Associate Provost; Professor of Communicative Disorders
Jackson State University
Brandi L. Newkirk-Turner, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs at Jackson State University and a professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders. Her research examines issues that are relevant to speech-language assessment of child speakers of African American English; best practices in preparing graduate students to serve culturally and linguistically diverse populations; and barriers, opportunities, and potential impacts in reducing or eliminating equity gaps of underserved student populations in higher education.