Kathryn Prescott

Kathryn is a PhD student under the mentorship of Dr. Susan Ellis Weismer in the department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She graduated with her B.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Northwestern University and her M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Kathryn is a certified speech-language pathologist with clinical experience in early intervention and school settings. Her research interests include investigating the mechanisms underlying early language learning in clinical populations in order to inform intervention practices among speech-language pathologists serving these populations. She is passionate about evidence-based practice and bridging the gap between research and clinical speech-language pathology.