Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin
PhD, CCC-SLP
Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin
PhD, CCC-SLP
Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin, Ph.D. is the daughter of Baptist missionaries where lived with her parents in the Philippines from ages 6 to 17. She quickly acclimated to the culture of United States and earned her doctorate degree in speech-language pathology from Northwestern University. Currently, she is a Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at California State University, Sacramento and a part-time speech pathologist in the San Juan Unified School District. She provides services for pre-schoolers through high school and especially enjoys working with culturally and linguistically diverse students with communication disorders as well as students from low-income backgrounds. In addition to her practical experience Dr. Roseberry-McKibbin has over 70 publications, written 16 books, and has given almost 400 presentations throughout the United States and internationally. She is an ASHA Fellow and winner of ASHA’s Certificate of Recognition for Special Contributions in Multicultural Affairs and received the national presidential Daily Point of Light Award for her volunteer work in building literacy skills of children in poverty. Notably, she recently gave an amazing TED Talk, where she got a standing ovation. Her topic? “Is ignoring children for devices creating language delay?” Unlimited
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