Brenda M. Wilson, Ph.D

bmwilson@eiu.edu

Dr. Wilson is an Associate Professor and has been in the CDS Department since 1993. She received her doctorate from the University of Illinois. Dr. Wilson serves as Graduate Coordinator and coordinates the medical internship experience for graduate students. She currently teaches Cognitive Communication Disorders (CDS 5350) and a Special Topicin Cross-Cultural Competence in Speech-Language Pathology. Dr. Wilson has presented at the local, state, national and international levels on multicultural issues, early intervention, and cognitive aspects of communication. Research publications have appeared in Brain and Cognition and Brain Injury. She is on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Allied Health. Her professional experience includes more than 15 years in rehabilitation and hospital settings.

Credentials:  Brenda M. Wilson, PhD, CCC-SLP
                     Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator
                     Medical Internship Coordinator, UPI Membership Co-Chair

B.S.  Southern Illinois University                      1975
M.S.  Auburn Univeristy                                   1976
Ph.D. Univeristy of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana  1998

Courses Taught:

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CDS 5350 – Cognitive-Communication Disorders (spring)
CDS 5400 – Cross Cultural Competence (on demand)
CDS 5980 – Medical Internship (fall, spring, summer)

Research Interests:

Cognitive aspects of communication; multicultural issues in communication

Publications:

Proctor, A., Wilson, B., & Hallet, T. (March, 2000). Rating Frequency of Occurrence of African American English (AAE) in Spoken Language. ASHA Division 14 Newsletter, 6 (1), pp 3, 8.

Proctor, A., Wilson, B., Sanchez, C., Wesley, E. (2000). Executive function and verbal working memory in adolescents with closed head injury. Brain Injury, 14 (7), pp 633-647.

Royal-Evans, C., & Wilson, B. (2004, June). Clinical Committee: "Pick of the Lit." ASHA Division 2 Newsletter, pp. 26-27.

Smith, R., Heuerman, M., Wilson, B., & Proctor, A. (2003). Analysis of normal discourse patterns. Brain and Cognition, 53 (2), pp 368-371.

Wilson, B. In (Spring, 2000). Review of the book An educator's manual: What educators need to know about students with brain injury. Eastern Education Journal, 29 (1), p 48.

Wilson, B. (October, 2002). Neurologic-based communication disorders: Cultural issues in providing services to clients and their families. ASHA Division 14 Newsletter, 8 (3), pp 5-8.

Wilson, B. (2004, April). Providing services for cognitive-communication disorders. ISHA Newsletter, invited column.

Wilson, B. (2005, Spring). Cognitive factors in oral and written communication. Eastern Education Journal.

Wilson, B. (2005, June ). Bilingual therapy resources. ASHA Division 2 Newsletter.

Wilson, B., Poettker, A., Goben, B., & Hogan, A. (2005, June). Improvement of communication skills after neurofeedback therapy. Presented at TENNET, Montreal, Canada.

Wilson, B., Poettker, A., Goben, B., & Hogan, A. (2006). Improvement of communication skills after neurofeedback therapy. Brain & Cognition, 60 (3).

Wilson, B., & Proctor, A. (2000). Oral and written discourse of adolescents with closed head injury. Brain and Cognition, (43), pp 425-429.

Wilson, B., & Proctor, A. (2002). Written discourse skills of adolescents with closed head injury. Brain Injury, 16, (11), pp 1011-1024.

Wilson, B., Smith, R., & Proctor, A. (2001). Validity of Cognitive Distance, Discourse after Closed Head Injury. Brain and Cognition, (46), pp 304-307.