Kristin Kay Slawson, M.A., CCC-SLP is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her clinical and research interests focus on identifying and overcoming barriers to individual participation in work, school and social contexts. This includes development of the Maryland Aphasia Community and Advocacy Network and gender affirming voice training for individuals across the gender spectrum. Prior to joining the HESP faculty, she worked in a variety of medically-based therapy settings treating patients with speech, language and cognitive-linguistic and voice disorders related mainly to neurological disorders such as stroke and brain injury.

Areas of Interest

  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Voice
  • Aphasia
  • Cognitive-Linguistic Disorders
  • Clinical Education
  • Rehabilitation

Degrees

  • MA
    University of Maryland
  • BS
    Pennsylvania State University
Course Name Course Title Semester Syllabus
HESP648 Clinical Practice in Speech Fall 2022
HESP422 Neurological Bases of Human Communication Fall 2022
HESP422 Neurological Bases of Human Communication Fall 2021 Syllabus
HESP639B Special Topics in Hearing and Speech Sciences; Traumatic Brain Injury Winter 2021
HESP422 Neurological Bases of Human Communication Fall 2020
HESP639B Special Topics in Hearing and Speech Sciences; Traumatic Brain Injury Winter 2019
HESP422 Neurological Bases of Human Communication Fall 2018
HESP422 Neurological Bases of Human Communication Fall 2017
HESP417 Principles and Methods in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Summer 2016
HESP639B Special Topics in Hearing and Speech Sciences; Traumatic Brain Injury Winter 2016
HESP406 Acquired Neurogenic Communication Disorders in Adults Fall 2014
HESP406 Acquired Neurogenic Communication Disorders in Adults Fall 2013
Course Name Course Title Semester Syllabus
HESP620 Speech Production Disorders Across the Lifespan Spring 2022
HESP620 Speech Production Disorders Across the Lifespan Spring 2021
HESP620 Speech Production Disorders Across the Lifespan Spring 2020
HESP620 Speech Production Disorders Across the Lifespan Spring 2019
HESP620 Speech Production Disorders Across the Lifespan Spring 2018 Syllabus
HESP620 Speech Production Disorders Across the Lifespan Spring 2017
  • Professional
    Member of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
  • State
    Maryland Licensure in Speech-Language Pathology
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Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
Email
kslawson [at] umd.edu