Linda K. Crowe
Title/Academic Rank:
Associate Professor, School of Family Studies and Human Services
Departments & Academic Units:
Contact Info:
141 Campus Creek Complex
(785) 532-1485 or (785) 532-6879
Courses I Teach:
- FSHS 442: Developmental Psycholinguistics - Fall
- FSHS 443: Language Assessment and Intervention I - Spring
- FSHS 742: Language Assessment and Intervention II - Spring
Areas of Specialization:
- Language, reading, and writing development and disorders
- Language assessment and intervention (preschool through adult)
- Reading and writing assessment and intervention
- Language-based learning disorders
- Adult-child interactions
- Language intervention using books
Education:
- B.S. in Elementary Education, Southeast Missouri State University
- M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
- Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Louisiana State University A&M
Short Biography:
Linda K. Crowe, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an associate professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Program at Kansas State University. She has been involved in education for more than 25 years. She began her teaching career as an assistant Head Start teacher in Missouri, followed by 4 years as an elementary classroom teacher, and more than 10 years as a school-based speech-language pathologist. While continuing her own educational pursuits, she made numerous state, national, and international presentations; completed school and parent workshops; and conducted research on child and adult language and literacy disorders. She was instrumental in the successful coordination of an interagency early intervention program while at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She also organized and supervised a parent training program at Louisiana State University. More recently she implemented a summer literacy camp for preschool children at risk for reading and writing problems and school-age children who are struggling readers and writers. Her research in language and reading intervention has been supported by University and State of Kansas grants and has been published in professional journals, state newsletters, and international proceedings. She also is co-author of a book, The Source for Early Literacy Development, (Crowe & Reichmuth, 2001).