PROFESSIONAL VITA
NAME: Harry N. Seymour
DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: August 30, 1942; Detroit, Michigan
MARITAL STATUS: Married, two children
EDUCATION
INSTITUTION & LOCATION DEGREE YEAR FIELD
Howard U., Washington, D.C. B. A 1964 Business Admin.
Ohio State U., Columbus, Ohio M. A. 1969 Speech Pathology
Ohio State U., Columbus, Ohio Ph.D. 1971 Speech Science
EXPERIENCE
Chairperson, Dept. of Communication Disorders, University of Massachusetts, 1992-present.
Adjunct Professor, Dept of Linguistics, 1993-present
Graduate Program Director, Dept. of Communication Disorders, University of Mass, 1989-92.
Professor, Dept. of Communication Disorders, University of Massachusetts, 1987.
Director, Center for Multicultural Studies in Communication Disorders, Dept. of Communication Disorders, University of Massachusetts, 1985-1988.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication Disorders, University of Massachusetts, 1977-1987.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Communication Disorders, University of Massachusetts, 1971-1977.
Director, The Ohio Dept. of Health Extension Speech & Hearing Clinic, Bellefontaine, Ohio, 1971.
Clinician & Assistant Director, The Ohio Dept. of Health Extension Speech & Hearing Clinic, Bellefontaine, Ohio, 1969-1971.
Teaching Associate, Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina, Fall Quarter, 1969.
Vocational Rehabilitation Trainee, Ohio State Univ., 1968-1969.
Manager & Buyer, Lazarus & Co., Columbus, Ohio, 1964-1965.
CONSULTANTSHIPS
Springfield Action Commission-Project Head Start, 1971-1980.
Mount Holyoke Learning Disabilities Center, 1974.
Southern Connecticut State College, Department of Communication Disorders, 1975.
Grambling State University, Dept. of Speech, 1977.
Research Program Site Visitor, Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, National Institute of Health, 1977.
Editorial Reviewer, University Park Press, Inc., 1977.
Northeastern University, Dept. of Speech Pathology & Audiology, 1978-1979.
Grant Reviewer for the Bureau of the Educationally Handicapped (BEH), 1980.
National Evaluation Systems, Amherst, Mass., 1981, 1982 thru 1988
Northeastern University, Office of the Provost, 1981.
South Carolina State College, Dept. of Speech Pathology & Audiology, 1984.
Grant Reviewer for the Dept. of Education, 1984,1989.
Hartford Public School System,1989 -present
St. Louis University, D.O.E. Training Grant, 1989-1991
ASHA, Film Documentary on Black English, 1992
Educational Testing Service, 1992
Alliance 2000 Project, 1992-present
Editorial Consultant, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (AJSLP), 1992-present.
Editorial Consulant, Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools (LSHSS), 1992-present.
Editorial Consulant, Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research (JSLHR), 1997.
GRANTS
Giant Food Co. Business Scholarship, Howard University, 1963.
Vocational Rehabilitation Grant, Ohio State University, 1969-1971.
University Dissertation Fellowship, Ohio State University, 1970-1971.
Faculty Growth Grant ($1,000.00), University of Massachusetts, 1973.
U.S. Office of Education ($7,695.00), Associate Researcher, Speech recognition scores ofWhite and of Black student-teacher listeners of Black and of White first grade speakers (Project Director, E. Harris Nober), 1973-1974.
Kellogg National Fellowship ($30,000), 1981-1984.
Josepth Healey Public Service Endowment Growth ($10,000.00), 1985-1986.
Children's Language Institute ($4,000), 1985-1986.
Amherst-Pelham Regional School System ($2,400), 1986.
U.S. Dept. of Education; Preparation of Speech-LanguageClinicians
for Minority Children ($171,000 over 3 years), 1986 - 1989.
Hartford Board of Education ($8000), 1988-1989.
U.S. Dept. of Eductation; Preparation of Speech-Language Clinicians
for Minority Children ($210,000 over 3 years), 1989- 1992.
National Institute of Health (NIH), Co-Principal Investigator - Training in Psycholinguistics (Colloboration among the Psychology Dept., Linguistics Dept. and Communication Disorders Dept.)$437,068 over 4 years-1993 - 1997.
U.S. Dept of Education, Preparation of Speech-Language Clinicians for Minority Children ($383,607) over 4 years (1993-1997).
U.S. Dept. of Education, Leadership preparation of African Americans in Communication Disorders, ($516,000) over 5 years (1993-1998).
National Institute of Health, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Assessing Language Disorders in of Child African American English ($460,000; 1994-1998)
National Institute of Health, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Development and validation of a speech and language test for children who speak nonstandard English: a study of Black English. ($2,700,000; 1998-2004)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
University, School & Department Service
Chairperson, Committee on Recruitment of Minority Students, Ohio State University, 1970-1971.
Member, Academic Professional Committee, Dept., 1972-1973.
Member, Scholarship & Examination Committee, Dept., 1972-1973.
Chairperson, Committee for the recruitment of minority students for graduate study in Social & Behavioral Sciences, School, 1972-1973.
Member, Curriculum Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, School, 1972-1974.
Member, Board of Directors, Committee for the Collegiate Education of Black students (CCEBS), Univ., 1973-1982.
Chairperson, Nominating Committee, Board of Directors (CCEBS), Univ., 1973-1974.
Member, Executive Committee, Dept., 1974.
Member, Personnel Committee, Dept., 1974-1975, 1978-1979, 1980-1981, 1981-1982, 1983-1984, 1985-1986, 1987-1988, 1988 -1989-1990.
Chairperson, Personnel Committee, Dept., 1978-1979, 1983-1984; 1987-1988.
Director, Undergraduate Studies, Dept., 1975.
Member, Grievance Committee, School, 1975-1977.
Member, Provost's Affirmative Action Advisory Committee, University, 1975-1977.
Member, Graduate Student Selection Committee, Dept., 1977.
Chairperson, Advisory Committee to Provost Search Committee for Associate Provost for Affirmative Action, Univ., 1978.
Member, Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Priorities, Univ., 1978-1980.
Vice-Chairperson, Board of Directors (CCEBS), 1979-1980.
Member, Provost Search Committee, Univ., 1979-1980.
Education & Training Site Visitor, American Boards of Examiners in Speech Pathology & Audiology, 1975-1985.
Member, Search Committee for Director of the Division of Nursing, School, 1981-1982.
Recording Secretary, Meetings of the Faculty of Health Sciences, School, 1981-1982. 1987-1988.
Member, Search Committee for Director of the Division of Public Health, 1982-1983.
Member, Dean's Advisory Committee, 1982-1983.
Member, School of Health Sciences' Personnel Committee, School, 1984.
Member, Search Committee for Director of the Division of Nursing, 1985-1987
Member, Comprehensive Examination Committee, Dept., 1985-1986.
Chair, Doctoral Examination Committee--(Ms. Rae Bannigan), 1985.
Director, Institute for Multilingual/Multicultural Services in Communication Disorders, Department, 1985-1989.
Chair, Doctoral Examination Committee-(Ms. Beth Foley), 1986.
Member, University Human Subject's Committee, 1987-1988.
Chair, Doctoral Examination Committee--(Ms. Toya Wyatt), 1988.
Member, Equipment Committee, Dept., 1987-1988.
Member, Comprehensive Examination Committee, Dept. 1987 - 1988.
Member, Admissions Committee, Dept.., 1988 - 1989.
Library Representative, Dept., 1988-1989.
Member, Computer Planning Committee, School. 1989-present
Graduate Program Director, 1989-1992
Member, Search Committee for Audiology Supervisor, 1991.
Chair, Doctoral Examination Committee--(Ms. Ovetta Harris), 1991
Chair, Doctoral Examination Committee--(Ms. Linda Bland), 1992
Member, Dissertation Committee- Ms. Sally Carlton; School of Education, 1992.
Member, Dissertation Committee-Ms. Jessica Harris; Dept., 1992.
Member, Dissertation Committee-Ms. Ovetta Harris, Dept., 1992.
Member, Dissertation Committee-Ms. Lisa Green, Linguistics Dept. , 1992.
Chair, Dept. of Communication Disorders, 1992-present.
Member, Dissertation Committee-Ms. Sandra Ciocci, Dept, 1993.
Co-Chair, Faculty and Staff phase of the Univ. of Mass Capitol Campaign, present.
Memberships (State & National)
American Speech-Language & Hearing Association (ASHA)
National Black Association for Speech -Language-Hearing (NBASHL)
Danforth Associate
Massachusetts Speech & Hearing Association (MSHA)
Professional Service Activities
Speech, Language and Hearing Services for Head Start Children, 1973
Summer Training Workshops for Head Start Personnel, 1973.
Initiator and Chair of Program for Recruitment of Minority Students within Social & Behavioral Sciences, 1972-1974.
Advisory Committee on Recruitment, ASHA, 1972-1975.
Education & Training Site Visitor, American Board of Examiners in Speech Pathology & Audiology, 1975-present.
Adjunct Professor, Afro-American Studies Department, University of Massachusetts, 1975-1980.
Trustee, Belchertown State School for the Retarded (appointed by the Governor), 1977-1978.
Member, Black Faculty Association, University of Massachusetts, 1978-present.
Member, Minority Faculty Association, University of Massachusetts, 1978-present.
Member, Scientific and Professional Meetings Board (expert in Language Science), ASHA, 1979-1981.
Member, ASHA Convention Subcommittee on Professional Affairs, 1979.
Membership Representative, National Black Speech, Hearing and Language Association, 1979-1982.
Massachusetts Liaison Representative for the Minority Concerns Collective, ASHA, 1981-1982.
Judge for the 1982 ASHA National Media Awards, 1982.
Associate Editor for Letters, Asha Magazine, 1981-1985.
Member, Continuing Education Board, ASHA, 1986-present.
Member, Program Committee-Public Affairs, ASHA Convention, 1986.
Book Reviewer, Asha, 1987
Member- Editorial Board, The Howard Journal of Communication, 1988-1992.
Member, ASHA Task Force on Research, 1989.
Member, MASHA Honors Committee, 1990-1991.
Member, Governor Weld's Executive Committee for Selection of Judges in Massachusetts, 1991.
Editorial staff; NBSLHA Newsletter, ECHO, 1991.
Sponsor of ASHA Fellows: Quinn, 1991; Baran, 1992.
Co-sponsor of ASHA Fellows: Iglesias, 1987; Terrell, 1989; Cummings, 1994.
Chair, Program Subcommittee on Language Intervention for the ASHA Convention, 1993.
CERTIFICATION & HONORS
The Certificate of Clinical Competence (C.C.C.), ASHA
Danforth Associate
Fellow, Kellogg National Fellowship
Fellow, ASHA
Distinguished Alumni Award, School of Communications, Howard University, For Outstanding Accomplishment in Research in Communication Sciences and Disorders," October 16, 1992.
Honors of the National Black Association of Speech, Language and Hearing Association. For research and mentoring of African American students, Atlanta, GA, April, 1993.
The Multicultural Service Award, ASHA, 1998
Honors of the Mississippi Senate, 1998
Editor’s Award: Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools for "Difference versus Deficit in Child African American English," 1999.
ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES
Courses Taught
Anatomy & Physiology of Speech & Hearing Language Disorders in Children I & II
Voice Disorders Clinical Practicum in Speech Path Seminar in African American English
Introduction to Communication Disorders Multicultural Issues in Com Dis
Voice & Diction Speech & Language Acquisition in Children
Directed Theses
Baran, J., M.A. Thesis, Contextual vs. morphemic cues in the comprehension of Black dialect homophonous word pairs, 1973.
Ralabate, P.K., M.A. Thesis, An analysis of a videotape language sampling procedure, 1977.
Cook, D.C., M.A. Thesis, The effect of language sampling procedures on syntactic-semantic utterances, 1979.
Sroczynski, J., M.A. Thesis, Spontaneous and delayed imitation performance of normal and language disordered children, 1984.
Tan, L., M.A. Thesis, A comparison of pre-schoolers' performance across four language assessment procedures, 1988.
Wyatt, T. A., Ph.D. Dissertation, Linguistic constraints on copula production in Black English child speech, 1991.
Finneran, D., M.A. Thesis, Bound variable knowledge in language disordered children, 1993.
Champion, Tempii. Ph.D. Dissertation, Narrative styles of African American children,1994.
Bland, Linda. Ph.D. Dissertation, The effect of crack cocaine exposure on the language development of African American toddlers, 1996
Coles, Djaris, Ph.D. Dissertation, Negative concord in African American English, 1998.
Jackson, Janice, Ph.D. Dissertation, Aspectual BE marker in African American English, 1998.
Ramos, Eliane, Ph.D. Dissertation, Acquisition of noun phrase structure in children with specific language impairment, 1999.
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP
Invited Lectures
Mt. Holyoke Learning Disabilities Center, 1974.
Regional Meeting of Western Massachusetts Speech Pathologists, 1974.
Student Massachusetts Speech and Hearing Association, 1975.
Connecticut State College, Cross Cultural Communication Workshop, 1975.
Grambling State University, 1977.
Northeastern University, Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology, 1978.
New England Child Language Institute, 1978.
Miniseminar, Connecticut Speech & Hearing Association, 1979.
Springfield Speech-Language Pathologists, 1980.
Special Education Class, Univ. of Massachusetts, 1981.
Workshop, Judith Wisnia Associates, Boston, Mass., 1982.
Mini-Conference in Communication Disorders, Howard University, 1982.
New Hampshire Clinicians and Classroom Teachers, 1982.
Miniseminar, Hahnemann Rehabilitation Center, Worcester, MA, 1982.
Continuing Professional Education Conference, Lehman College, New York, 1982.
Lecture, Children's Language Institute, Ludlow, MA, 1982.
Lecture, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, 1984.
Lecture, Pioneer Valley Regional School District, MA, 1985.
Workshop, Clinicians and Teachers, Lee, MA, 1986.
Howard University Radio Interview--WHVR-FM, 1986.
Washington Post Interview about Black English--1986.
Detroit Free Press Interview about Black English--1986.
WCAR Radio Interview--Detroit, 1986.
Lecture, Valley Cap DayCare, Chicopee, MA, 1987.
Hamden Public School System, Conn., 1989.
Hartford Public School System, Conn., 1989.
Hartford Public School System, Conn., 1990.
Windsor Public School System, Conn., 1990.
Ledyard Public School System, Conn., 1991.
Univ. of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1992.
Emerson, Dept. of Communication Disoders, 1993
Univ. Massachusetts, Linguistic Colloquium, Linguistic Dept., 1993.
Children’s Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1996
Western Mass Writer’s Project Leadership Academy, 1997
Tennessee State University Dept of Communication Disorders, 1999
Conference Participation & Paper Presentations
Studies on the Language Performance of Racial Minorities, Program Chairperson, American Speech & Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, 1972.
Investigation of Pitch Level, Loudness Level and Rate Level among Male Children, ASHA Convention, 1973.
Topics in Black English, Program Chairman, Massachusetts Speech & Hearing Association (MSHA) Convention, 1974.
Black English: Implications for the Speech Pathologist, MSHA Convention, 1974.
Speech Intelligibility of Black and White Listeners for Black and White Children, ASHA Convention, 1974.
Therapeutic Model for Communicative Disorders among Black English Speaking Children, ASHA Convention, 1975.
The Influence of Three Phonological Rules of Black English on the Discrimination of Minimal Word Pairs, ASHA Convention, 1975.
Preliminary Report: An Investigation of the Effects of Static Picture Stimuli on the Language Samples of Pre-School Children, MSHA Convention, 1976.
Contrastive Analysis of Phonemic Variations between Black and White Children, ASHA Convention, 1976.
The Acquisition of /Q/ by Speakers of Black English Vernacular, ASHA Convention, 1976.
Analysis of a Motion-Video Language Sampling Procedures, ASHA Convention, 1977.
The Effect of Race on Language Sampling, ASHA Convention, 1978.
Articulation Test Results of Black Children's Developmental Phonology, ASHA Convention, 1979.
A Comparison among Three Language Elicitation Procedures, ASHA Convention, 1980.
Application of Micro-Computers in Communication Disorders, Program Chairperson, MSHA Convention, 1982.
Description of Language Disorders of Black English Speaking Children, ASHA Convention, 1982.
Miniseminar-Challenge of nonstandard English in treating language disorders in children, ASHA Convention, 1983.
Miniseminar-Nonstandardized assessment of language in children, National Black Association for Speech Language & Hearing (NBASLH) Convention, 1983.
Miniseminar-Understanding the speech and language of Black children, Cultural Issues in Head Start, Conference, 1984.
Miniseminar-The assessment of child language disorders among speakers of Black English Convention, New Jersey Speech-Language and Hearing Association, 1984.
Alternative strategies for the teaching of language to minority individuals, National Symposium on Concerns for Minority Groups in Communication Disorders, 1984.
Miniseminar-Criterion referenced assessment of Black children's language, ASHA Convention, 1984.
Featured speaker-Language development, difference and disorder, Louisiana Speech Language and Hearing Association, 1985.
Miniseminar-Assessment of language among children who speak nonstandard English, New York Speech-Language & Hearing Association Convention, 1985.
Linguistic minority populations: social dialects, National colloquium on underserved populations, ASHA, 1985.
Miniseminar-Pragmatics and inter-dialectal dissonance: clinical implications, ASHA Convention,1985.
Chair-to Review or not review-The ASHA process, ASHA Convention, 1985.
The effect of attention and cognitive variables on lexical acquisition, ASHA Convention,1985.
The Ann Arbor Decision: An Update on Black English, ASHA Convention, 1986.
Chair, Discourse in Schools: Cultural Variations, ASHA Convention, 1986.
Chair, Enhancing professional credibility with computer generated visual aids, ASHA Convention, 1987.
A telecommunication network for multicultural/multilingual issues in communication disorders, ASHA Convent;ion, 1987.
Shortcourse-Assessment of child-language disorders among speakers of Black English, NBASLH Convention, 1988.
The pragmatics of code-switching in Black English speakers, NBASLH Convention, 1988.
A comparison of pre-schoolers' performance across four language assessment procedures, ASHA Convention, 1988.
Featured Speaker- Connecticut Speech and Hearing Foundation, Inc., Conference on- Current Trends in the Management of Child Language Disorders, 1989.
A linguistic description of child with acquired aphasia, ASHA Convention, St. Louis, 1989.
Featured Speaker-Clinical issues in the treatment of language disorders among African-American children- Communication Disorders in Minority Populations:A Two Day Conference, Jackson, Mississippi, 1990.
Featured Speaker- Assessment of child language disorders among multicultural populations, One day conference, sponsored by New York State Affiliate of the National Black Association for Speech-Language-Hearing, New York, 1990.
Miniseminar-A checklist for assessing Nonstandard English features in children , NBASLH Convention, New Orleans, 1990.
Featured Speaker- African American dialect: Can it disquise communication disorders? The METCO Directors' Association Sixth Annual Conference: The African-American Child in the Suburban Educational Setting: Strategies for Success. Newton, MA, 1990.
Chair-Technical session, NBASLH Convention, New Orleans, 1990.
Speaker- Sea Island Conference on Multicultural Issues, ASHA, 1991
Research presentation-The development of Wh-movement in Black English, NBASLH Convention, Los Angeles, 1991.
Presenter: Multiculturalism and the English only movement: a panel discussion with Raskin, Porter, Nieto & Bach, sponsored by the U-Mass Linguistics Dept., 1991.
Phonological patterns in the conversational speech of African-American children, ASHA Convention, Atlanta, 1991.
A description of language disorders in African-American children, ASHA Convention, Atlanta, 1991.
Long distance Wh-movement in children of divergent language backgrounds, .ASHA Convention, San Antonio, Texas, 1992.
Theoretical work in language acquisition and implications for language disorders, ASHA Convention, San Antonio, Texas, 1992.
Bound variable knowledge in language disordered children, ASHA Convention, Anaheim, CA, 1993.
Comprehension tasks for African American children, ASHA Convention, Anaheim, CA, 1993.
Comprehension tasks for African American children, ASHA Convention, New Orleans, LA, 1994.
Bound variable knowledge in normal language development, ASHA Convention, New Orleans, LA, 1994.
Symmetrical Interpretation of the quanitifier "every," ASHA Convention, New Orleans, LA, 1994.
Linguistic profiles of two African-American children exposed to cocaine, New Orleans, LA, 1994.
Narrative Discourse of African American English Child Speakers, ASHA Convention, Florida, 1995.
Featured Speaker, Institute: Theory and Practice in Evaluating Child African American English,ASHA Convention, Florida, 1995.
"Does" and "has" in child African American English, Memphis Research Symposium, Memphis, 1996.
Linguistic constraints governing third person /s/ agreement, Memphis Research Symposium, Memphis, 1996.
Speech and language development in African American toddlers exposed to cocaine, Memphis Research Symposium, Memphis, 1996.
Semantic development in African American toddlers, Memphis Research Symposium, Memphis, 1996.
Acquisition of invariant "Be" in African American English as measured by tag questions, Memphis Research Symposium, Memphis, 1996.
Communication in African-American children and youth: future research needs and directions, Memphis Research Symposium, Memphis, 1996.
"Do" and "have" in child African American English, Memphis Research Symposium, ASHA Convention, Seattle, 1996.
African American English taq question responses to aspectual "Be," ASHA Convention, Seattle, 1996.
Third person /s/ agreement in child African American English, ASHA Convention, Seattle, 1996.
Linguistic abilities of African American toddlers exposed to cocaine, ASHA Convention, Seattle, 1996.
Semantic development in African American toddlers, ASHA Convention, Seattle, 1996.
Tense and discourse in African-American English, New Perspectives on Language Acquisition Conference, Univ. of Massachusetts, 1997.
Aren’t there any good tests out there? ASHA Convention, San Antonio, 1998.
Moderator-Theory & Practice in the Study of African American English, San Antonio, 1998.
Comprehension of third person /s/ in children, San Antonio, 1998.
Syntactic-semantic constraints on overt copulas in African American English, San Antonio, 1998.
Publications--Journals & Proceedings
Seymour, H.N., The Recruitment of Students from Ethnic Minority Groups for Graduate Study in Speech Pathology and Audiology: A Successful Model, Asha: A Journal of the American Speech and Hearing Association, December, 698-701, 1973.
Seymour, H.N., Attributes of Pitch Level, Rate Level and Loudness Level among Male Children, Journal of Communication Disorders, 8, 97-104, 1975.
Baran, J. and Seymour, H.N., The Influence of Three Phonological Rules of Black English on the Discrimination of Minimal Word Pairs, The Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, September, Vol. 19, No. 3, 1976.
Seymour, H.N. and Seymour, C.M., A Therapeutic Model for Communicative Disorders among Black English Speaking Chidlren, Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, May, Vol. 42, No. 2, 1977.
Seymour, H.N. and Seymour, C.M., The Symbolism of Black English: I'd Rather Switch than Fight, The Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 9, No. 4, June, 1979.
Seymour, H.N. and Seymour, C.M., Black English and the Public Law 94-142, The Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 9, No. 4, June, 1979.
Nober, E.H. and Seymour, H.N., Speaker Intelligibility of Black and White School Children for Black and White Adult Listeners Under Varying Listening Conditions, Language and Speech, Vol. 22, Part 3, 1979.
Seymour, H.N. and Baran, J., Reply to Parker's 'A Comment on Baran and Seymour's The Influence of Three Phonological Rules' The Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, Vol. 22, No. 3, Sept., 1979.
Seymour, H.N. and Seymour, C.M., Black English and Standard American English Contrasts in Consonantal Development of Four- and Five-year old Children, Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, Vol. 46, No. 3, 274-280, August, 1981.
Seymour, H.N. and Ralabate, P.K., The acquisition of a phonological feature of Black English, Journal of Communication Disorders, 18, 138-148, 1985.
Seymour, H.N., Ashton, N., and Wheeler, L.W., The effect of race on language elicitation, Language Speech & Hearing Services in Schools, Vol. 17, No. 3, July, 146-151,1986.
Banigan Rae, & Seymour, H., The effect of cognitive variables on lexical acquisition, Human Communications Canada, Vol 1, March, 17-20, 1987.
Wyatt, T.A & Seymour, H.N. The Implications of code-switching in Black English speakers, Equity & Excellence, Vol 24, No.4, Summer, 1990.
Seymour, H. N., & Bland, L., A minority perspective in diagnosis of child language disorders, Clinics in Communication Disorders, Vol 1, No. 1, Spring, 1991.
Seymour, H.N. The invisible children: A reply to Lahey's perspective, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research , Vol 35, 640-641, June, 1992.
Jackson, J., Ramos, E., Hall, F., Coles, D., Seymour, H., Dickey, M., Broderick, K. and Hollebrandse, B. (1996). They be taggin,' don't they?: The acquisition of invariant Be. in A. Stringfellow, D. Cahana-Amitay, E. Hughes, and A. Zukowski (eds), Proceedings of the 20th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Vol. 1, Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Benedicto, E., Abdulkarim, L., Garrett, D., Johnson, V. & Seymour, H. (1997). Overt Copula in African American Children. Proceedings of the 21tst Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Vol. 1, Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Seymour, H., Bland-Stewart, L., & Green, L., (1998) Difference versus deficit in child African American English, LSHSS.
Bland-Stewart, L., Seymour, H. & Beaghly, (1998) M. Semantic development in African Ameican children prenatally exposed to cocaine, Seminars in Speech and Language.
Dickey, M., Johnson, V., Roeper, T. and Seymour, H. (1999) Tense and discourse in African-American English, In Proceedings of the New Perspectives on Language Acquisition Conference, B. Hollebrandse (Ed), Amherst, MA: GLSA.
Seymour, H., Abdulkarim, L., & Johnson, V. (1999) The Ebonics Controversy: An Educational and Clinical Dilemma. Topics in Language Disorders (Ed. K. Butler & L. Cheng). Vol 19, 4.
Publications--Chapters, Monographs & Manuals
Nober, E.H. and Seymour, H.N., Speech Recognition Scores of White and of Black Student-Teacher Listeners for Black and for White First Grade Speakers, U.S. Office of Education Monograph, 1974.
Ralabate, P.K. and Seymour, H.N., An Analysis of a Motion Video Language Sampling Procedure, Selected Papers in Language and Phonology, (eds) Burns, M.S. and Andrews, J.R., Institute for Continuing Professional Education: Evanston, IL, 1977.
Seymour, H.N. and Jones, D., Language and Cognitive Assessment of Black Children, in Speech & Language: Advances in Basic Research & Practice, Vol. 6, 204-263, 1981.
Seymour, H.N. Intervention principles for language disorders among nonstandard English speaking children. In O.L. Taylor (Ed.), Communication Disorders in Linguistically Diverse Populations, College-Hill Press, (1986).
Seymour, H.N. Clinical intervention strategies for language disorders among nonstandard English speaking children. In O.L. Taylor (Ed.), Communication Disorders in Linguistically Diverse Populations, College-Hill Press, (1986).
Seymour, H.N. Alternative strategies for the teaching of language to minority individuals. Proceedings of the 1st National Symposium on Concerns for Minority Groups in Communication Disorders, (1986).
Seymour, H. N., Book Review, Asha, (in press): Hyltenstam, K., & Pienemann, M. (Eds) Modelling and assessing second language acquisition, College-Hill Press, (1986).
Seymour, H.N., Criterion-referenced assessment of language disorders among nonstandard English speaking children, In Cole, L. & Deal. V.R. (Ed.), Communication Disorders in Multicultural Populations, ASHA Training Manual, 1987.
Seymour, H. N. , & Seymour, C,M. Assessment of phonological disorders among Black English Speakers. In Cole, L. & Deal. V.R. (Ed.), Communication Disorders in Multicultural Populations, ASHA ASHA Training Manual, 1987.
Seymour, C.M., & Seymour, H.N. Anatomy of an effective recruitment and retention program, In Cole. L. (Ed.). Communication Sciences and Disorders: Marketing Careers to Minority Students. Rockville, MD: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, (1988).
Seymour, H.N. Language development and language disorders in children: sample course syllabus, in Cole. L. (Ed.). Multicultural Diversity within the Professional Education Curriculum. Rockville, MD: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, (1991).
Seymour, H. N., & Bland, L., A minority perspective in diagnosis of child language disorders, Clinics in Communication Disorders, Vol 1, No. 1, Spring, 1991.
Seymour, H.N. The invisible children: A reply to Lahey's perspective, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research , Vol 35, 640-641, June, 1992.
Seymour, H.N. & Wyatt, T., Speech and language assessment of preschool children. In Nuttal, E.V. (Ed.). Assessing and Screening Preschoolers. Allyn and Bacon, Inc., (1992)
Seymour, H.N. Multicultural Concerns: Its Relevance in Communication Disorders, NSSLHA News & Notes, page 1 and 7, Spring, 1992.
Roeper, T., & Seymour, H. (1994). The Place of Linguistic Theory in the Theory of Language Acquisition and Language Impairment. In. Crosslinguistic and crosspopulation contributions to theories of language acquisition, Ed., Yonata Levy, Erlbaum.
Seymour, H., Champion, T., & Jackson, J. (1995). The Language of African- American Learners: Effective Assessment and Instructional Programming for Special Needs Children. In Education of African-American Exceptional Learners: New Perspectives , Ed., B. Ford, F. Obiakor, & J. Patton, Pro Ed.
Champion, T., Seymour, H. & Camaratta, S. (1996), Narrative Discourse in African American Children.Journal of Narrative and Life History ,(Ed. Elisa McCabe) Vol. 5, No. 4.
Seymour, H. (1997) Ebonics’ Debate, Voice, Vol. 2, March.
Seymour, H., & Valles, L.(1998) Language intervention for linguistically different learners, In C.Seymour & H. Nober (eds) Introduction to Communication Disorders: A cultural social Approach.
Wyatt, T., & Seymour, H.N. (1998) Assessing the Speech and language skills in preschool children. In Nuttal, E.V. (Ed.). Assessing and Screening Preschoolers. Allyn and Bacon, Inc.
Seymour, H., & Roeper, T., (1999) Grammatical Acquisition of African American English, Speech and Language in North America (Eds., O. Taylor & L. Leonard), Singular Press.