Barbara A. Braddock, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, holds degrees in communicative disorders and developmental psychology from the University of Missouri–Columbia. She has more than 20 years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of people with communication disorders. In 2007, she joined the Department of Human Services in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia (UVa). At UVa, Dr. Braddock and Ellen Bikoff-Phipps mentored Jefferson Public Citizens (JPC) student awardees engaged in service-oriented research projects targeting persons with cognitive impairment. In 2010, she joined the faculty of Saint Louis University School of Medicine, where she now teaches as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She also serves as Associate Coordinator of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Special Interest Group 12, Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
