Miechelle McKelvey
Director/Chair, Professor
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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BKC 301
Lincoln NE 68588-0738 - Phone
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402-472-2498 On-campus 2-2498
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mmckelvey2@unl.edu
Dr. McKelvey received her doctorate from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Master's degree from the University of Nebraska Kearney and her Bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Dr. McKelvey worked in a hospital setting in acute care, in-patient rehabilitation, intensive care unit, telemedicine, and the outpatient clinic, which served a variety of adults and children with acquired neurologic communication disorders. She is dedicated to teaching students, mentoring future speech pathologists, and developing researchers here in Nebraska.
Dr. McKelvey conducts research in the areas of augmentative and alternative communication for adults with acquired neurogenic communication disorders, traumatic brain injury, and motor speech disorders.
Education
Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Doctor of Philosophy, Communication Disorders 2007
Area of emphasis: Acquired Neurogenic Disorders and Augmentative Alternative
Communication
M.S. in Ed. University of Nebraska-Kearney
Speech Language Pathology 1997
B.S. in Ed. University of Nebraska-Omaha
Memberships:
American Speech-Language Association (ASHA)
ASHA Division 12-Augmentative and Alternative Communication
ASHA Division 2-Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech Language Disorders
International Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC)
Nebraska Speech-Language Hearing Association (NSLHA)