Kellyn Hall
Kellyn Dailey Hall, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a professor and graduate studies coordinator in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at North Carolina Central University. She has more than 30 years of experience as a clinician, educator, researcher, and author in academic and medical settings.
Her teaching and research focus on medical speech-language pathology, particularly dysphagia management, culturally responsive clinical practices, healthcare disparities, and the application of artificial intelligence in clinical education and practice. She teaches graduate courses in dysphagia, neuroanatomy, diagnostic methods, fluency disorders, and professional ethics, and mentors graduate student research.
Dr. Hall is a past president of the North Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing Association and serves as North Carolina’s State Advocate for Medicare Policy for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Communication Disorders.
Education
| Ph.D. | Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Illinois | 1991 |
| M.S. | Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Illinois | 1984 |
| B.S. | Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Illinois | 1983 |
Certifications
Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, North Carolina
Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, Virginia
Research Interests
Medical speech-language pathology; culturally responsive dysphagia management; healthcare disparities and health equity; artificial intelligence in communication sciences and disorders education and clinical practice.
Service
- Past President and Membership Committee Member, North Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- North Carolina State Advocate for Medicare Policy, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Communication Disorders
- Member, Dysphagia Research Society
- Member, National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing
- Member, National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders
Honors and Awards
- 2026 — Excellence in Teaching Award, North Carolina Central University
- 2025 — First Gen Champion Award, NCCU Student Accessibility Services
- 2025 — Second Place, AI 3MT Competition, NCCU AI Workgroup
- 2025 — 10th ASHA ACE Award for Continuing Education
- 2024 — First Place, FRAP 3MT Competition, NCCU School of Graduate Studies
- 2022 — 9th ASHA ACE Award for Continuing Education
- 2020 — Outstanding Teaching & Mentoring Award, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Courses
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Abdelaziz, M., Johnson, L., & Hall, K. (in press). Reimagining assessment for multilingual clients: A culturally responsive AI tutorial for clinicians and educators. Topics in Language Disorders.
Johnson, L. W., & Hall, K. D. (2026). Equity, function, and data: A review of social and functional representation in AI datasets for traumatic brain injury. Informatics, 13, Article 33. https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics13020033
Johnson, L. W., & Hall, K. D. (2023). Counseling confidence in pre-service and early career speech-language pathologists. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 8(5), 1027–1038. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_PERSP-22-00224
Webb, K., Graves, L., Keller-Bell, Y., & Hall, K. D. (2023). A case study of integrating interprofessional education in a community health strategy: Collaboration among allied health programs. The ABNF Journal, 2(2), 8–14.
Hall, K. D. (2022). Tele-ethics in communication disorders: Asking the right questions, finding the right answers. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 7, 18–26. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_PERSP-21-00211
Johnson, L. W., & Hall, K. D. (2022). A scoping review of cognitive assessment in adults with acute traumatic brain injury. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(2), 738–756. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00132
Hao, G., Ni, A., Chang, Y. J., Hall, K., Lee, S. H., Chiu, H. T., Yang, S. F., Sheu, K. L., & Chen, S. C. (2022). Improve the clinical effective decision of the oral feeding readiness in preterm infants: Revise and validate the TC-POFRAS. Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 15(2), 317–325.
Hall, K. D., & Johnson, L. W. (2020). The three CCC’s of dysphagia management: Culturally competent care. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 5(4), 1000–1005. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_PERSP-19-00112
Marra, M., Hall, K. D., & Cromartie, F. J. (2019). Voice health in pre-service physical education majors: A pilot study. The Sports Journal, 21, 1–9. https://thesportjournal.org/article/voice-health-in-pre-service-physical-education-majors-a-pilot-study/
Hall, K. D., & Gilliland, H. (2019). Changing the long-term care culture through interprofessional practice: An SLP-led initiative. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2(4), 313–321. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_PERS-SIG2-2018-0005
Book Chapters
Hall, K. D. (2020). Dysphagia management in culturally-linguistically diverse populations. In D. Scott (Ed.), Cases on Communication Disorders in Culturally Diverse Populations (pp. 217–238). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2261-5.ch011
Other Published Educational Works
Hall, K.D. & Johnson, L.W. (2026). Phonetic description of speech (1st edition). Interactive learning course. Cognella Academic Publishing. https://titles.cognella.com/phonetic-description-of-speech-9781793596734
Johnson, L. W., & Hall, K. D. (2024). Balancing ethics and artificial intelligence: Integrating AI technology into speech-language pathology. Online course, Northern Speech Services, Inc.
Johnson, L. W., & Hall, K. D. (2022). Building culturally responsive care for the medical SLP. Online course, Carolina Speech Pathology.
Hall, K. D., & Johnson, L. W. (2022). Cultural considerations and health equity in dysphagia management. Online course, ASHA Learning Pass.
Hall, K. D. (2021). Cultural competence and ethical care in dysphagia management. Online course, Northern Speech Services, Inc.
Hall, K. D. (2018). Preparing SLPs working in skilled nursing facilities for the 2019 changes in Medicare. Online course, Northern Speech Services, Inc.
Professional Service and Memberships
- Past President and Membership Committee Member, North Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- North Carolina State Advocate for Medicare Policy, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Communication Disorders
- Member, Dysphagia Research Society
- Member, National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing
- Member, National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders