Candas Barnes, M.A., NIC: Advanced, CI/CT

Potomac Chapter Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (PCRID) 2016-17

• “The Four Agreements: Practical Principles for Enhancing Professional Practice” 2017
• “B.R.A.V.I.N.G. - A Framework for Excellence in Interpreting” 2017
• “Being LIT: Leveraging Our Internal Treasures to Create Effective Cross-Cultural Exchanges” - 2016
• "Being an Ally. Am I Friend or Foe?" RID, Region II - 2016

Guest lecturer, University of North Carolina at Greensboro - 2017  ~ Professions in Deafness Program Advocacy class

Adjunct Professor, Gallaudet University - 2009

• GSR 230 - What Do We Know About Sex and Gender? Biological and Psychological Perspectives
• INT 346 - Field Experience I: Discourse And Application
• INT 736 - Professional Practice

Guest Lecturer, Gallaudet University - 2008

• Narrative Therapy, COU732 Theories & Approaches in Counseling and Psychotherapy, Department of Counseling
• Solution Focused Therapy, COU732 Theories & Approaches in Counseling and Psychotherapy, Department of Counseling
• Reality Therapy, COU732 Theories & Approaches in Counseling and Psychotherapy, Department of Counseling
• Informational Interviews, GSR 101/102 Honors First Year Seminar/Critical Reading and Writing, General Studies Division

Faculty, Energize Your Interpreting, Training Program, CJAGA Sign Language Interpreting Service - 2006

• American Sign Language to English Interpretation I, II, III: A Theoretical & Practical Approach
• Essential Habits of Highly Effective Interpreters: Coach Yourself to Success

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

• Conference of Interpreter Trainers
• DC Area Black Deaf Advocates
• Linguistic Society of America
• National Alliance of Black Interpreters - DC Chapter
• Chapter Liaison, 2018
• National Association for Multicultural Education
• National Association of the Deaf
• National Black Deaf Advocates, DC Area Chapter
• Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, 1988 - present
• Society for American Sign Language

2018

• Conversations for Understanding Workshops - December, 2018
• A Call To Community: Together We All Succeed - Multicultural Organizational Development and Curriculum Transformation Tools for Bringing Us Closer Together - April, 2018
• Advanced Multicultural Organizational Development Institute - March, 2018

2017

• StartingBloc DC Fellow - November, 2017
• Multicultural Curriculum Transformation Institute - July, 2017
• Certified Administrator, Intercultural Development Inventory - February, 2017

2016

• The Institute for Cross Cultural Communication ~ Founder and CEO - July, 2016
• Staff-focused Multicultural Competency Building and Curriculum Transformation Institute - July, 2016

Publications

• Barnes, C. (2014). Sacred Musings: Volume 1: Essential questions for connecting body, mind & spirit so you can live an extraordinary life. Washington, DC: Masterful Communication Press.
• Barnes, C. I. (2014). You can do it!. In T. Brinkley Potts (Ed.), Kaching!: How to add a digit to your income (Chapter 2). Dover, DE: TBPLLC.
• Barnes, C. I. (2013). I forgive my father. In I. Vanzant (Ed.), Forgiveness: How to forgive everyone for everything (pp. 111-124). Carlsbad, CA: Smiley Books.
• Barnes, C. I. (1990). Invisible or Simply Ignored. Empty Closet.
• Editor, The Weekly Word.  Howard University School of Divinity, 1993