Nina Capone Singleton, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-CL

Associate Professor, Speech-Language Pathology
Department of Speech-Language Pathology

I have two overarching areas of research – word learning and feeding development. In the realm of word learning, I investigate multisensory cues for word learning and retrieval. I have devoted much of my career to understanding gestural development in children – both how they gesture, and how they use the adult’s gesture as a scaffold. My second area of interest grew out of my clinical expertise in pediatric swallowing and feeding disorders. I have published clinical and research-related work in scholarly journals (e.g., the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Child Language, Pediatric Clinics of North America). I served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Communication Disorders, Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, and the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. I have various lab projects that have been awarded: the New Investigators Research Grant from the ASHA Foundation (2008), the Graduate School’s Researcher of the Year award (2006), the Provost’s Faculty Scholarship award (2007), a Digital Humanities Seed grant (2017) and an Undergraduate Research Program grant (2020, 2019). In 2013, my research project student and I were awarded a Research Mentor Travel Award to attend the Research Symposium on Genetics and Language Impairment at the Annual Convention of ASHA. My clinical experiences have focused on evaluating and treating children between birth and 8 years of age, with extensive experience in pediatric dysphagia. I am PROMPT and SOS trained, and HANEN certified (More than Words, It Takes Two To Talk). I maintain my ASHA certification (CCC-SLP) and received my fourth ACE award in 2023. I teach courses and seminars at the undergraduate, master, and doctoral levels related to language development and disorders, and pediatric feeding and swallowing. I am a research mentor for undergraduates, and graduate students at the master and doctoral levels.