Nancy Brady
- Professor & Chair, Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences & Disorders
Contact Info
1000 Sunnyside Ave.
Lawrence, KS 66045-7599
Personal Links
Biography —
Nancy Brady studies the development of communication and language in young children and in individuals with developmental disabilities and autism. Her research has focused on describing development of gestures and prespeech vocalizations, beginning augmentative communication use, and negotiations of conversational breakdowns.
Education —
Research —
Nancy Brady studies the development of communication and language in young children and in individuals with developmental disabilities and autism. Her research has focused on describing development of gestures and prespeech vocalizations, beginning augmentative communication use, and negotiations of conversational breakdowns.
Research Interests
- Prelinguistic communication
- Communication interventions for children with developmental disabilities
- Augmentative communication
- Communication development in children with autism, fragile X syndrome and deaf-blindness
Teaching —
- Individuals with intellectual disabilities
- Research methods
- Language disorders
- Autism
- Language Development
Awards & Honors —
2017 University Scholarly Achievement Award, University of KS.
Fellow of the American Speech Language Hearing Association
Chairperson: National Joint Committee for the Communication Needs of
Persons with Severe Disabilites
Associate Editor American Journal of Speech Language Pathology 2000-2003
Associate Editor, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
2006-present
Service —
Nancy Brady is past Chairperson for the National Joint Committee on Communication needs for Persons with Severe Disabilities; an associate editor for the American Journal of Speech Language Pathology and an advisory board member for Community Living Opportunities.