Janet is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science and director of the Child Language and Motor Lab. She received her BA in Psychology from the University of Connecticut, MA in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Minnesota, and PhD in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences from Purdue University. She received her ASHA CCC-SLP in 2008 and has worked as an SLP with children with complex neurodevelopmental and communication disorders in pediatric outpatient settings. She teaches the Introduction to Communication and Its Disorders and Motor Speech Disorders courses, and currently serves as the NSSHLA faculty advisor. Her research program investigates shared mechanisms underlying language and motor skills in children with childhood apraxia of speech, developmental language disorder, and speech sound disorder. The long-term goal of this work is to improve diagnostic accuracy and evidence-based treatments for children with speech, language, and motor impairments.