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College of Health Professions


Department of Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology and Deaf Studies

Faculty and Staff

Eva Hester, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Associate Professor

Office:   Van Bokkelen, Room103D
Phone:   410-704-3096
Fax:   410-704-4131
E-mail:   ehester@towson.edu

Eva Hester, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

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 Presentations

  • Hester, E. & Gadson, D. (2006). Expressive elaboration in narratives of African American children with reading disabilities. Poster session at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Miami, FL.
  • Hester, E. & Turbish, M. (2006). The relationship between health literacy and social communication skills. Poster session at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Miami, FL.

Recent Publications

  • Hester, E. (in press). The oral exam review: A collaborative strategy to decrease test anxiety and increase learning. ASHA's Special Interest Division 10- Perpectives: Issues in Higher Education.
  • Hester, E. (in press). Student evaluations of advising: Moving beyond the mean. College Teaching.

 



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