2025 Professional Development Conference Speakers
Kia Johnson, PhD, CCC-SLP
Director, The University of Texas at Austin’s Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education and Research – Atlanta Satellite
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Website: https://blankcenterforstuttering.org/leader/kia-noelle-johnson/
Kia Noelle Johnson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is Director of The University of Texas at Austin’s Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education and Research – Atlanta Satellite, a clinical research institute with the mission to change the world for people who stutter. Dr. Johnson is an ASHA board-certified and state-licensed speech-language pathologist and expert in stuttering with a focus on culturally diverse communities. Dr. Johnson conducts and presents her peer-reviewed research at local, national, and international conferences and has first-authored and co-authored many scholarly publications. She is a recognized leader in the provision and facilitation of seminars and training workshops on DEI, implicit bias, and cultural responsiveness in clinical and professional settings.
Dr. Johnson has voluntarily served the professions as a member of the ASHA Board of Directors, National Advisor to the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association, and a member of the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing Board of Directors as the Immediate Past Chair. She currently serves on the ASHA Board of Ethics, the Scientific and Professional Education Board, and the 2025 Convention Program Committee as well as the NIH-National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Council.
Tanya Wilson, EdD, CCC-SLP
Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical educator, and off-campus clinical coordinator, Northeastern University Charlotte.
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Website: https://charlotte.northeastern.edu/people/tanya-wilson-edd-ccc-slp/
Dr. Tanya Wilson is a clinical educator, professor, and off-campus clinical coordinator at Northeastern University Charlotte. Professionally, Tanya has over 24 years of experience as a speech-language pathologist in the public schools. The last eight years she has worked in higher education and found her second passion- supervising and mentoring student clinicians. She is the owner of PLAY ON WORDS, LLC, a private practice specializing in pediatric speech-language therapy. She is a proud graduate of South Carolina State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1999 and Master of Arts degree in 2003 in speech pathology and a Doctorate in Education with a concentration in speech pathology from Nova Southeastern University. She is certified by the South Carolina Department of Education, has the Clinical Certificate of Competence through the American Speech Language Hearing Association, and state licenses in California, North Carolina and South Carolina. She is a member and previous officer of several professional state and national organizations, and proudly serves as a clinical faculty site visitor for the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA).
AC Goldberg, PhD, CCC-SLP
Visiting Snell Assistant Clinical Professor, Northeastern University, founder of CREDIT Institute
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Website: https://www.acgoldberg.com/
AC Goldberg (he/him) is a physically disabled intersex/transgender professor, consultant and SLP whose mission is to cultivate affirming spaces for all people. AC’s work centers around empathy, humanity and intersectional cultural responsiveness. His continuing education nonprofit, The CREDIT Institute, is dedicated to advancing equity in educational and healthcare settings. AC is the 2022 recipient of the American Speech Language Hearing Association’s (ASHA) Outstanding Service Award. If you’d like to get to know him, he's @transplaining and @CREDITsInstitute on Instagram.
Susannah Everett, PhD, M.Ed
Assistant Professor in Residence, Special Education
Research Associate, Center for Behavioral Education and Research
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Website: Susannah Everett | Neag School of Education
Susannah Everett is an Assistant Professor in Residence in Special Education in the Department of Educational Psychology at the Neag School of Education. Dr. Everett teaches courses at the University of Connecticut focused on supporting the social emotional and behavioral health of students, provides technical assistance to schools and districts in Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, and is working with the CT State Department of Education to revise teacher preparation curricula to embed quality IEP and progress monitoring content to support preservice teachers. Across teaching, technical assistance, and research, Dr. Everett’s focus is on changing environments to support children’s wellness and the wellness of their teachers, support for schools and districts to implement school-wide prevention and early intervention frameworks, and on the central role of collaboration. She strives to integrate and center these lines towards the goals of equitable outcomes for all minoritized students, especially students identified with disabilities, through implementation of evidence-based practices, data-based decision making, and systems to support all educators—especially special educators. Dr. Everett received her PhD in clinical and school psychology at the University of Virginia, completed her internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and is a former clinical and school psychologist in public schools.