The Centre originally offered a range of two-year full-time Diploma courses in (i) ISL Teaching, (ii) ISL/English Interpreting and (iii) Deaf Studies.
The core faculty at the Centre for Deaf Studies are: Dr. John Bosco Conama, Ms. Carmel Grehan, Prof. Lorraine Leeson, Ms. Teresa Lynch, Mr. Patrick A. Matthews and Dr. Sarah Sheridan.
Part-time/occasional lecturers who have taught at the Centre for Deaf Studies over the years include: Ms. Deirdre Byrne-Dunne, Ms. Tracey Daly, Mr. Senan Dunne, Ms.
The Centre has engaged in a wide range of research activity to date, working to fulfill its remit of developing the discipline of Deaf Studies in Ireland.
The Centre is home to an Applied Sign Linguistics lab, with a cohort of PhD and masters by research candidates working with classic Grounded Theory methodology.