Darin Woolpert, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer and Director of the SLPA Professional Certificate Program
SLP Pre-Master's Track Program through Professional and Continuing Education
- Ph.D., Language and Communicative Disorders, San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego
- M.A., San Diego State University
- B.A., English and Theatre, Drew University
BIO
Dr. Darin Woolpert is a senior lecturer and director of the Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Program at ¶¶Òõ̽̽. He has taught courses on a broad array of topics but primarily on language development, language disorders, and cultural and linguistic diversity. His research focuses on spoken language predictors of literacy development in bilingual (Spanish-English) children.
Dr. Woolpert has worked clinically as a bilingual speech-language pathologist in a few elementary schools, conducting assessments and providing treatment in both Spanish and English. He is also interested in international education, especially with regard to speech-language pathology programs in Central and South America.
Dr. Woolpert works remotely from California and does not have dedicated office space in the department.
Area(s) of expertise
Literacy development in bilingual children, cross-linguistic activation in bilingual children, reading comprehension, written expression, narrative development, perinatal stroke, developmental language disorder, child language assessment, cultural and linguistic diversity, evidence-based practice.
Bio
Dr. Darin Woolpert is a senior lecturer and director of the Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Program at ¶¶Òõ̽̽. He has taught courses on a broad array of topics but primarily on language development, language disorders, and cultural and linguistic diversity. His research focuses on spoken language predictors of literacy development in bilingual (Spanish-English) children.
Dr. Woolpert has worked clinically as a bilingual speech-language pathologist in a few elementary schools, conducting assessments and providing treatment in both Spanish and English. He is also interested in international education, especially with regard to speech-language pathology programs in Central and South America.
Dr. Woolpert works remotely from California and does not have dedicated office space in the department.
Areas of Expertise
Literacy development in bilingual children, cross-linguistic activation in bilingual children, reading comprehension, written expression, narrative development, perinatal stroke, developmental language disorder, child language assessment, cultural and linguistic diversity, evidence-based practice.
Publications
- Woolpert, D. (2019). Investigating the relationship between narrative microstructure and reading comprehension. Journal of Child Language Acquisition and Development, 7(3), 91-109.
- Woolpert, D. (2019). The impact of Spanish on the English text processing of dual-language learners. TESOL Quarterly, 53(1), 221-232.
- Woolpert, D. (2016). Doing more with less: The impact of vocabulary on dual-language learners’ writing. Reading and Writing, 29(9), 1865-1887.
- Woolpert, D. & Reilly, J. (2016). Investigating the extent of neuroplasticity: Written discourse in children with perinatal stroke. Neurosychologia, 89, 105-118.
Associations and Affiliations
- ASHA Special Interest Group 14 (Cultural and Linguistic Diversity)
- ASHA Special Interest Group 17 (Global Issues)