Conversation with Prof. Dawn Cotter-Jenkins, highly accomplished Speech-Language Pathologist

Ruminations with Ohiro Oni-Eseleh

Professor Dawn Cotter-Jenkins is a highly accomplished Speech-Language Pathologist. She is the Director of Clinical Education and Services at the Communication Disorders Department in Mercy University, New York. She is the President-elect of the Corporate Speech Pathology Network (CORSPAN) and Co-Chairperson of the Tele-practice topic committee for the American Speech-Language-Hearing (ASHA) 2024 convention. In this wide-ranging interview with Dr. Ohiro Oni-Eseleh, Professor Cotter-Jenkins discusses her career, the value of diversity initiatives, her mentoring work and what it is like to navigate the worlds of practice and academia.