Rate My Professor George Wolford

George Wolford, CCC-SLP, serves as an Assistant Professor in Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at Appalachian State University, joining the faculty in Fall 2022. His academic credentials include a PhD in Educational Leadership from the University of the Cumberlands (2018), an MS in Speech-Language Pathology from Purdue University (2012), an MA in Linguistics from Purdue University (2009), a BA in Psychology from Truman State University (2007), and a BS in Linguistics from Truman State University (2007). Prior to his appointment at Appalachian State, Dr. Wolford spent five years as a clinical faculty member at Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona, where he educated students in the university clinic and worked with pediatric populations. Earlier in his career, he provided services in Arizona Title 1 public schools, specializing in classrooms for children with autism or similar educational needs.

Dr. Wolford's research specializations include effective clinical education strategies with measurable outcomes, the development of clinical expertise, and pediatric language disorders and differences. His academic interests and specialties encompass clinical education, autism, preschool language disorders, structural analysis and language sample analysis, and gesture. He is a Research Affiliate at the Appalachian Institute for Health and Wellness and teaches courses such as CSD 3350: Evaluating Research in Communication Sciences and Disorders, CSD 4162: Structural Analysis of Language, and CSD 5675: Preschool Language Disorders. Certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (CCC-SLP), licensed in Speech-Language Pathology in North Carolina and Arizona, and a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE), Dr. Wolford has authored key publications including “Clinical education outcomes and research directions in speech-language pathology: A scoping review” (2021, Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders), “‘Shouldn’t you be collaborative by now?’: Supervisory needs, expectations, and satisfaction across the educational trajectory in speech-language pathology” (2021, The Clinical Supervisor), and manuscripts accepted for publication such as “Getting back into school mode”: Experiences of former speech-language pathology assistants in graduate school and What is Clinical Evidence in Speech-Language Pathology?: A Scoping Review. He has received the GRAM Program award (2023-2025) and a University Research Council grant for research on testing empathy in the double empathy problem.