Kara Landis
Associate Clinical Lecturer of Speech Pathology and Audiology
Kara Landis is a nationally certified Speech-Language Pathologist (CCC-SLP) of 23 years and Associate Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at Ball State University (BSU). Her clinical interests and expertise include language-literacy disorders, oropharyngeal dysphagia, apraxia of speech, orofacial myology, assessment and interprofessional education and practice (IPE/P). Kara teaches introductory courses in speech-language pathology and audiology as well as assessment/appraisal at the undergraduate level. She also provides clinical supervision for graduate students at the Ball State Speech and Language Clinic, part of Ball State’s Interprofessional Community Clinics (ICC). Before working in academia for nine years, Kara spent 14 years working in a variety of settings such as hospitals, outpatient clinics, school systems and private practice. She is trained in Beckman Oral Motor therapy, Interactive Metronome, Myofascial Release, Vital Stim therapy (general and advanced), Orton-Gillingham, The Parkinson’s Voice Project, PROMPT, and videofluoroscopic swallowing evaluations. She received a B.A. in Speech Pathology and Audiology in 1997 and an M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology in 2000, both from BSU.
Publication: Kirby JL, Sweigart L, Freeman P, Landis K, Ellcessor G, Gray J, Pike K, Osborne K, Williams Hawkins M, Tschopp MK, Kandiah J, Walker SE (2018) Implementing Interprofessional Educational Experiences into a New College of Health. Athl Train Educ J., 13(4), 380-381