Carolyn McCaskill is a deaf African-American counselor and professor. She has been teaching at Gallaudet University since 1996, currently holds the position of professor in the ASL and Deaf Studies Department, and since 2005, she is the Coordinator of the Deaf Studies Program.
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.
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 Gallaudet University. She was the Coordinator of Minority Achievement and Multicultural Program for Pre-college Programs at Gallaudet University.
McCaskill grew up in the projects in Mobile, Alabama.
As of 2025, McCaskill lives in Washington D.C..