Johanna R. W. Boult

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Department Chair
Associate Professor
Director, Speech-Language Pathology Master’s Program
Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, CCC-SLP
Office: Speech and Hearing Science 117-A
Phone: (409) 880-7881
Email: jweddleboult@lamar.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Audiology and Speech Sciences/Urban Studies, Michigan State University, 2007
  • M.A., Speech-Language Pathology, Northwestern University, 1996
  • B.A., Linguistics/Emphasis in Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1994

Certification/Licensure

  • Certificate of Clinical Competence – American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • Texas Licensure – Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
  • Louisiana Licensure – Louisiana Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Teaching Interests

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Child Language Development and Disorders
  • Phonetics
  • Language Science

Research Interests

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Speech-Language Pathology related to:
    • Least-biased language assessment
    • Code switching including: cross-cultural pragmatics and register-use
    • Recruitment and retention of minoritized students
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) related to:
    • Equity and diversity in SLP
    • The perception of motor speech disorders
    • Research in SLP

Selected Publications

  • Stockman, I. J., Boult, J., & Robinson, G. (2004, July 20). Multicultural issues in academic and clinical education: A cultural mosaic. The ASHA Leader, 20, 6-7.
  • Stockman, I. J., Boult, J., & Robinson G.C. (2004). Multicultural issues courses: A resource for instructors. Meta-analysis of available MMI course syllabi: retrieved from https://www.asha.org/practice/multicultural/faculty
  • Stockman, I. J., Boult, J., & Robinson, G. (2008). Multicultural/multilingual instruction in educational programs: A survey of perceived practices and outcomes. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17, 241-264.
  • Boult, J. (2012). The LSHA News (Ed.), 16(1).
  • Boult, J. (2012). Editor’s Corner: Focus on literacy. The LSHA News, 16(1).
  • Boult, J. (2012). Too important to fail: Reflecting African American boys in children’s literature. The LSHA News, 16(1).
  • Stockman, I. J., Guillory, B., Seibert, M., Boult, J. (2013). Toward validation of a minimal competence core of morphosyntax for African American children. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22, 40-56.
  • Boult, J. & Robinson, G. (2019). Language difference. In J. Damico & M. Ball (Eds.), The SAGE encyclopedia of human communication sciences and disorders. (pp. 995-997). SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781483380810.n334
  • Boult, J., & Brownell, J. (2020). Student learning of perceptual skills related to
    differentiating motor speech disorders. Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders, 4(1), 2. https://ir.library.illinoisstate. edu/tlcsd/vol4/iss1/2
  • Boult, J., Whited, J., & Easley, T. (2021). The cross-cultural communication
    project: An ethics-of-care approach to developing students’ anti-racist practice within speech-language pathology curricula. In R. Horton (Ed.) Critical perspectives on social justice in speech-language pathology. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7134-7
  • Whited, J., & Boult, J. (2021). Infusing multicultural instruction: An experiential
    learning project. Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders, 5(3), Article 14, https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/tlcsd/vol5/iss3/14

Professional Organizations

  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing