Ryan Nelson

Ryan Nelson, PhD, CCC-SLP is the Head of the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Louisiana, at Lafayette. He holds the Doris B. Hawthorne-BORSF Endowed Professorship in Communicative Disorders I. Dr. Nelson’s research considers the strengths of children with language disorders and literacy construction challenges. In addition to many peer-reviewed publications, he is the co-author of Counseling in Communication Disorders: A wellness perspective and co-editor of The Handbook of Qualitative Research in Communicative Disorders.

Ph.D. Applied Language and Speech Sciences, 2004
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

M.S. Clinical Speech-Language Pathology, 2001
Northern Arizona University

B.A.  Liberal Arts, 1998
Northern Arizona University
 

Wellness approaches to language and literacy impairments, counseling and resilience, autism, eye-tracking in literacy, qualitative research 

Books

• Holland, A. L. & Nelson, R. (2018). Counseling in communication disorders: A wellness perspective, 3rd ed. San Diego, CA: Plural. 
• Holland, A. L. & Nelson, R. (2014). Counseling in communication disorders: A wellness perspective, 2nd ed. San Diego, CA: Plural. 
• Ball, M.J., Muller, N. & Nelson, R. (Eds.) (2014). Handbook of qualitative research in communication disorders. London: Psychology Press. 
• Nelson, R., Damico, J.S., Damico, H., Lynch, K., Abendroth, K., Weill, C. P., Arrington, L., Percle, A. (2021) Reading trajectories in children with language disorders: Capturing variability of change over time. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 11.2, 171-193.
• Percle, A., Arrington, L., Furkey, A., Damico, H., Damico, J., Weill, C., & Nelson, R. (2020). Illuminating the Complexity of Oral Reading Fluency: A Multiple Lens Approach. Literacy Research: Theory, Method and Practice, 69, 1-19.
• Damico, H.L. & Nelson, R.L. (2018). Encounters in literacy: Clinical implications based on qualitative research. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 8.2, 162-182.
• Nelson, R., Percle, A., Arrington, L., Furkey, A., Damico, H., Damico, J., & Weill, C., (In press). Eye-tracking and special populations. In D. Yaden & T. Rogers (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education: Literacies and Languages Education (Spring 2022).
• Clark, C., Nelson, R., Damico, J.S., Damico, H., Weill, C., Arrington, L., & Percle, A. (2022). Shared Reading and EMMA. In M.P. Liwanag, K. Kim, & P. Martins (Eds.), Understanding literacy using eye movement miscue analysis in a global world. NY: DIO Press, Inc.
• Damico, H.L., Damico, J.S., & Nelson, R.L. (2021). Literacy and Literacy Disorders. In J.S. Damico, N. Müller, & Ball, M.J (Eds). The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders. (2nd Edition). Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. 
• Maxwell, J., Nelson, R., Damico, H., Damico, J. & Weill, C. (2020). Reclaiming the Sociocultural Power of Recontextualizing: “I put my name with lots of names”. In R.J. Meyer & K.F. Whitmore (Eds.), Reclaiming literacies as meaning making: Manifestations of Values, Identities, Relationships and Knowledge. New York: Routledge.
• Nelson, R.L.  (2019). Mediation in Therapy.  In Damico, J.S. & Ball, M.J. (Eds.). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communicative Sciences and Disorders. (pp 16M-19M). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Nelson, R.L.  (2019). Placebo Effect.  In Damico, J.S. & Ball, M.J. (Eds.). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communicative Sciences and Disorders. (pp 111P-114P). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Nelson, R.L.  (2019). Positive Psychology and Wellness.  In Damico, J.S. & Ball, M.J. (Eds.). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communicative Sciences and Disorders. (pp 123P- 126P). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Nelson, R.L.  (2019). Resilience.  In Damico, J.S. & Ball, M.J. (Eds.). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communicative Sciences and Disorders. (pp 53R-54R). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Nelson, R., Damico, H., Damico, J.S., & Holland, A.L. (2018). Communication counseling with parents of children with or at risk for disability. In A.L. Holland & R. Nelson (Eds.). Counseling in communication disorders: A wellness perspective, 3rd ed. (pp. 107-164) San Diego, CA: Plural. 
• Damico, H.L., Damico, J.S., Nelson, R.L., Weill, C. & Maxwell, J. (2016). Infusing meaning and joy back into books: Reclaiming literacy in the treatment of young children with autism spectrum disorder.  In R.J. Meyer & K.F. Whitmore (Eds.), Reclaiming Early Childhood Literacies: Narratives of Hope, Power, and Vision. (pp. 109-119). New York: Routledge.
   

Doris B. Hawthorne/BORSF Endowed Professor in Communicative Disorders I