Chelsea Privette, PhD., CCC-SLP
Chelsea Privette, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a certified speech therapist with a background in sociolinguistics. She is an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences department. Her research focuses on the intersection of race, language, and disability in the school setting in order to improve the educational experiences of racially and linguistically minoritized students. Her current work focuses on developing culturally sustaining assessment practices that target classroom inclusion through transdisciplinary collaborations and community-based participatory research.
Karina Saechao, M.A., CCC-SLP, ATACP
Karina Saechao is a multidialectal/cultural SLP in CA & KS. She holds a certificate as an assistive technology specialist (AT) and is a Ph.D. student. Karina’s research interests are in African American English (AAE), child language acquisition, & AAC. Karina is the Founder & CEO of Golden Oak Speech Therapy, and specializes in AAC, AT, AAE, language, literacy, and caregiver & educator coaching.
Mary Beth Schmitt, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Mary Beth Schmitt, Ph.D., CCC-SLP directs the Children’s Language, Literacy, and Learning (CL3) Lab at UT Austin. Dr. Schmitt and her team investigate child-level and treatment-level aspects of therapy that affect language and literacy outcomes for children with developmental language disorders (DLD). These include topics such as behavior regulation, optimal treatment intensity, and peer effects. Her research is informed from her 11 years serving children with DLD before earning her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. Her work is funded by the National Institutes of Health, Institutes of Educational Science and the US Department of Education, and American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Dr. Schmitt serves as editor for EBP Briefs, a peer-reviewed publication supporting evidence-based practice for practitioners.
