Skip to main content
Wednesday, November 27, 2024 | Home

Achievements

Posted: Thursday, October 1, 2009

Dolores E. Battle, Senior Adviser to the President for Equity and Campus Diversity

Dolores E. Battle, senior adviser to the president for equity and campus diversity, was named a Diversity Champion by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in recognition of her lifelong work to advance multicultural infusion in the professions of speech-language pathology. Battle served as an advocate for multicultural issues, demonstrated respect and value for differing backgrounds and points of view, and has highlighted the impact of culture and/or language on speech-language pathology, audiology, or speech-language or hearing science in her premier textbookCommunication Disorders in Multicultural Disorders,which is in preparation for its fourth edition, and in numerous other publications. She has served as a mentor and supporter for minority students who choose a career in speech-language pathology. The award, which will be presented at the annual meeting of the association in New Orleans in November, is part of a celebration of 40 years of dedication to diversity in the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Loading