Northern Illinois University
College of Health and Human Sciences

Title:	Assistant Professor
Division:	Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
Unit:	Speech-Language Pathology
Office Location:	Wirtz Hall 350
Office Phone:	815-753-7737
Office Fax:	815-753-9123
Email:	agladfelter@niu.edu
Office Hours:	By appointment

Courses Taught

• COMD 221: Phonetics and Phonology
• COMD 305: Language Development
• COMD 603: Communication Disorders in Early Childhood
• AHCD 698:  Timing, Coordination, & Balance in ASD
• AHCD 698: Gesture Learning in Children with ASD
• COMD 772: Seminar in Language

Education

• Ph.D., Purdue University, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
• M.S., Purdue University, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
• B.A., Augustana College, Communication Sciences & Disorders and Spanish

Certification

• Certification of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology, American Speech-Language Hearing Association
• Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) Clinical Certification

Licensure

• State of Illinois, Speech-Language Pathology License
• State of Indiana, Speech-Language Pathology License

Research Interests

• Typical and atypical language acquisition
• Language learning mechanisms
• Autism spectrum disorder
• Specific language impairment
• Motor and language interactions
• HUSKIES Lab
  

Selected Publications

Gladfelter, A., & Goffman, L. (2017) Semantic Richness and Word Learning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Developmental Science.

Saletta, M., Gladfelter, A., Vuolo, J., & Goffman, L. (2015). Interaction of Motor and Language Factors in the Development of Speech Production. In R. H. Bahr & E.R. Silliman (Eds). Handbook of Communication Disorders. Routledge.

Gladfelter, A., & Leonard, L.B. (2013). Alternative tense and agreement morpheme measures for assessing grammatical deficits during the preschool period. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 56, 542-552.

Gladfelter, A., & Goffman, L. (2013). The influence of prosodic stress patterns and semantic depth on novel word learning in typically developing children. Language Learning and Development, 9, 151-174.

Gladfelter, A., Wendt, O., & Subramanian, A. (2011). Evidence-based speech and language intervention strategies for the birth to three populations. Evidence-Based Practice Briefs, 5, 41-50.