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Megan Dunn Davison, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Megan Dunn Davison, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at Temple University.  She received a B.A. in Communication Disorders from Truman State University where she was a Ronald E. McNair Scholar.  Dr. Davison attended Purdue University for her M.S and The Pennsylvania State University for her Ph.D. in speech-language pathology.  She completed her Clinical Fellow at Strawberry Fields, Inc., a non-profit Early Intervention Program serving Centre County, Pennsylvania.

Teaching Areas

CS5521 Foundations in Child Language Disorders

CS8726 Management of Child Language Disorders 

Research Areas

Dr. Davison’s research interests include language and literacy development in children from diverse backgrounds.  Current research projects include examining the English grammatical development of Spanish-English preschoolers attending Head Start and the relationship between receptive language skills and reading comprehension in early school age bilingual children.  In addition, Dr. Davison is interested in examining the language and literacy development, including written language, of children at-risk for language and reading disorders.  Current research projects relating to written language development include examining the language outcomes of a written language intervention with middle school students identified as struggling readers. 

Selected Publications

Hammer, C.S., Davison, M.D., Lawrence, F., & Miccio, A.W. (2009).  Gender and timing of exposure to English upon early language and literacy outcomes.  Scientific Studies in Reading, 13(2), 99-121.

DeThorne, L.S., Hart, S.A., Petrill, S.A., Deater-Deckard, K., Thompson, L., Schatschneider, C., & Davison, M.D.  (2006).  Children’s history of speech-language reading difficulties:  Genetic influences and associations with reading.  Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Research, 49, 1280-1293.