It hadn’t. Instead, the board of trustees chose the only hearing candidate, Elisabeth Zinser, vice chancellor of academic affairs at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Zinser, 48, a vice chairman for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, said she would return to her former job. She was appointed to the Gallaudet position last Sunday.

Not only did the protests lead to the resignation of the appointed president, Elisabeth Zinser, but also the stepping down of Jane Bassett Spilman, chair of the board of trustees of the university.

The film chronicles the week of turmoil and transformation that followed the announcement of Elisabeth Zinser as president. (DiMarco is a Gallaudet alum.) ...

Instead, the board of trustees chose the only hearing candidate, Elisabeth Zinser, vice chancellor of academic affairs at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Outraged, Gallaudet ...

The person they chose, Elisabeth Zinser, did not know sign language. In the end, the protest arguably reached its apex not on the grounds of the school but on national television.

The film has, as it must, a villain. And it isn’t Ms. Zinser. “Deaf people are not ready to function in a hearing world,” were the words attributed to Jane Bassett Spilman, the chair of ...

The university’s board of trustees, composed mostly of hearing individuals, chose Elisabeth Zinser, an educator with a nursing background. Zinser had no connection to Gallaudet or the deaf ...

The events depicted in “Deaf President Now!” — a documentary revisiting the 1988 protest by students at Gallaudet University that led to the selection of the school’s first deaf president ...

‘Deaf President Now!’ Review: Spirited Doc Communicates Why a Turning Point for Deaf Rights Still Matters The passionate film depicts game-changing protests at Gallaudet University that argued ...

It hadn’t. Instead, the board of trustees chose the only hearing candidate, Elisabeth Zinser, vice chancellor of academic affairs at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.