Sonja Pruitt Assistant Professor, Speech Language Phone: (619) 594-8651 Office: SLHS 229 Office Hours:   By Appointment Email: spruitt@mail.sdsu.edu

Education: Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2006 Professional Memberships/Affiliations: American Speech Language Hearing Association Society for Research in Child Development Courses Currently Taught: SLHS 514, 613, 614, 617 Scholarly Areas: Dr. Pruitt’s research focuses on morphosyntactic abilities of typically developing preschool children and children diagnosed with language impairments, child language development in the context of linguistic diversity and poverty, efficacy of prevention models for “at-risk” populations, and the role of child language research in shaping public policy. Selected Publications: Oetting, J., Newkirk, B., Hartfield, L., Wynn, C., Pruitt, S., and Garrity, A. (in press) Index of Productive Syntax for Children who Speak African American English. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. Pruitt, S.L., and Oetting, J.B. (2009) Past Tense Marking by African American English-speaking Children as a Function of Socioeconomic Status. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 52: 2-15. Oetting, J.B., Pruitt, S.L., and Roy, V.P. (2006) Community-Based Caregiver Training: A Rationale and Model for Early Interventionists Who Work with Low-Income Families. Zero to Three. 27: 13-21. Oetting, J.B., and Pruitt, S. (2005) Use of Southern African American English across groups. Journal of Multilingual Communication Disorders. 3: 136-144.