BAppSc(Sp Path), MAppSc(Sp Path), PhD, GradCertUnit Teach Learn, CPSP, ASHA Fellow, Life Member SPA Sharynne McLeod, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Professor at Charles Sturt University, Australia, and a speech-language pathologist specialising in speech and language acquisition. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences of Australia, and President of the International Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics Association. She has been an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, and Elected Board Member of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP). She has received Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, is a Life Member of Speech Pathology Australia, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales. The Australian Newspaper named Professor McLeod as Australia’s Research Field Leader in Audiology, Speech and Language Pathology in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022 and “best in the world based on the quality, volume and impact of work” in 2019 and 2023. She has won Editor’s Awards from the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing: Speech (2018), the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2019), and Topics in Language Disorders (2020). Professor McLeod is on the editorial board of International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, Child Language Teaching and Therapy, Speech, Language and Hearing, Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, and Advances in Communication and Swallowing. Additionally, she is Co-Chair of the International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Speech. Professor McLeod's research foregrounds the right of everyone (particularly children) to participate fully in society. She has advocated for communication rights at the United Nations and provided expertise to the World Health Organization. Professor McLeod's research focuses on monolingual and multilingual children's speech acquisition. She also researches the prevalence and impact of childhood speech sound disorders and links this to policy and service delivery issues. Her Multilingual Children’s Speech website has free resources in over 80 languages. Professor McLeod has been an invited speaker at many American Speech-Language-Hearing Association conventions as well as at conferences and universities in Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, Viet Nam, UK, US and Zambia. Distinguished Professor Sharynne McLeod – Bathurst, Australia A/Professor Jane McCormack – Sydney *Affiliated members “An Editor’s Award is truly a high honor, with selection limited to the most impactful works that meet the highest quality standards in research design and presentation.” https://academy.pubs.asha.org/2018/09/2018-asha-journals-awards/ Professor McLeod's current teaching primarily involves supervision of higher degree research students. She was awarded the Charles Sturt Vice Chancellor's Research Higher Degree Supervision Excellence Award in 2010 and 2013. In 2007 she was awarded an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning for her "sustained dedication, innovation and enthusiasm in university teaching that has had local, national and international impact". Professor McLeod taught both undergraduate and postgraduate students in the School of Teacher Education at Charles Sturt from 2003 – 2009. From 1999-2002 Professor McLeod was involved in the development of the speech pathology program at Charles Sturt focusing on a social wellness model of health and preparing students for rural and remote workplaces. The speech pathology team was recognised for their achievements by receiving the Charles Sturt Vice Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award in 2002. Prior to this Professor McLeod taught in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at The University of Sydney for 10 years. In 1999 she received an individual award for Excellence in Teaching from The University of Sydney. Free resources for speech-language pathologists and educators working with multilingual families in over 60 languages.
Professorial Staff
Distinguished Professor Sharynne McLeod
Distinguished Professor of Speech and Language Acquisition
Bathurst
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Speech-Language-Multilingualism (SLM) Team
A/Professor Kathryn Crowe – Iceland
A/Professor Sarah Verdon – Albury, Australia
Dr Suzanne C. Hopf – Fiji/Albury, Australia
Dr Sarah Masso – Sydney, Australia
Dr Ben Phạm – Viet Nam
Dr Helen L. Blake – Sydney, Australia
Dr Anna Cronin – Brisbane, Australia
Dr Nicole McGill – Shepparton, Australia
Dr Van H. Tran – Sydney, Australia
Dr Marie Ireland – USA
Dr Audrey (Cen) Wang – Bathurst, Australia
Kate Margetson – Sydney, Australia
Holly McAlister – Albury, Australia
Sarah Bartlett – Sydney, Australia
Anniek Van Doornik - University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Dr Natalie Hegarty - University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
Caitlin Hurley - University of Western Australia
Research Interests
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WEBSITE: Multilingual Children's Speech
BLOG: Speaking my languages
Downloadable resources for speech pathologists
More details can be found in: McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J. & McCormack, J. (2012). Intelligibility in Context Scale: Validity and reliability of a subjective rating measure. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 55, 648-656
A 12 page resource summarizing research on typical speech development. Organised according to age ranges.
An assessment tool created by Australian speech pathologists to consider children's activity and participation in society (cf. ICF, World Health Organization, 2001). More details can be found in: McLeod, S. (2004).Speech pathologists- application of the ICF to children with speech impairment Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 6 (1), 75-81.Downloadable resources for teachers
An 18 page bibliography of widely available books and movies