Jean Franco Rivera Pérez, Ph.D.

• Kuyuk, M. L., Combs, S., & Rivera Pérez, J. F. (2025). Dialogic reading strategies and vocabulary in Spanish-speaking students with developmental language disorder: A single-case research study. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 56(1), 1–18. doi:10.1044/2025_LSHSS-25-00004

• Abdelaziz, M. M., & Rivera Pérez, J. F. (2024). Revisiting student stories: Understanding microaggressions and interpersonal conflict within speech-language and hearing sciences training programs. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1–18. Advance online publication. doi:10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00209

• Rivera Pérez, J. F., Creaghead, N. A., Washington, K., Guo, Y., Raisor-Becker, L., & Combs, S. G. (2022). The relationship between perceived assertiveness/shyness and emergent bilinguals’ vocabulary intervention outcomes: A preliminary investigation. Communication Disorders Quarterly. doi:10.1177/15257401211068867

• Rivera Pérez, J. F., Regalado, A., & Lund, E. (2022). Effects of a computer training to teach Spanish book-sharing strategies to mothers of emergent bilinguals at risk of developmental language disorders: A single-case design study. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(4), 1771–1786. doi:10.1044/2022_AJSLP-21-00301

• Rivera Pérez, J. F., Hart, R., & Lund, E. (2020). Vocabulary-learning cues in children’s bilingual programming. Journal of Children and Media, 15(3), 301–319. doi:10.1080/17482798.2020.1725906

• Rivera Pérez, J. F., Creaghead, N. A., Washington, K., Guo, Y., Raisor-Becker, L., & Combs, S. (2019). Using audio prompting to assist monolingual speech-language pathologists to teach English–Spanish vocabulary to English learners. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 41(1), 3–11. doi:10.1177/1525740118817487

Technology-Supported Assessment, Intervention, and Training

• Tech-forward SLP: Revolutionizing services in schools with ultrasounds and computer-assisted vocabulary intervention (CABVI). School Speech-Language Pathology Conference, Vanderbilt University (2024).
•  Computer-based Spanish phonetic transcription training for clinicians and students. ASHA and NBASLH Conventions (2021–2023).
• Promoting Spanish vocabulary in dual language learners with language delay: App-based parent training program. ASHA Convention (2019); TSHA Convention (2019).
• Teaching questioning strategies to Spanish-speaking mothers of dual language learners: A computer-based training program. ASHA Convention (2022).
• A Spanish vocabulary app-based parent training. NBASLH Convention (2021).
• Weekly changes in vocabulary growth using supplemental Spanish with text-to-speech for English learners. ASHA Convention (2017).
• The use of text-to-speech to promote expressive vocabulary in two languages for English learners. ASHA Convention (2015).

Second Language and Culturally Responsive Services

•  Elevating shared book reading for bilingual students with developmental language delays. ASHA Convention (2024).
• Examining language elicitation methods in dual language learners. ASHA Convention (2023).
• Promoting Spanish vocabulary in dual language learners with language delay: An app-based parent training program. TSHA Convention (2019); ASHA Convention (2019).

Transformative Access for the Global Majority in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

• Strategic planning to support communication as a human right for all in CSD programs. ASHA Convention (2024).
• Championing inclusivity in CSD education: Navigating the post-affirmative action landscape. CAPCSD Annual Conference (2024).
• Organizational diversity, equity, and inclusion in communication sciences and disorders: Discord in the details. ASHA Convention (2023).
• Experiences of microaggressions and symbolic violence by underrepresented students in CSD programs. ASHA Convention (2021).

• Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2010–present
• Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, Texas, 2017–present

American Speech-Language and Hearing Association

Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Hispanic Caucus

LGBTQIA+

National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing

 

 

Planning Committee Member, ASHA Convention, Equity, Inclusion, and Cultural-Linguistic Diversity Topic Committee, 2025

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (JSLHR), 2023–2025

Member of the Multicultural Issues Board (MIB) 2018 – 2020, American Speech-Language and Hearing Association.