Belinda Daughrity, PhD, CCC-SLP

National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) National Advisor

Belinda Daughrity, PhD, CCC-SLP is an Associate Professor in the Speech-Language Pathology department at California State University, Long Beach. She earned her BA in English and Spanish from Spelman College where she was invited to be a member of Phi Beta Kappa as a junior. She received her MA in speech-language pathology and audiology from New York University (NYU). She completed her doctoral studies at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) where she earned a PhD in Education with a specialization in Human Development and Psychology and completed graduate research in the Center for Autism Research and Treatment.

Dr. Daughrity specializes in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence as a Speech-Language Pathologist with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) as well as state licensure with California. In addition to clinical and research experience with a number of ASD diagnostic tools, she has extensive professional experience working with English/Spanish speaking bilingual families in early intervention.

She is the co-author of Autism Spectrum Disorders From Theory to Practice: Assessment and Intervention Tools Across the Lifespan, published in 2022 by Wiley Blackwell. Aside from teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, she regularly presents her research at local, national, and international scholarly conferences and has first-authored and co-authored research publications.

Dr. Daughrity has contributed service to the profession through volunteer roles including previously serving as the Content Advisory Board Chair for the California Speech-Language Hearing Association (CSHA), a reviewer of peer-reviewed professional publications including the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (AJSLP), and a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (JADD). She has mentored countless undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, and graduate students within the profession and served as a mentor for the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing (NBASLH) Power to Empower program.

She serves on the ASHA Board of Directors as the National Advisor to the National NSSLHA.