Kate Crowe

Kathryn Crowe is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Copenhagen, and holds adjunct positions with the  Center for Education Research Partnerships (National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology) and the School of Teacher Education, Charles Sturt University. She has worked as a speech pathologist, academic, and researcher in a range of early childhood, school-aged, and tertiary settings. Kathryn holds a Bachelor of Speech Pathology and Bachelor of Arts, majoring in linguistics, a Master of Special Education (Sensory Disability), and a PhD, as well as Diploma in Auslan/English interpreting. She is a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship awardee (2016-2017) and a member of the International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Speech and assisted in the development of the Speech Pathology Australia position paper and clinical guidelines “Working in a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Society”. Kathryn is associate editor of the journal Speech, Language and Hearing.

Kathryn’s research has focused on cultural and linguistic diversity in children with hearing loss and their families and she has worked closely with Professor Sharynne McLeod and Professor Marc Marschark. Kathryn’s current work is with college-aged students exploring linguistic and cognitive factors which inform how we teach DHH learners. She is currently involved with projects examining semantic skills, technology use, health literacy, speech and sign intelligibility, and categorization. Her other areas of research interest include speech acquisition in typically hearing children, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF), and professional practice.