Judith Vander Woude, professor of communication arts and sciences
jvwoude@calvin.edu
616-526-6289
DeVos Communication Center 261A
Weekly Schedule
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Teaching areas
Speech pathology, phonological and language disorders
Educational background
- BA - Western Michigan University, speech pathology and audiology, 1976
- MA - Central Michigan University, speech pathology, 1986
- PhD - Wayne State University, speech pathology, 1998
Academic/research interests
language disorders, language development, literacy, agenesis of the corpus callosum
Selected works
(In press). Perspectives on individual differences in preschool children with specific language impairment. In A. Weiss (Ed.), Perspectives on individual differences affecting therapeutic change in communication disorders. New York: Taylor and Francis.
Vander Woude, J., van Kleeck, A. & Vander Veen, E. (2009). Early literacy: Book sharing and the development of meaning. In P. Rhyner (Ed.), Emergent literacy and early language acquisition:Making the connection. New York: Guilford Press.
Van Kleeck, A., Vander Woude, J. & Hammett, L. (2006). Accelerated development in literate discourse skills in preschool children with specific language delays. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 15, 96-95.
Vander Woude, J. & Barton, E. (2003). Interactional sequences in shared book-reading between parents and children with histories of language delay. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 3, 249-274.
Vander Woude, J. & Barton, E. (2001). Specialized corrective repair sequences: Shared book reading with children with histories of specific language impairment. Discourse Processes, 31(1), 1-28.
Additional information
Received two $100,000 grants from the RDV Foundation for Readers in Determined Education Literacy Institute (RIDE).
Named Calvin's top teacher in 2008, receiving the Presidential Award for Exemplary Teaching.
Read Judy Vander Woude's statement on the integration of faith and learning.
Curriculum vitae
Download a Judy Vander Woude's professional curriculum vitae.