Degrees:
Ph.D., M.A., University of Cincinnati; M.Ed., Vanderbilt University; B.S., Miami University (Oxford, OH)
Biography:
Jennifer Keelor, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an Assistant Professor in Reading Science at Mount St. Joseph University. She has a professional background working with children with reading difficulties as a special education teacher, school administrator, and speech-language pathologist. In her role as a school administrator, she collaborated in the training and supervision of teachers in Orton-Gillingham based reading interventions. She has conducted reading research at the Communication Sciences Research Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Communication, Language, Learning Education and Research (CLLEaR) Lab at the University of Cincinnati. She is currently a collaborative research partner in the Learning by Design Lab at the University of Cincinnati. Research interests include the role of language proficiency and executive function in reading difficulties; assistive technology to support language and reading impairment.