JA Guest Writer
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) elects Jackson State University’s (JSU) Brandi L. Newkirk-Turner, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, as a 2026 ASHA Fellow for her outstanding contributions and professional achievements in the field of communication sciences and disorders. Fellowship is a career-long designation and one of the highest forms of recognition presented by ASHA.
“I am profoundly grateful to my nominators, my mentors, and the dedicated speech-language pathology professionals and students I have the privilege of working alongside every day,” said Newkirk-Turner, who serves as senior associate provost in the Office of the Provost and a professor of speech-language pathology in the College of Health Sciences (COHS) at JSU…