New Faculty – Communication Disorders and Sciences
Narrative: Joined the department as Assistant Professor in 2006. She is currently completing her doctorate in Reading Education from the University of Virginia. Ms. Beckman currently teaches Introduction to Communication Disorders (CDS 2000) and supervises students conducting Aural Rehabilitation therapy in the Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic (CDS 5900) and in the Eastern Illinois Area of Special Education Hearing Impaired Program, housed in the Charleston Community Schools (CDS5920). She co-advises the EIU chapter of the National Student Speech-Language Hearing Association with Mrs. Trina Becker. She previously worked as a speech-language pathologist in a private school and in private practice. Ms. Beckman is a co-author of Scaffolding with Storybooks: A Guide for Enhancing Young Children’s Language and Literacy Achievement, published in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Virginia.
Credentials: Angela R. Beckman, M.S., CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor
B.S. Eastern Illinois University 1999
M.S. Gallaudet University 2002
A.B.D. University of Virginia
Courses Taught:
CDS 2000 – Introduction to Communication Disorders and Sciences
CDS 4900/5900 – Clinical Practicum
CDS 5920 – Audiology Clinical Practicum
Research Interests
Early childhood language disorders, early literacy, hearing impairment, at-risk populations, classroom-based interventions
Publications
Book – Justice, L.M., Pence, K.L., Beckman, A.R., Skibbe, L.E., & Wiggins, A.K. (2005). Scaffolding with storybooks: A guide for enhancing young children’s language and literacy achievement. Newark, DE. International Reading Association.
