Trilingual Speech-Language Pathologist, Linguist, UNTHSC Clinical Research Associate; Field Researcher; Indepdendent Travel Agent (ITA) & Public Health Graduate Student at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC)
la Patalogia de Lenguaje de la Universidad Cristiana de Tejas (TCU);
-Maestria en la Linguistica de la Universidad de Texas en Austin (UT)
-Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology & Spanish; Minor in Psychology (Magna Cum Laude) & Master of Science in Bilingual Speech Language Pathology (TCU)
-Master of Arts in Linguistics (UT)
-Licenciada por el estado de Tejas y certificada por la Asociacion Americana de Lenguaje-Habla y Oido y el Condado de Tarrant Salud Mental y Retardacion Mental
-Licensed by the state of Texas and certified by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)& Mental Health and Mental Retardation of Tarrant County (MHMR)
-Fort Worth Sister Cities International Member/Miembra
-World Affairs Council Member/Miembra
-ASHA Mentee & Division 14 Member/Miembra
-Cambridge Who's Who Empowering Executives & Professionals Registrant
-American and Texas Public Health Association Member/Miembra
-National Black Speech-Language Hearing Association (NBASLH)Member/Miembra
Soy pataloga de lenguaje-habla y trabajo con ninos y adultos quienes tienen trastornos de lengua, habla y oido. Estoy entrenado en los signos Americanos y Mexicanas y hablo cinco idiomas: ingles, espanol, portuguese, frances, italiano. He sido voluntaria de esos servicios en Italia, Francia, Espana, Portugal, Canada, Puerto Rico, Republica Dominicana, Costa Rica, Brazil, Chile y Argentina. Paso mis ratos libres con mis familiares en Texas, Mexico y Brazil. Me gusta estudiar, viajar y ayudar las comunidades de diversas lenguas y culturas.Por el momento, estoy estudiando la salud publica y trabajando entre Texas y Mexico con algunas clinicas. Ultimamente, me mudare a Puebla, donde trabajare con la Universidad de las Americas, una clinica privada ahi y los intercambios de la TCU.
Biographical Sketch
Love Johnson received a Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology & Spanish and a Master of Science in Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology from Texas Christian University in 2000 and 2002, respectively. She also received a Master of Arts in Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006. After completion of her clinical fellowship year in 2003, Love completed a 12-country tour of international travel, language immersion, research and volunteer work within her profession. Currently, she is a social and behavioral sciences of public health graduate student at UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC), and a trilingual speech language pathologist in private practice.
Love has spent the last several years working with children from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds with a variety of speech-language-hearing disorders in her private practice in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Her clinical experience at TCU's Miller Speech and Hearing Clinic, externship sites at the Fort Worth ISD, local hospitals, and private clinics sharpened her area of expertise in speech and language delays among Spanish and Portuguese-speaking children with developmental and neurologically based disorders. Love also speaks French, Italian, and is trained in American and Mexican Sign Language. Love completed a four-year, self-directed research as her Linguistics master's professional report, which examined the language choice and identity of Brazilian and Portuguese natives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. During that time, she accepted an opportunity to conduct a vocal hygiene workshop in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Love's time in Brazil allowed her to consult with a community leader seeking a multidisciplinary team that could provide speech, language, hearing, occupational, physical therapy and special education services to over fifty local children with various special needs.
Working as a full-time speech pathologist has allowed Love to proctor service delivery model workshops for CLD populations in the Fort Worth area. One of her most memorable research projects, extending over a five month travel period was fulfilled by visiting the following countries: Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Canada. In the spring of 2005, Love presented this research at a private clinic in Puebla, Mexico, UT Austin's Texas Research Symposium, TSHA, ASHA school's convention, as a 2005 ASHA Travel fellow at the NIDCD Research Symposium and ASHA's speech pathology and audiology convention in San Diego.
During summer 2005, Love received a research assistantship to recruit patients in a study sponsored by UNTHSC and the RAND Corporation entitled, Hablamos Juntos. This research examined the service delivery of health interpreting services for Latino populations with limited English proficiency skills. She also served as an interpreter for the annual UNTHSC sponsored Hispanic Wellness Fair.
During the summer 2006, Love presented three research projects at the ASHA schools and speech pathology conventions in Indianapolis and Miami conventions. The first project examined the language attitudes of Mexican- and African American speakers towards audiological and aural rehabilitative services in the U.S. The second project examined the role of computational linguistics in the development of augmenative and alternative communication devices, which was presented as a poster presentation at ASHA's special interest division 12 conference spring 2006. The third project provides an overview of the international practicum and continuing education opportunities available to speech-language pathologists. The final project was also presented at TSHA's annual convention in Grapevine, TX.
Over the past eight years, Love has presented oral and poster presentations of her research in Mexico, Brazil, and Italy as well as at UT Austin's Texas Research Symposium, Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association (TSHA), as an ASHA Travel fellow at the NIDCD Research Symposium, ASHA Minority Student Leader Program (MSLP) presenter, and ASHA's speech pathology and special interest division conventions. Topics have included leadership, international research and clinical residencies, CLD service delivery issues, augmentative and alternative communication, noise-induced hearing loss, sign language, socio-and computational linguistics. Current research interests range from health equities among minority and immigrant populations to international, transdisciplinary healthcare research on continuing education and professional curriculum development of cultural and linguistic competencies within the allied and public health professions.
Working as a full-time speech pathologist has allowed Love to serve as a field tester for Harcout Assesment, AGS Publishing and Academic Therapy standardized assessment tools and as a translator of ASHA-sponsored educational materials. As a public health graduate student, she volunteers as an interpreter at a local non-profit healthcare clinic and a representative for One Church One Child, a non-profit agency that recruits, trains and licenses families to serve as foster caregivers or permanent adopters. Love has also provided several TSHA-approved service delivery model workshops in Texas, Mexico, and Brazil. One research project, extending over a five month travel period, was fulfilled by visiting the following countries: Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Canada. This study was a self-directed, TSHA-approved independent study designed to examine the sociolinguistic, economic, and sociocultural influences of disability views, specifically related to disorders of speech, language and hearing among CLD populations. As a result of this project, Love’s work has been featured in articles in BusinessWeek Magazine and Dr. Bleile's webpage: www.comdisinternational.com. In support of her educational and research pursuits, Love has received several grants, scholarships, and assistantships from TCU, UT, ASHA, TSHA, the Dallas Woman's Club, and USA Funds Access to Education. She is also a member of the Cambridge Who's Who Empowering Executives and Professionals, Fort Worth Sister Cities International Global Alumni Program, Council on World Affairs, The National Scholars Honor Society. Love was also named a 2007 Healthcare Professional of the Year and placed in the Hall of Fame of Cambridge Who's Who Empowering Executives and Professionals and also a nominee for the International Health Professional of the Year.
Spring 2007, Love presented research at TSHA, the National Black Speech-Language Hearing Association, the Texas Workforce Diversity Conference, UNTHSC Research Appreciation Day, UNTHSC Health Disparities Conference and the Texas Public Health Association. Summer 2007, she also served as a translator, interpeter and clinical speech-language pathologist volunteer in Novo Horizonte and Espinoza regions of Minhas Gerais, Brazil.
Love will continue to conduct research, supervision, and volunteer work in a self-designed Mexican-immersion clinical practicum program and TSHA-approved workshop for American speech pathology students and professionals. In addition, her international work is being published in this year's ASHA Leader. Love will also continue to serve as an ASHA MSLP mentor, as her ultimate goal is to encourage and provide diverse ways in which healthcare professionals can increase their cultural and linguistic competencies in the U.S. and abroad through transdisciplinary curriculums and practicums.
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