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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2024
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Lisa M. Bowers

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Associate Professor

Also affiliated: Google (United States) (2018–2024); Research Triangle Park Foundation (2016); University of Wisconsin–Madison (2004–2008); Bayer (United States) (2016); St. Olaf College (2018–2024); Triangle (2016); Bayer (Germany) (2016); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (2011); University of California, Berkeley (2008–2009)

Faculty Researcher

15 h-index 37 pubs 526 cited

  • Humans
  • DNA Replication
  • Child
  • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
  • Replication Origin
  • Dyslexia
  • Language
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • DNA Helicases
  • Plasmids
  • Mutation
  • Caulobacter crescentus
  • DNA-Binding Proteins

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Lisa M. Bowers' research focuses on understanding and improving literacy interventions, particularly for children. She investigates the application of multisensory structured language approaches to address gaps in current practices. Her work also extends to the linguistic profiling of individuals and its implications for career development, as well as exploring interprofessional education and collaboration among pre-service professionals in fields such as elementary education, special education, and communication sciences and disorders. Additionally, Bowers has examined child word learning in both song and speech, and has contributed to understanding educator knowledge and perceptions of dyslexia. Her research has been supported by her collaborators at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, with whom she shares multiple publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 15
  • Publications: 37
  • Citations: 526

Selected Publications

  • From Linguistic Profiling to Communication Access: Rethinking Career Development and Professional Responsibility Through Career Conversations (2026)
  • Educator Knowledge and Perception of Dyslexia: A Survey Study (2026)
    Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups DOI OpenAlex
  • Guest editorial: Linguistic profiling and implications for career development (2024)
    Career Development International 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Spelling Facilitates Reading: A Tutorial on the Spell-to-Read Approach (2024)
    Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools DOI OpenAlex
  • Lessons learned through interprofessional education: exploring collaboration with elementary education, special education and communication sciences and disorders pre-service professionals (2024)
    School-University Partnerships 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Rethinking Literacy Intervention: Addressing a Practice Gap With Best Practices From Multisensory Structured Language Approaches (2023)
    Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Child word learning in song and speech (2023)
    Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Examination of Factors That Predict Receptive Vocabulary Knowledge of Children Who Attend Head Start Programs (2023)
    Communication Disorders Quarterly DOI OpenAlex
  • Training School Professionals in a Global Pandemic: Insights From Elementary Education and Speech-Language Pathology (2022)
    Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Child-centered play therapy and academic achievement: A prevention-based model. (2020)
    International Journal of Play Therapy 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Phonological working memory in developmental stuttering: Potential insights from the neurobiology of language and cognition (2018)
    Journal of Fluency Disorders 26 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Incorporating Informational Counseling in Treatment for Individuals With Hearing Loss and Their Families (2018)
    Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups DOI OpenAlex
  • Coordination of literacy efforts between literacy professionals and speech-language pathologists: Are we on the same team? (2018)
    Literacy Research and Instruction 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Assessment of Written Phrasal Constructs and Grammar of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students with Varying Expressive Language Abilities (2018)
    Education Research International 27 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Preventing Summer Learning Loss: Results of a Summer Literacy Program for Students from Low-SES Homes (2017)
    Reading & Writing Quarterly 23 citations DOI OpenAlex

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