Chelsea Privette, M.Ed., CCC-SLP is a doctoral candidate at the University of Arizona in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences with a minor in Public Health (Health Behavior/Health Promotion). She received her Masters of Education in Communication Disorders from North Carolina Central University in 2015. Her research is heavily influenced by her background in applied and sociolinguistics. Her research addresses health and educational disparities among bilingual children and children who speak nonmainstream dialects with a specific focus on the use of African American English by monolingual and bilingual Spanish-English speakers. She works to develop culturally responsive assessment practices through interdisciplinary collaborations and community-based participatory research.
Chelsea Privette financial disclosures: Chelsea’s research is funded by the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders. Chelsea has no non-financial relationships to disclose.