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Kathryn Kohnert

kohne005@umn.edu

Department Affiliations

Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

Narrative

Specialties

Language development and use in bilingual children and adults
Interactions between general cognitive mechanisms and language
Language disorders in children and adults
Assessment and Treatment of language disorders in diverse populations

Educational Background

Ph.D.: Language and Communication Disorders, University of California San Diego and San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 2000.
M.A.: Speech-Language Pathology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 1992.

Publications

Language Disorders in Bilingual Children and Adults. Kohnert, Kathryn, Plural Publishing, Author, 2007. Link
Language intervention with bilingual children.. Kohnert, Kathryn, Kohnert, K., & Derr, A., In B. Goldstein (Ed.). Bilingual language development and disorders in Spanish-English speakers (pp. 315-343). Baltimore: Brookes., 2004.
Intervention with Linguistically diverse preschool children: A focus on developing home language(s).. Kohnert, Kathryn, Kohnert, K., Yim, D., Nett, K., Kan, P. F., & Duran, L., Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 36, 251-263., 2005.
In search of common ground-Part I: Lexical performance by. Kohnert, Kathryn, Windsor, J., & Kohnert, K., Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 47, 877-890., 2004.
In search of common ground- Part II: Non-linguistic performance. Kohnert, Kathryn, Kohnert, K., & Windsor, J., Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 47, 891 -, 2004.
Crossing borders: Recognition of Spanish words. Kohnert, Kathryn, Kohnert, K., Windsor, J., & Miller, R., Journal of Applied, 2004.
Breadth and Depth of Diversity in Minnesota: Challenges to Clinical Competency: Kohnert, Kathryn, M. Kennedy, L. Glaze, P. Kan, & E. Carney, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2003.
Balancing Bilinguals: Lexical-semantic production and cognitive processing in children learning Spanish and English: Kohnert, Kathryn, E. Bates & A.E. Hern &ez, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 42 1400-1413, 1999.
Balancing Bilinguals II: Lexical Comprehension and Cognitive Processing in Children Learning Spanish and English: Kohnert, Kathryn, E. Bates, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 45 347-359, 2002.
Preschoolers learning Hmong and English: Lexical-. Kohnert, Kathryn, Kan, P.F., & Kohnert, K., Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 48, 1-12., 2005.
Spanish Phonology: Intervention. Kohnert, Kathryn, M. Scarry-Larkin & E. Price, LocuTour Multimedia, 2000.
Picture Naming in Early Sequential Bilinguals: A 1-Year Follow-up: Kohnert, Kathryn, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 45 759-771, 2002.
Bilingual performance on the Boston Naming Test: Preliminary norms in Spanish and English: Kohnert, Kathryn, A.E. Hern &ez & E. Bates, Brain and Language, 65 422-440, 1998.

Professional Activities

Associate Editor: Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Research , 2003 - 2006
Associate Editor, Special Forum: Journal of Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools , 2004 - 2005

Awards

Contributions to Multicultural Affairs from American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2006 - 2007
McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, 2003 - 2005
Arthur "Red" Motley Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts,, 2004 - 2005