Carla Kekejian
Dr. Carla Kekejian serves as a part-time lecturer within the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at California State University, Long Beach. She earned her Ph.D. in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, along with her clinical M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, from the University of Utah. Before joining the University of Utah, Dr. Kekejian attained her M.A. in Education (Division of Human Development and Psychology) from UCLA.
As an academic and practicing speech-language pathologist, Dr. Kekejian has devoted her career to developing more equitable assessment and treatment approaches for bilingual and multilingual children with speech and language impairments. When she is not engaged in teaching or advancing research projects, she dedicates her time to providing speech-language therapy to pediatric populations in her private practice.
- Ph.D., Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Utah
- M.S., Speech-Language Pathology, University of Utah
- M.A., Education (Division of Human Development and Psychology), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- B.A., English, University of California, Irvine (UCI)
- B.A., Education Sciences, specialization in English-Language Learning, University of California, Irvine (UCI)
- Bi/multilingualism
- Cognition and bi/multilingualism
- Translanguaging theory and pedagogy
- Language acquisition
- Culture and language
- Assessment and intervention
- SLP 460: Multicultural and Multilingual Issues in Speech-Language Pathology
- SLP 485: Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders for Speech-Language Pathologists
- SLP 483: Introduction to Clinical Management
