Cynthia J. Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Speech and Hearing Science
College of Applied Health Sciences
Email: cjj@illinois.edu
Phone:(217) 244-2540
Fax:(217) 244-2235
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree
Ph.D., Communication Disorders, University of Minnesota, 1979
Research and Professional Interests
Professor Johnson teaches coursework in the area of normal language acquisition and language disorders, particularly in school-aged children,
and phonological development and disorders in young children. Her research interests include:
- Syntactic, narrative, and phonological development in children, both with and without speech or language disorders
- The examination of the relationship between language competency and early writing skills