Education

• B.A., Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education
• M.A., Communicative Disorders and Sciences
• Ph.D. Communicative Disorders and Sciences

Courses

• SPA 4222: Introduction to Fluency Disorders
• LAE 5415: Investigating Children's Literature
• SPA 4400: Language and Literacy
• RED 5646: Trends and Issues in Reading
• PSY 6919: Seminar Current Reading Research
• CI 322: Instructional Strategies: Reading/Language Arts
• CI 402L: Instructional Strategies: Reading/Language Arts
• CI 411L: Reading/Language Arts Field Experience
• CI 413: Reading/Language Arts Field Experience
• CI 448: Early Childhood Student Teaching (UG)
• CI 616: Literature for Adolescents
• CI 705: Knowledge and Beliefs about Reading (G)
• CI 714: Reading Instruction and Assessment
• CI 734: Literature Based Reading Strategies

Licenses

• Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP)
• American Speech-Language Hearing Association
• Elementary Education
• Early Childhood Education
• Speech-Language Pathology-License to practice Speech-Language Pathology

Honors & Awards

• 2005 Invited Attendee 3rd Annual Research Conference
• ASHA 2005
• ATE-K's Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Recipient 2005
• IRA's Outstanding Dissertation of the Year 2004
• ASHA Student Scholar Travel Award 2003
• Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation Scholar 2000-2003
• Interdisciplinary Leadership Training Fellow 2002-Present
• Phi Kappa Phi 2000
• Kansas Speech, Language, Hearing Association Student Presentation Scholarship 2000
• ASHA Student Travel Award 2000
• Wichita State University Departmental Academic Honor Award 1997
• Good Apple 1990-1994
• Wichita State University Distinguished Scholar

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor
• Assessment Coordinator
• Clinical Supervisor
• Speech-Language Pathologist
• Assistant Project Coordinator
• Graduate Research Assistant
• Kindergarten Teacher

Professional Service

• Invited Reviewer for Journal of Communication Disorders
• Invited Reviewer for SPARC Awards
• ASHA Reviewer for 2006 Convention Submissions
• Association of Teacher Educators 2005 Reviewer for 2005 Convention Submissions, International Reading Association
• 2004 Elementary Education Program Committee Member, Wichita State University
• 2004-Current Reading Specialist Program Committee Member, Wichita State University
• 2004-Current Advisory Board for Evidenced-based Practices for Child Care Providers serving Children with Special Needs, Florida Department of Child and Family Services
• 2001 Student Member, NCATE Accreditation Task Force, Florida State University
• 2000-2001 Program Committee Student Representative
• Kansas Speech, Language, Hearing Association Convention, 2000

Publications

• McDowell, K., Phonological distinctness: Educational implications. The Advocate (2005).
• McDowell, K., & Rauch, V. What are we really measuring? The Advocate (2005).
• Lonigan, C.J., McDowell, K., & Phillips, B. (2004). Standardized assessment instruments for emergent literacy. In B. Wasik (Ed.), Family literacy programs. New York, NY,: Oxford Press.

Selected Presentations

National Presentations

• McDowell, K. (2005, May). Examining multiple predictors of decoding skills: Evidence from the distinctness hypothesis. International Reading Association, San Antonio, TX.
• McDowell, K. (2005, May). Predictors of decoding skills in beginning readers. International Reading Association, San Antonio, TX.
• McDowell, K., Lonigan, C.J., & Goldstein, H. (2004, November). Examining relations among expressive phonology, Phonological processing, anddecoding skills in children. American Speech, Language, Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.
• McDowell, K., Lonigan, C.J., & Goldstein, H. (2003, November). Phonological Assessment: A psychometric evaluation. American Speech, Language, Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.
• Keller, K. [McDowell, K.], Lonigan, C.J., & Goldstein, H. (2002, November). Phonological sensitivity and phonological accuracy. American Speech, Language, Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA.
• Trautman, L, Cairns, D., & Keller, K. [McDowell, K.], (2001, November). Time pressure and language complexity: Which is preserved? American Speech, Language, Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.
• Keller, K. [McDowell, K.], & Hodson, B. (2000, November). Phonological awareness skills in typically developing 5-year olds. American Speech, Language, Hearing Association, Washington, DC.
• Trautman, L., Keller, K. [McDowell, K.], (2000, November). Bilingual intervention for an adult stutterer: A case illustration. American Speech, Language, Hearing Association, Washington, DC.
• Keller, K. [McDowell, K.], (2000, May). Phonological awareness skills: Typical vs. Atypical. Child Phonology Conference, University Of Northern Iowa.

Local Presentations

• McDowell, K. (2005, March). Storybook reading in the classroom: Evidence and effects. Kansas Reading Association, Wichita, KS.
• Keller, K. [McDowell, K], (2000, October). Phonological awareness skills in typically developing children entering kindergarten. Kansas Speech, Language, Hearing Association, Wichita, KS.
• Trautman, L., Ray, B., & Keller, K. [McDowell, K.], (2000, October). Thematic intervention for school age children who stutter. Kansas Speech, Language, Hearing Association, Wichita, KS.

Invited Presentations

• McDowell, K. (2005, April). Distinctness of phonological representation: Evidence and educational implications. Association of Teacher Educators-Kansas, Topeka, KS.
• McDowell, K. (2005, April). Research into practice: Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension. Wichita, KS.
• McDowell, K. (2005, March). Statistics 101. Wichita, KS.
• McDowell, K., & Black, J. (2004, November). Dialogic Reading. Wichita, KS.
• McDowell, K. (2004, October). The Big Five. Wichita, KS.
• McDowell, K. (2004, May). Phonological processing skills in children with communication disorders. Mary Pellegrino & Associates, Tallahassee, FL.
• Keller, K. [McDowell, K.], (2002, February). Emergent literacy and phonological sensitivity. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
• Keller, K. [McDowell, K.], (2000, January). Assessment of phonological awareness skills. Wichita, KS.

Grants

• McDowell, K., & Tran, A. (2005). Book Buddies: Use of Dialogic Reading to Improve Language and Literacy Skills. Submitted to the American Speech Language Hearing Foundation (9,988, pending).
• McDowell, K., & Mitchell, L. (2005). Investigating the Relations Among Multiple Predictors of Reading Achievement: Evidence from the ECLS-K Database. Submitted to American Educational Research Association (34,992, not funded)
• McDowell, K., Kear, D., Gibson, K., Carroll, J. (2004). Longitudinal Investigations of Teacher Education: Effects on reading ability and comprehension of young readers. Submitted to the U.S. Department of Education Teacher Quality Research-Reading/Writing Grant Competition (1.26 million, not funded).
• McDowell, K. (2004). Examining relations among multiple indicators of early reading skills. University Research/Creative Award. Wichita State University (4,490).
• McDowell, K. (2004). Advancing Academic Research Award. American Speech Language Hearing Association. (5,000).
• Goldstein, H., Keller, K. [McDowell, K.], Lonigan, C.J. (2001). Phonological sensitivity and articulatory accuracy in preschool children attending Head Start centers. Submitted to Head Start Bureau (not funded).
• Goldstein, H., Keller, K. [McDowell, K.], (2003). Home-based emergent literacy training children with expressive phonological deficits. Submitted to U.S. Department of Education Student-Initiated Grant Competition (not funded).

Creative Projects

• Lonigan, C.J., Menchetti, J., McDowell, K., & Phillips, B., (2003). Literacy Express. A preschool literacy, thematic curriculum.

Updated: 08/04/10