Mahchid Namazi, Ph.D.
Mahchid Namazi earned her PhD from McGill University in 2010 and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Kean University in Union, NJ. Her areas of expertise include developmental language disorders in multilingual children, Autism, and interprofessional practice/education. Mahchid has 27 years of experience as a speech language pathologist in a variety of clinical settings and 3 different countries. In 2019, she established MENA: Middle East North Africa constituency group and is particularly invested in empowering clinicians and advocating for this population. Her research has been published in various peer reviewed journals, and she is an established expert in developmental language disorders and cultural-linguistic diversity as evidenced by her publication record, the development of programs at Kean, invited speaking engagements, and frequent requests for peer review. As a multilingual pediatric speech-language pathologist, she has worked for over 27 years in a variety of urban settings, in three different countries, and with many different clinical populations. Dr. Namazi is currently serving as a language editor for the Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research and is a coordinating committee member of ASHA’s SIG 14. The overarching goal of all her research, teaching, and scholarship is to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion through interprofessional collaborations.
Teaching Philosophy
As a teacher, I believe in discovering what drives each individual student so that I can help them in finding their passion. I want to students to become critical thinkers who use evidence to guide their clinical decisions. I believe in interactive learning a well a linking theory to practice. There is great learning that happens in a classroom where vibrant discussion takes place. I bring clinical stories into the classroom so that students can connect what they're learning to the "real" world.