Dr. Johanna Price

Dr. Johanna Price Image
Professor
College of Health and Human Sciences
Communication Sciences and Disorders

188 Health and Human Sciences Building

Biography

Johanna Price, PhD, CCC-SLP is Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµand a speech-language pathologist, specializing in language and literacy development and disorders of children and adolescents with a variety of backgrounds, including those with neurodevelopmental disabilities, autism, and culturally diverse backgrounds. Dr. Price partners with Cullowhee Valley School to support children's language and literacy development at Literacy Camp. Her interests also include evidence-based practice and interprofessional education to prepare professionals to support autistic children. She is currently co-PI of Project ELEVATE (Empowering Leaders through Evidence, Vision, and Autism Training for Excellence, OSEP, US Dept of Education, H325K250100) and assists in administering the Interprofessional Certificate in Autism. Dr. Price has authored or co-authored over 30 publications and over 70 presentations at the local, state, national, and international levels. Most of these publications and presentations have included her students as co-authors.<br><br>Before coming to WCU, Dr. Price completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also held faculty positions at the Mississippi University for Women and Oklahoma State University.

Education

  • Ph D, University of Memphis, Child Language and Literacy
  • MS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Teaching Interests

Child language and literacy disorders, language development, evidence-based practice, capstone/portfolio, clinical process

Research Interests

Child language and literacy disorders, autism, evidence-based practice, interprofessional education and practice<br><br>Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ljzSxwEAAAAJ&hl=en