Carolyn McCaskill is a deaf, African American, counselor and professor.
She has been teaching at Gallaudet University since 1996, and currently holds the position of associate professor in the ASL and Deaf Studies Department.
[citation needed] PhD, Gallaudet University, Special Education Administration & Supervision (2005) M.A., Counseling of the Deaf (1979) B.A., Psychology-Social Work (1977) Prior to college, McCaskill attended and graduated of the Alabama School for the Deaf in Talladega, Alabama.
[citation needed] McCaskill served as a counselor at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, at the Houston Community College System, and as a career counselor at the Gallaudet University.
She was the Coordinator of Minority Achievement and Multicultural Program for Pre-college Programs at Gallaudet University.