Gail J Richard

Gail J Richard

Gail J. Richard, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a professor and Chair in the Department of Communication Disorders & Sciences at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. Gail's teaching at the university and in workshops around the country focuses on childhood developmental language disorders, especially the autistic spectrum, processing disorders, learning disabilities, medical syndromes, and selective mutism. Prior to 25 years in the university setting, Gail worked in the public schools, serving preschool through high school-aged students. She especially enjoys the diagnostic challenge of differentiating among the various aspects of developmental disorders.

Professional awards include being named as a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Distinguished Alumnus of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and Eastern Illinois University, and five Faculty Excellence Awards. She has served on the ASHA Legislative Council since 1991; and as an NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative since 1994, currently appointed to the NCAA Division I Management Council.