ksu excellence in action Shelly Francis, M.A.

Francis

Clinical Supervisor

A104 Music & Speech
Kent, OH 44242
Tel: 22674
Email: sfrancis@kent.edu

 

I have been employed by Kent State University since 1993. I am Coordinator of Speech-Language Services at the Speech and Hearing Clinic. In addition, I teach the undergraduate clinical methods courses and I am a clinical instructor for graduate students in their practicum course.

Prior to coming to KSU, I worked as a speech-language pathologist in Barberton City Schools, Akron City Schools

and at the Mid-Eastern Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center.

I received my B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Akron.

My areas of special interest include speech disorders (particularly verbal dyspraxia), and the relationship between speech and language skills in children and performance in language arts areas (reading, spelling, writing, and phonological awareness).