Rate My Professor Evette Edmister

Evette Edmister, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, serves as Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Northern Iowa. She holds a B.S. from Iowa State University (1989), an M.A. from the University of Georgia (1991), and a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas (2007). Edmister joined the UNI faculty in 2008 as an Assistant Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders, advancing to her current associate professor rank. Her teaching interests encompass vocabulary selection, while her research focuses on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), literacy development in young children with disabilities, writing opportunities for children, phonological and language disorders in school-aged children, and international experiences for preservice students in communication sciences and disorders.

Edmister has authored several key publications, including 'Repeated Reading, Turn Taking, and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)' (2015, with Jane Wegner), 'Evidence of Two Theoretical Models Observed in Young Children with Disabilities Who Are Beginning to Learn to Write' (2012, with Amy Staples), 'Creating Writing Opportunities for Young Children' (2013, with Amy Staples, Beth Huber, and Jennifer Walz Garrett), and 'The Reintegration of Technology as a Function of Curriculum Reform: Cases of Two Teachers' (with Amy Staples). More recently, she published 'Developing International Travel Experiences with Preservice Students in Communication Sciences and Disorders' (2024). She actively contributes to the academic community as a member of the UNI Faculty Senate, advisor for numerous graduate theses and honors projects, and President of the Iowa Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Edmister's work influences clinical practice and education in speech-language pathology, particularly in supporting communication for children with complex needs.