MEET THE DIRECTOR
LUCÍA I. MÉNDEZ, PH.D., CCC-SLP
Dr. Méndez, PH.D., CCC-SLP, is a Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.
She is interested in early language and literacy development, and her research focuses on developing high quality language and literacy-based instructional and assessment approaches that support school readiness and positive academic outcomes in young children from culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
Our Mission
- Conduct research on early language development and emergent literacy that supports school readiness in multilingual children
- Develop evidence-based practices for the assessment and treatment of multilingual children
