Connie Summers

• 2010 Ph.D. Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Texas at Austin Dissertation: Nonwords and Narratives: English and Spanish Recall Tasks in Bilingual Children with Language Impairment
• 2000 M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, Brigham Young University Thesis: Aggression and Victimization Behaviors in Child with Specific Language Impairment on the Playground
• 1998 B.S. Speech-Language Pathology, Brigham Young University

• 2026- present Assistant Professor, Comunication Sciences and Disorders, University of Northern Colorado
• 2025-present Lecturer, SPEAKS Online Program, San Jose State University
• 2019- 2026 Associate Professor, Communication Disorders, Brigham Young University
• 2017-2019 Co-Director, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences PhD Program, University of Texas at El Paso
• 2016-2019 Associate Professor, Speech-Language Pathology, University of Texas at El Paso
• 2010, 2016 Assistant Professor, Speech-Language Pathology, University of Texas at El Paso
• 2008-2009 Instructor, The Acquisition of Communication Abilities in Children, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Texas at Austin
• 2006-2009 Research Assistant, R01 DC0077439: Diagnostic Markers of Language Impairment in Bilinguals, PI- Dr. Elizabeth Peña, University of Texas at Austin
• 2006 Teaching Assistant, Research in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Texas at Austin
• 2005-2006 Teaching Assistant/ Laboratory Instructor, The Acquisition of Communication Abilities in Children, Department of Communication
• Sciences and Disorders, University of Texas at Austin
• 2005-2007 Speech-Language Pathologist, Bilinguistics, Austin, Texas
• 2000-2005 Speech-Language Pathologist, Denver Public Schools, Denver, Colorado
• 1999-2000 Research Assistant, Social Skills of Children with Specific Language Impairment, Dr. Martin Fujiki, Brigham Young University
• 1994-1995 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Cooperative Learning in Children with Specific Language Impairment, Dr. Bonnie Brinton, Brigham Young University
• 2004 Speech-Language Pathology Consultant, Platte County School District #1, Wyoming
• 2003-2005 Speech-Language Pathology Consultant, Disability Determination Services, Denver, Colorado
• 2000 Speech-Language Pathology Assistant, Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Connie Summers has secured research funding for projects focused on multilingual language assessment, bilingual children’s language development, literacy, and student inclusion and peer mentoring.

Taliancich-Klinger, C.L., Summers, C., & Greene K.J. (2022). Mazes in Spanish- English dual language learners after language enrichment: A case study. Speech, Language and Hearing. 25(3), 269-282.

https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571X.2021.1877049

Gibson, T.A. & Summers, C. (2021). A perceptual study of cross-language influence on vocal fry use in women exposed to two languages. International Journal of Bilingual

Education and Bilingualism, 24(3), 373-385.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2018.1469600

Smith, V., 1Cano, I., 1Valles, L., & Summers, C. (2021). Adapting a picture description task for

grammatical analysis in English-Spanish bilingual preschool children. Communication Disorders Quarterly 42(3). 185-192. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525740120950274

Pechak, C., Summers, C., & 1Velasco, J. (2018). Improved knowledge following an interprofessional interpreter-use training. Journal of Allied Health, 47(3), 159-166.

Pechak, C., Summers, C., Schoen, B., Padilla, M., Lara P., 1Velasco, J., & Capshaw, S. (2018).

Development and preliminary assessment of interprofessional education focused on vulnerable populations. Journal of Allied Health, 47(3), e77-e83.

Gibson, T.A. & Summers, C. (2018). Polysyllabic shortening in speakers exposed to two languages. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 21(3), 471-478.

doi:10.1017/S1366728918000068

Smith, V., Summers, C., Mueller, V., 1Carrillo, A, & 1Villaneda, G. (2018). Evidence-based clinical decision making for bilingual children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A

Guide for Clinicians. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 3(SIG 14), 19- 27. doi:10.1044/persp3.SIG14.19

Summers, C., Smith, V., Mueller, V., 1Alexander, V., & 1Muzza, A. (2017). Language of intervention in bilingual children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2(SIG 1), 203-211. doi:10.1044/persp2.SIG1.203

Resendiz, M., Summers, C., Ruiz-Felter, R., & Belasco, N. (2017). Perceptions of mentoring SLPs and clinical fellows during the clinical fellowship. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2 (SIG 11), 25-41. doi: 10.1044/persp2.SIG11.25

Gibson, T., Summers, C., & Walls, S. (2017). Vocal fry use in adult female speakers exposed to two languages. Journal of Voice, 31(4), 510.e1-510.e5. Advance online publication.

doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2016.11.006

Summers, C., Mueller, V., Pechak, C., & Sias, J. (2017). Incorporating Spanish language instruction into health sciences programs in an Hispanic-serving institution. Journal

of Hispanic Higher Education. Advance online publication.

doi:10.1177/1538192717699047

Gonzalez, E., Summers, C., Mueller, V., 2Hernandez, A., 2Gil-Lopez, G., 2Garcia, D.C., & 2Lopez, M.E. (2015). Developmental surveillance and referral in a traditionally

medically underserved border community. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 19, 2323-2328. doi:10.1007/s10995-015-1741-y

Summers, C., Gonzalez, E., & Pechak, C. (2015). Preparing rehabilitation sciences students to work with monolingual Spanish-speaking patients: Practical and ethical challenges

in using interpreters. Journal of Allied Health, 44(2), e17-e21.

Gibson, T., Summers, C., Peña, E., Bedore, L., Gillam, R., Bohman, T. (2015). The role of language structure and experience in bilingual children’s nonword repetition

performance. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 18(3), 551-560.

doi:10.1017/S1366728914000248

Pechak, C. M., Gonzalez, E. C., Summers, C., & Capshaw, S. A. (2013) Interprofessional education: A pilot study of rehabilitation sciences students participating in interdiscplinary international service-learning. Journal of Allied Health, 42(3), 61- 66.

Bedore, L.M., Peña, E.D., Summers, C., Boerger, K., Resendiz, M., Greene, K., Bohman, T., &

Gillam, R.B. (2012). The measure matters: Language dominance profiles across measures in Spanish/English bilingual prekindergarten students. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 15, 616-629. doi: 10.1017/S1366728912000090

Summers, C., Bohman, T., Peña, E.D., Bedore, L.M., & Gillam, R.B. (2010). Bilingual performance on nonword repetition in Spanish and English. International Journal

of Language and Communication Disorders, 45, 480-493.

doi:10.3109/13682820903198058

Thomason, K.M., Gorman, B.K., & Summers, C. (2008). English literacy development for English language learners: Does Spanish instruction promote or hinder? EBP Briefs, 2, 13-24.

Fujiki, M., Brinton, B., Isaacson, T., & Summers, C. (2001). Social behaviors of children with language impairment on the playground: A pilot study. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 32, 101-113. doi:10.1044/01611461