W. MATTHEW GILLISPIE

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  • Ph.D., CCC-SLP
  • Clinical Professor
  • Director, Schiefelbusch Speech Language Hearing Clinic
  • Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences & Disorders
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Biography —

Dr. Gillispie is a clinical professor and speech-language pathologist in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences & Disorders and the Intercampus Program in Communicative Disorders (partnering with University of Kansas Medical Center). He is also Director of the Schiefelbusch Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic where he provides speech-language pathology services and clinical education. Dr. Gillispie is interested in preschool and school-age speech, language, and literacy disorders, as well as culturally-responsive services, especially to children and families from Native American communities. Dr. Gillispie is also an affiliate faculty member of KU's Indigenous Studies Program.

Research —

Dr. Gillispie's clinical and research interests include the assessment and intervention of preschool and school-age children with speech, language, and literacy disorders. He is also interested in assessment and intervention considerations when working with Native American children. From 2013 to 2020, Dr. Gillispie was the Project Director for Culturally-Responsive Early Literacy Instruction: American Indian/Alaskan Native (CRELI: AI/AN), a personnel preparation grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education: Office of Special Education Programs. The grant recruited and supported graduate-level scholars interested in working with Native American communities. The grant staff and scholars partnered with Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Early Childhood Center, and the Little Nations Academic Center at Haskell Indian Nations University.

Research interests:

  • speech-language pathology
  • communication disorders
  • communication sciences
  • language disorders
  • literacy disorders
  • Native American
  • American Indian

Teaching —

Dr. Gillispie spends most of his work day providing clinical education to undergraduate and first-year graduate students enrolled in clinical practicum (SPLH 672, 862, 864). It's an opportunity for him to share his clinical expertise and passion with future speech-language pathologists. In the classroom, Dr. Gillispie enjoys teaching SPLH 888/889: Seminar in Multicultural Issues in Speech-Language-Hearing I & II. Last, he also works with undergraduate and graduate students completing independent studies and research projects in topics related to his interests and expertise.

Teaching interests:

  • speech-language pathology
  • communication disorders
  • communication sciences
  • language disorders
  • literacy disorders
  • Native American
  • American Indian

Awards & Honors —

2018-20 University of Kansas Diversity Scholar. Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas. Received: 5-31-2020.
Certificate of Appreciation. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Received: 12-31-2015.

Service —

Dr. Gillispie is active in multicultural issues and considerations within speech-language pathology as well as in higher education. Dr. Gillispie has been a member of the Native Faculty and Staff Council at KU since 2010, and is a former president of the council. He has also served on the University's Diversity Council, KU-Haskell Advisory Committee, the Provost's Diversity Equity & Inclusion Workgroup, and KU's Diversity Scholars program. He is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Native American Caucus, and served as member to ASHA's Multicultural Issues Board from 2013 to 2015.