 Certified Teacher of the Deaf, Department of Special Education, University of Jyväskylä

1992 -1993 Post Graduate Studies in Linguistics, Psycholinguistics and Sign Language Linguistics, University of Rochester, N.Y., USA

2004 - Studies toward a Ph.D. in education

 

FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS

1982 Diploma, Tutor of Finnish Sign Language, Finnish Association of the Dea

1986 Diploma, Trainer in Deaf Awareness, Finnish Association of the Deaf

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Finnish Sign Language (mother tongue),

A good command of Finnish, Swedish, English

Swedish Sign Language, ASL and International Sign

EMPLOYMENT

1980 – 1981 Acting Youth Affairs Officer
 Finnish Association of the Deaf

1982 autumn- Research Assistant, National Board of

1983 spring Social Welfare and University of Jyväskylä

1987 summer – Sign Language Dictionary Assistant,

1988 spring Finnish Association of the Deaf

1993 summer Researcher, Nordic Council of the Deaf and Finnish Association of the Deaf

1993 – 1994 Senior Lecturer in Finnish Sign Language, University of Jyväskylä

1994 autumn Project Officer, Finnish Association of the Deaf

1995 spring Acting Head of Sign Language Centre, Finnish Association of the Deaf

1995 summer Acting Head of Library and Information Services, Finnish Association of the Deaf

1995 – 1996 Acting Head of Educational Planning, Finnish Association of the Deaf

1996 - 1997 autumn Teacher of the Deaf, Albert School of the Deaf, Helsinki

1997 autumn - 1998 Project Planner, Teacher Training Programme, Spring for Finnish Sign Language Users, Teacher Training Department, University of Jyväskylä

1998 autumn- Project Co-ordinator, Teacher Training

2005 Programme for Finnish Sign Language Users, Teacher Education Department, University of Jyväskylä

1.1.2007 - Executive Director, The Finnish Association of the Deaf

 

ADDITIONAL ACTVITIES AND EXPERIENCES
 

1983 - Trainer of Finnish Sign Language Tutors

1987 - Trainer in Deaf Awareness

1983 - Visiting trainer of Sign Language Interpreters

1988 - Visiting teacher at the Folk High School of the Deaf,  Helsinki

1993 - Visiting lecturer of Basic Level of Finnish Sign Language, Open University of Jyväskylä

1981 - 1984 and
1993 – 1994 Board member of the Finnish Association of the Deaf

1997 - 2006 President of the Finnish Association of the  Deaf

1997 - 2006 Chair of the Finnish Sign Language Board,  The Institute of Domestic Languages,  Ministry of Education

1997 - 2004 Vice member of National Council of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

1988 -2002 Chair of the Finnish Sign Language Committee, The Finnish Association of the Deaf

1999 – 2001 Chair of the Committee on International Affairs,  The Finnish Association of the Deaf

1997- Chief Editor of the Finnish Magazine for the Deaf

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

1987 – 1991 Member of the Sign Language Committee of the  World Federation of the Deaf (WFD)

1991 - WFD Expert on Deaf Education, Sign Language  and Deaf Culture

1995 - 1997 Executive Committee Member of the European  Union of the Deaf (EUD)

1997 - 2003 Vice President of the EUD

1996 - 1998 Steering Group Member of Sign Language  Project of the EUD

1997 - Member of the Nordic Council of the Deaf

2001 - Member of the Human Rights Committee of  The European Disability Forum

1994 WFD representative at the UNESCO Conference  On Special Needs in Education, Salamanca, Spain

1983 - World Congress of the Deaf

• 1983 Palermo
• 1987 Helsinki
• 1995 Wien
• 1999 Brisbane
• 2003 Montreal

2003 – President of the World Federation of the Deaf

1988 - Speeches and lectures in several international conferences, seminars and congresses as WFD Expert and expert on Deaf education, Sign Language and Deaf culture, all over the world