Kristen Hedley


Kristen Hedley is a speech language pathologist and a professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the University of Alberta Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Background

Kristen Hedley was raised in Consort, Alberta. In 2005, Hedley was awarded the 4-H Premier's Award. In 2012, Hedley obtained a Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology at the University of Alberta.

Scholarship

Kristen Hedley's research is primarily concerned with phonological disorders and the implications such disorders may have in childhood education environments. Much of Hedley's scholarship employs the Alberta Education curriculum as a case study. In 2016, communication scientist Phyllis Schneider explained that
In 2016, Hedley received received the Horizon Award from the Alberta College Of Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists.