214 Nolte Center
University of Minnesota
315 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Email: iles@umn.edu
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Bruce Downing

612-625-2162

CEE Degree & Credit Programs 101 Wesbrook Hall

Department Affiliations

Models for the Provision of Language Access in Health Care Settings. Downing, Bruce T, Cynthia Roat, National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (http://www.ncihc.org/papers.html), 2002.
Community interpreting and translation in the U.S.A. context: Downing, Bruce T, Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Spain, Nuevas Tendencias y Applicaciones de la Traduccion, Encuentos en torno a la Traduccion 3, 1998.
Legal Interpreting on Trial: A Case Study: Downing, Bruce T, Timothy Dunnigan, American Translators Association, Translation and the Law, 1995.
The use of bilingual/bicultural workers as providers and interpreters: Downing, Bruce T, International Migration (Special Issue: Migration and Health), 30 121-130, 1992.
Professional Training for Community Interpreters. Downing, Bruce T, Kate Helms Tillery, Minneapolis: Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota, 1992.
The Hmong in Transition. Downing, Bruce T, Glenn L. Hendricks, Amos S. Deinard, Center for Migration Studies of New York and CURA, University of Minnesota, Co-Editor, 1986.

National Standards for Training of Health Care Interpreters: Development and vetting of standards, National Council on Interpreting in Health Care, funded by The California Endowment, October 2007
Hennepin County Court Access for LEP Individuals: Interviews with persons requiring interpreter services in the courtroom; funded by Hennepin County, July 1, 1999 - July 31, 2000
Effective Provider-Patient Communication Across Language Barriers: Review of current theory and practice in translation of health education materials, funded by Hablamos Juntos, July 2002 - December 2002

Director: Program in Translation and Interpreting, College of Continuing Education , 2002
Committee Member: Standards, Training & Certification Committee, National Council on Interpreting in Health Care , 2002
Linguistics Consultant: National Coalition for Quality Translation in Health Care (Kaiser Permanente) , 2004
Member: Linguistic Society of America , 1963
Associate Member: American Translators Association , 1994
Member: International Association of Forensic Linguists , 2003

Member, Scholars Network: Hablamos Juntos, a national project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2002
Member: Interpreting Stakeholder Group, Upper Midwest Translators & Interpreters Association, 2003
Member, Steering Committee, Interpreting Services Work Group: organized by DHS, preparing mandated report to the Mn Legislature, July 2007 - January 2007
Keynote speaker, Annual Conference of the Iowa Interpreters & Translators Association: Des Moines, IA, June, 2006
Plenary Speaker: Upper Midwest Translators and Interpreters Association, November 6, 2004

2007 CCE Distinguished Teaching Award, October 2007
Award for "dedication to the betterment of the translation and interpreting professions" from the Upper Midwest Translators & Interpreters Association, 2007
Outstanding Community Service Award, University of Minnesota, 2000
Refugee Community Service Award, Minnesota Department of Human Services, 1991
Award "in gratitude for friendship and academic research on behalf of the Hmong," Lao Family Community of Minnesota, Inc., 1985