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Johnson CV 03032020
Johnson CV 03032020
March 2020
University Address
University of the District of Columbia
Speech-Language Pathology Program
4250 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008
(803) 840-0452
lakeisha.johnson2@udc.edu
Education
2008-2012 Ph.D., Florida State University. Tallahassee, Florida. Communication Science and
Disorders. Concentration: Literacy implications for culturally and linguistically diverse
populations.
2006-2008 M.S., Florida State University. Tallahassee, Florida. Communication Science and
Disorders.
2002-2006 B.A., South Carolina State University. Orangeburg, South Carolina. Speech Pathology
and Audiology.
Professional Certification
2010 Certificate of Clinical Competence; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Professional Experience
2019-present Affiliated Faculty, Florida Center for Reading Research, Tallahassee, FL
2018-present Assistant Professor, Speech-Language Pathology Program, University of the District of
Columbia, Washington, DC
2016-2018 Research Scientist, Urban Child Study Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2014-2017 Project Coordinator, Georgia Learning Disabilities Research Innovation Hub, Georgia
State University, Atlanta, GA
2014-2017 Part-time Instructor, Department of Educational Psychology, Special
Education, & Communication Disorders, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2013-2014 Consultant, Florida Center for Reading Research, Tallahassee, FL
2013-2014 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2012-2013 Assistant in Research, Florida Center for Reading Research, Tallahassee, FL
2012 Communication Camp Supervisor, Department of Communication Science &
Disorders, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2008-2011 Speech-Language Pathologist, Ruediger Elementary, Leon County Schools,
Tallahassee, FL
Publications
Book Chapters (published and in press)
James, R.L. & Johnson, L.C. (in press). Impact of nonmainstream dialect use in the language
assessment of young African American English Speakers In E. Saiegh-Haddad, L. Laks, C.
McBride (Eds.), Handbook of Literacy in Diglossia and Dialectal Contexts: Psycholinguistic
and Educational Perspectives.
Presentations
Refereed Presentations and Symposia
Thomas-Tate, S., Connor, C. M., & Johnson, L. C. (2013, March). Design experiments:
Developing and testing and intervention for elementary school-age students who use
non-mainstream American English dialects. Oral talk presented at the annual convention of the
Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Washington, DC.
Other Reviews
2014 Reviewer, Proposals submitted for presentation at the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention (Literacy Subcommittee)
2011-2020 Reviewer, Applications submitted to the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Minority Student Leadership Program
Teaching
Courses Taught
ECED 504 Teaching Language Development in Early Childhood Education (graduate)
SPA 5401 Communication Intervention for Infants and Preschoolers (graduate)
SPLP 535 Language Disorders (graduate)
SPLP 312 Language Acquisition (undergraduate)
SPLP 698 Foundations in Literacy Development (graduate)
SPLP 500 Sociolinguistic and Theoretical Perspectives on Language (graduate)
CSD 7455 School-Age Language Disorders (graduate)
CSD 7590 Contemporary Issues in Communication Disorders (graduate)
CSD 4320 Introduction to Language Disorders (undergraduate)
Service
Service to the Profession
2017-present Member, National Association for the Education of the Young Child
2011-present Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2008-2012 Member, Leon County Reading Council. Tallahassee, FL
2003-2010 Member, National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association