Rate Professor Elizabeth Peña

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences, Temple University, 1990.

Research Interests: Bilingual language development, language disorders in children, and cultural influences on language assessment.

Appointments: Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty Development & Diversity, School of Education, UC Irvine.

Awards: Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA); Editor’s Award, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

Publications: Co-author of Bilingual Language Development and Disorders in Spanish-English Speakers (Brookes Publishing, 2006).

Additional Contributions: Principal investigator on NIH-funded projects studying language development in bilingual children.