Ann Bosma Smit
Title/Academic Rank:
Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders and School of Family Studies and Human Services
Departments & Academic Units:
Contact Info:
234 Campus Creek Complex
(785) 532-1481
Courses I Teach:
- FSHS 446 Disorders of Articulation and Phonology
- FSHS 515 Lab in Acoustic Phonetics
- FSHS 560 Clinical Research in Communication Sciences and Disorders
- FSHS 741 Fluency Disorders
- FSHS 705 Practicum in Speech-Language Pathology
Areas of Specialization:
- Development of speech and phonology
- Disorders of speech and phonology
- Fluency disorders (stuttering)
Education:
- B.A. in Chemistry and English, Calvin College (1966)
- M.A. in Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Iowa (1969)
- Ph.D. in Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland (1980)
Short Biography:
Professor Smit has taught at K-State for 23 years, coming here after teaching at the University of Maryland and at the University of Iowa. She is the author/coauthor of several major studies establishing norms for the acquisition of speech sounds. She is also the author of a resource book for clinicians on speech sound disorders, as well as several book chapters. She has served as an editorial consultant and associate editor of journals in her field. Her current research is about the effectiveness of a form of intervention she has developed for preschoolers who have moderate to severe speech sound disorders.