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You are here: Home / People / Sonja Pruitt-Lord

Sonja Pruitt-Lord

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Sonja Pruitt-Lord

CHHS Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Professor, Speech Language
Director, Child Language, Development, Disorders, and Disparities Lab

Phone: (619) 594-2226
Office: ED 154K
Email: spruitt@sdsu.edu

Download CV (pdf)

Education

  • Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2006

Professional Memberships/Affiliations

  • American Speech Language Hearing Association
  • Society for Research in Child Development

Academic and Clinical Teaching Areas

  • Child Language Development and Disorders
  • Diagnostic Methods
  • Language Science

Scholarly Areas

Dr. Pruitt’s research program examines child language development and disorders within the context of cultural and linguistic diversity. Our lab’s efforts are rooted in community-based research with the goal of improving assessment and developing targeted interventions for children with language weaknesses. Through our translational research, we aim to help families, educators, community agencies, and policy makers recognize the importance of their role in facilitating children’s language and cognitive development.

Selected Publications

  • Combiths, P., Barlow, J.A., Taps Richard, J., Pruitt-Lord, S. (2019). Treatment targets for co-occurring speech-language impairment: A case study. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 4, 240-256.
  • Pham, G., Pruitt-Lord, S., Snow, C.E., Nguyen, H.T.Y., Phạm, B., Dao, T.B.T., Tran, N.B.T., Pham, L.T., Hoang, H.T., & ^Dam, Q.D. (2019). Identifying developmental language disorder in Vietnamese children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62, 1452-1467.
  • Potapova, I. & Pruitt-Lord, S. (2019b). Spanish-English bilingual children’s relative use of English tense and agreement morphemes. Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech.
  • Potapova, I. & Pruitt-Lord, S. (2019). Tutorial: Towards understanding the bilingual profile in typical and atypical language development. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
  • Potapova, I., Kelly, S., Combiths, P., & Pruitt-Lord, S. (2018). Evaluating English morpheme accuracy, diversity, and productivity measures in language samples of developing bilinguals. Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools.
  • Combiths, P., Barlow, J. A., Potapova, I., & Pruitt-Lord, S. (2017). Influences of Phonological Context on Tense Marking in Spanish-English Dual Language Learners. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Sciences.
  • Potapova, I., Blumenfeld, H., & Pruitt-Lord, S. (2016). Cognate Identification Methods: Impacts on the cognate advantage in adult and child Spanish-English bilinguals. International Journal of Bilingualism.
  • Barlow, J.A., & Pruitt-Lord, S.L. (2014). The role of phonological context in children’s overt marking of ‘-s’ in two dialects of American English. In A.W. Farris-Trimble & J.A. Barlow (eds.) Perspectives on phonological theory and acquisition: Papers in honor of Daniel A. Dinnsen (pp. 133-154). Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
  • Pruitt, S., Oetting, J., and Hegarty, M. (2011) Past Tense and Past Participle Marking by AAE-speaking children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 54: 598-607.
  • Oetting, J., Newkirk, B., Hartfield, L., Wynn, C., Pruitt, S., and Garrity, A. (2010) Index of Productive Syntax for Children who Speak African American English. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. 41: 328-339.
  • Pruitt, S., Garrity, A., and Oetting, J. (2010) Family History of Speech and Language Impairment in African American Children: Implications for Assessment. Topics in Language Disorders. 30: 154-164.
  • Oetting, J., Pruitt, S., and Farho, S. (2010) On Designing Effective Caregiver Training Programs for Low Income Families. Perspectives on Language Learning and Education 2010. 17: 66-73.
  • 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., Hartfield, L.R., and Pruitt, S.L. (2009) Exploring LENA as a Research Tool. ASHA Leader. 14(6): 20-22.
  • Oetting, J., Pruitt, S., and Poston, V. (2006) Community-Based Caregiver Training: A Rationale and Model for Early Interventionists Who Work with Low-Income Families. Zero to Three. 27(1): 13-21.
  • Oetting, J., and Pruitt, S. (2005) Use of Southern African American English across groups. Journal of Multilingual Communication Disorders. 3(2): 136-144.

 

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