Rico Peterson is the Assistant Dean and Director of the Department of Access Service at the Rochester Institute of Technology/NTID. An interpreter since 1973 and teacher of interpreting since 1985, he earned a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of California, Riverside. Rico has advised and consulted with developing interpreting programs in Thailand, the Philippines, and Japan. His publications include The Unlearning Curve: Learning to Learn American Sign Language and co-authorship of ASL at Work.