Nancy A. Creaghead, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Head
 

French Building East,
202 Goodman Ave.
University of Cincinnati
Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders
Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0394
(513) 558-8511
(513) 558-8500-fax

nancy.creaghead@uc.edu 

 

Research interests    

Language and learning problems in children

Phonological disorders

Intervention in school settings

 

Biographical sketch

Dr. Nancy Creaghead is Professor and Head of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Cincinnati.  She is responsible teaching in the areas of language acquisition and intervention.  She has had previous experience in preschool classes for language impaired and hearing impaired children and in a special school for learning disabled children.  Her research, publications and presentations have been primarily in the areas of language acquisition and disorders and classroom communication.  She has lectured at numerous workshops and meetings at the local, state, national and international levels, including the 1978 through 1998 ASHA conventions.  She holds an M.S. from Purdue University and Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati and is an ASHA Fellow.  She has just completed a three-year term as ASHA Vice President for Professional Practices in Speech-Language Pathology, is ASHA President Elect for 2001.

 

Select publications

Creaghead, N. (1999) Editor, Evaluating language intervention approaches: Contrasting Perspectives.   LSHSS, 30, 33-416.

Ripich, D. & Creaghead, N. (1994) (Eds.) School      Discourse Problems, San Diego:  Singular Publishing Group.

Creaghead, N. (1992) Classroom interactional analysis/script analysis.  Best Practices in School Speech-Language Pathology, 2, 65-72.

Creaghead, N.  (1990) Mutual empowerment:  a new script for an old problem.  Best Practices in School Speech-Language Pathology, 1, 109-116.

Creaghead, N., Bernthal, J., Gilbert, H. (1991) Council of graduate programs in communication sciences and disorders 1990-91 national survey . CGPCSD, Minneapolis, MN.

 

Select professional service

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

President-elect, 2001

Vice President for Professional Practices in Speech-Language-Pathology, 1997-1999

Chair, Council on Academic Accreditation, 1996

Legislative Council, 1992-94, 1996-98

Associate Editor, Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 1992-1996

Educational Standards Board Site Visitor 1989-1994

Chair, Committee on Private Practice, 1988-90

Local Operations Task Force, Annual Convention, 1983

Professional Services Board Site Visitor, 1973-76

Ohio Speech & Hearing Association

President-elect, President, Past President, 1994-97

Co-Editor, 'Pragmatically Speaking' for HEARSAY, 1985-88

Co-Chair, Annual Conference Program, 1975, 1981

Legislative Council, 1978-82

Southwestern Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association

President-Elect, President, Past President, 1978-81

Council of Graduate Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders

President Elect, President, Past President 1992-95

Chair, National Survey Committee, 1990-92

 

Honors

Editors’ Award for Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools:  Guest Editor for Clinical Forum on Evaluating language intervention approaches: Contrasting Perspectives.  LSHSS, 30, 335-416, 1999.

College of Allied Health Sciences Faculty Service Award, 1999.

Honors of the Council of Graduate Programs in Communication sciences and Disorders, 1998

Ohio Speech and Hearing Association Award for Outstanding Service, 1996

Council of Graduate Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders Award for Distinguished Contributions, 1995

First place Journalism Award for 1996 from the American Society of Dentistry for Children for the publication by Gable T.O., Kummer A.W., Lee L. & Creaghead N.A. (1995).  Premature extraction of the primary maxillary incisors:  Effect on speech production.  Journal of Dentistry for Children 62, 173-179.

Honors of the Ohio Speech and Hearing Association, 1992

Fellow of the Ohio Speech and Hearing Association

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Fellow, 1985

Ohio Speech and Hearing Association President’s Award, 1984

Honors of the Southwestern Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1981

Kappa Delta Pi National Education Honorary

Phi Beta Kappa