Faculty and Staff

Judith Blackburn, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor

Education and Certification

• Ph.D.: Indiana University
• M.A.: University of Maryland, College Park
• A.M.: University of Chicago
• B.A.: Connecticut College
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology
• Licensed by the Maryland Board of Examiners
• Licensed Certified Social Worker

Courses Taught

• Speech Science
• Phonology and Articulation
• Research Design in SPPA
• Phonetics

Professional/Research Interests

• Child Language Disorders
• Literacy and Reading Disorders
• Impact of Family Violence on Reading and Language Development

Selected Presentations

• Blackburn, J.F. (2006). Factors related to reading performance in child witnesses of domestic violence. Paper presented at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portmouth, NH.
• Blackburn, J.F. (2004). Language and reading skills in children exposed to domestic violence. Poster session presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Schools Conference, Baltimore, MD.
• Blackburn, J.F., & Connell, P. (2001). Analysis of the formation, storage and retrieval of orthographic representations in skilled readers who are poor spellers. Poster session presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
• Blackburn, J.F., & Roth, F.P. (1999). Predicting reading disabilities in children through phonemic awareness and spelling. Poster session presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, San Francisco, CA.