Yvette D. Hyter

Yvette D. Hyter, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, ASHA Fellow, ASHA Honors, is Professor Emerita of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. Dr. Hyter focuses on the influences of culture on communication development with emphasis in social pragmatic communication in children who speak African American Language and children with histories of maltreatment. She developed a social pragmatic communication assessment battery for young children. Dr. Hyter has expertise in culturally responsive and globally sustainable practices; and co-teaches study-abroad courses for students and community members in West Africa and the U.S. Midwest focusing on the causes and consequences of globalization on systems, policies, and practices. She has published articles underscoring the need for conceptual frameworks guiding practice in equitable, culturally responsive, trauma-responsive, and globally sustainable ways; and served in national and international leadership positions regarding global practice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Currently Dr. Hyter is the owner of Language and Literacy Practices, LLC., through which she teaches courses and provides culturally and linguistically responsive and trauma-responsive assessments, interventions, and educational consultations in the United States and around the world. She has edited Language Research in Post-Traumatic Stress through Routledge, authored Trauma-Responsive Speech-Language Therapy for Children (in press) with Plural Publishing, and is one of the founders of the Journal of Critical Study of Communication & Disability, which infuses equity, intersectionality, and social justice into education, research, clinical practice, and policies employing critical science approaches.