Beyond Talk: Deaf Studies Today! 2012 Conference Proceedings contains original submissions by presenters at the conference held on the campus of Utah Valley University. This volume is the fifth in the series of proceedings from the Deaf Studies Today! conference. It features papers by the following authors: Patti Durr Christine B Brown Andrew Byrne, Ph.D. Merrilee Gietz Heather Clark Hannah M. Dostal, Ph.D. and Lisa M. Bowers Brian Malzkuhn Joseph Hill, Ph.D. Lewis Kummer, Ed.D. and Cynthia Plue, Ed.D. J. Freeman King, Ed.D. Rebecca Furland Nigel Howard and Liz Scully David H. Smith, Ph.D. and Bryan Berrett, Ed.D Sheryl B. Cooper, Ph.D. and Jody H. Cripps, Ph.D. Tabitha Jacques Mark Zaurov Carol Sanderson-MacNicholl Noppawan Chainarong, Vee Yee Chong, and Jennifer Witteborg