Faculty and Staff

Eva Jackson Hester, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Professor

Education and Certification

• Ph.D.: University of Maryland at College Park
• M.A.: San Francisco State University
• B.S.: Texas Woman's University
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology
• Licensed by the Maryland Board of Examiners

Courses Taught

• Diagnostics
• Written Language Development and Disorders
• Organic Speech Disorders
• Introduction to Human Communication

Professional Interests

• Literacy in Children
• Language and Reading Development in African American Children
• Health Literacy in Adults
• Teaching/Learning Research

Recent Publications

• Hester, E. (in press). Narrative correlates of reading comprehension in African American children. Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders.
• Wengryn, M. & Hester, E. (in press). Pragmatic skills used by older adults in social and healthcare contexts: Precursors to health literacy. Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders.
• Hester, E. & Stevens-Ratchford, R. (2009). Health literacy and the role of the speech-language pathologist. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 18, 180-191.
• Hester, E. (2009). An investigation of the relationship between health literacy and social communication skills in older adults. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 30, 112-119.
• Hester, E. (2008). Using student article presentations for evidence-based practice and evidence-based education. Perspectives on Issues in Higher Education, 11, 17-20..
• Hester, E. (2008). Student evaluations of advising: Moving beyond the mean. College Teaching, 56, 35-38.
• Hester, E. & McCrary, M. (2006). Health literacy: Research directions for speech-language pathology and audiology. ASHA Leader, 11.
• Hester, E. (2006). The oral exam review: A strategy to decrease test anxiety. Perspectives on Issues in Higher Education, 9, 3-5.
• Buchbinder, S., Alt, P., Eskow, K., Forbes, W., Hester, E., & Taylor, D. (2005). Creating learning prisms with an interdisciplinary case study. Innovative Higher Education, 29, 257-274.

Recent Presentations

• Hester, E., Adekoya, D., Fon, R. & McCrary, M. (2009). Communication and health literacy skills of African American adults across the lifespan. Poster session at the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, New Orleans.
• Langton, N. & Hester, E. (2009). Narrative productivity of African American children with reading disabilities. Poster session at the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, New Orleans.
• Hester, E. (2008). Expressive elaboration in narratives of African American children with reading disabilities: Script vs. Fantasy stories. Miniseminar presented at the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing. Crystal City, VA.
• Hester, E. (2008). Analyzing formative assessments: "One thing I learned" moments. Miniseminar presented at the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, Chicago.
• Stevens-Ratchford, R. & Hester, E. (2008). Preliminary investigation of the relationship among health literacy, communication skills and successful aging.  Poster session presented at the American Association of Gerontology in Higher Education, Baltimore.