About me
Dr. Spencer is a senior scientist and director of the Juniper Gardens Children’s Project and is a professor in the Department of Applied Behavioral Science at the University of Kansas. Drawing from learning sciences and multiple disciplines (e.g., behavior analysis, speech-language pathology, applied linguistics, and education), she concentrates her efforts on the oral academic language that serves as a foundation to the reading comprehension and writing composition of preK to 3rd grade students, with and without disabilities. Dr. Spencer maintains a spirited research agenda that has yielded 76 peer review publications, 186 invited presentations, $16M in external funding, and several commercialized curricula, interventions, professional development systems, and assessment tools. Her innovations are used broadly in several countries, and she continues to develop culturized interventions with international collaborators for their contexts. Dr. Spencer values researcher-practitioner partnerships, community engagement, and inter-disciplinary collaborations to accomplish high impact and innovative applied research. www.TrinaSpencer.com
