Roz Rosen

Roslyn "Roz" Goodstein Rosen is an American advocate for the Deaf community. Rosen was the president of the National Association of the Deaf from 1990 to 1993 and was a board member for the World Federation of the Deaf from 1995 to 2003. She served in multiple academic administrator roles throughout her career, including as the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Gallaudet University, and was the director of the National Center on Deafness from 2006 to 2014.

Early life and education

Roslyn Goodstein was born in The Bronx on February 22, 1943. Both she and her brother were born deaf to deaf parents; they were raised learning American Sign Language and English.

She attended the Lexington School for the Deaf in Queens, graduating in 1958. Rosen performed in several productions while in Gallaudet's drama club.

In 1990, Rosen was elected president of the National Association of the Deaf, making her the second deaf female president of the organization. After her retirement in 2014, she continued to serve on multiple boards and wrote the children's book Deaf Culture Fairy Tales in 2017.