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Brynja Davis Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Brynja  Davis Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Brynja Davis Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Title: Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology
Office Location: Bell Hall Suite 114
E-mail: brynja@andrews.edu
Phone: (269) 471-6370

Education

Wayne State University
Doctor of Philosophy, 2022
Communication Sciences & Disorders 

Loma Linda University
Master of Science Degree, 2000
Speech-Language Pathology

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Bachelor of Science Degree, 1997
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Biography

Brynja Davis is an assistant professor of Speech-Language Pathology at 老司机传媒. She graduated from 老司机传媒 in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in speech-language pathology and audiology. In 2000, she received a Master of Science in speech-language pathology from Loma Linda University in California. In 2021, she completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree in communication sciences & disorders from Wayne State University in Detroit.

Before coming to Andrews in 2006, Dr. Davis served as a speech-language pathologist in Reykjavik, Iceland, where she was born. She was also a speech-language pathologist in public schools in Michigan and worked in home health care, where she evaluated and treated adults with speech-language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders. Dr. Davis loves working with both children and adults, as each brings unique perspectives and challenges to speech therapy sessions, enriching her clinical experience and professional fulfillment.

 

Current Research or Professional Activities

Research interests in the area of Education include metacognitive learning strategies and promoting student engagement and interaction in the higher education classroom.  She also has research interests in voice health awareness with teachers and occupational voice users and the potential risk for voice disorders.

Teaches the following undergraduate classes:

  • Applied Phonetics
  • Articulation and Phonology: Development and Disorders
  • Clinical Applications in Speech-Langauge Pathology
  • Independent studies/research/projects 
  • Neuroscience of Communication

She also teaches the follow graduate and 5-year classes:

  • Aphasia 
  • Articulation and Phonological Disorders 
  • Motor Speech Disorders
  • Research project in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology 
  • Thesis Option II

Tome, MC; Shilllig, T; Davis, B. (2025) Disturbios Motores da Fala. p 279 -302. In: Feitosa ALF; Silva HJ; Depolli, GT. Mapas Conceituais em Fonoaudiologia: Motricidade Orofacial 2 Edicao. Ribeirao Preto: SP, Ed. Book Toy. ISBN 9788571481343 600p.

Tomé MC, Shilling T, Davis BK. Distúrbios Motores da Fala. In: Feitosa ALF, Depolli GT, Silva HJ. Mapas Conceituais em Fonoaudiologia: Motricidade Orofacial. Ribeirão Preto: BookToy; 2022. p. 135-51.
 

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