Halene (Hal) Anderson is a protactile researcher with more than a decade of experience doing linguistic and anthropological research in collaboration with DeafBlind colleagues. Her interests include the co-creation of novel research methodologies as well as research-creation through poetics of co-composition. Halene holds a BA in ASL/English Interpreting and an MS in Deaf Education with 30 years of professional interpreting experience. She also teaches courses, workshops, and mentors students and colleagues to advance theory and practice in the field of interpreting.