Biography and Expertise

Philip Combiths is director of the Clinical Linguistics and Disparities Lab where he investigates multilingualism and health disparities in speech-language pathology, phonological development, and assessment and treatment for children with speech sound disorders. He teaches courses related to phonetics, phonology, phonological assessment, speech sound disorders, and multilingualism. He received a Ph.D. in Language and Communicative Disorders from the University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University and an M.A. in Spanish Linguistics from the Complutense Universidad in Madrid. He is also a licensed speech-language pathologist.

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Organizational Affiliations

Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Iowa

Past Affiliations

San Diego State University (United States, San Diego) - SDSU

University of California, San Diego (United States, San Diego) - UCSD

Education

Linguistics and Spanish
2004–2008, Master of Arts (MA, MA, AM, or AM), University of California, Berkeley (United States, Berkeley) - UCB
Investigation in Spanish Linguistics
2010–2011, Master of Arts (MA, MA, AM, or AM), Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain, Madrid) - UCM

Thesis: La fuerza ilocutiva de las optativas independientes en español [Ilocutionary force in independent optative constructions in Spanish]

Language and Communicative Disorders
2012–2020, Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego (United States, San Diego) - UCSD

Thesis: Advancing efficient and equitable intervention for children with phonological disorder