Carly Dinnes

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Experience and Interests

Teaching

  • Assistant Professor, UW-Stevens Point (2023-present)
  • Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University (2019-23)

Research Interests

  • Acquired and developmental cognitive and linguistic communication difficulties
  • Brain injury and neurodegenerative disorders
  • Interventions for writing, cognition, and language
  • Compensatory strategy training

Professional Experience

  • Speech-Language Pathologist, Millennium Therapy, Southeast Iowa (2014-16)

Presentations and Publications

Publications

  • Dinnes, C. R., & Hux, K. (2022). Perceptions about writing by adults with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(2), 838-853. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00212
  • Dinnes, C. R., & Hux, K. (2022). Informal written language analysis methods: Case examples of adults with traumatic brain injury. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(1), 203-220. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00196
  • Hux, K., & Dinnes, C. (Eds.). (2022). Assisting survivors of traumatic brain injury: The role of speech-language pathologists (3rd ed.). Pro-Ed. 
  • Dinnes, C., & Hux, K. (2018). A multicomponent writing intervention for a college student with mild brain injury. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 39(4), 490-500. https://doi:10.1177/1525740117716416
  • Dinnes, C., Hux, K., Holmen, M., Martens, A., & Smith, M. (2018). Writing changes and perceptions after traumatic brain injury: “Oh, by the way, I can’t write.” American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 27(4), 1523-1538. https://doi:10.1044/2018_AJSLP-18-0025

Involvement

Professional Memberships

  • Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
  • Member, Wisconsin Speech-Language-Hearing and Audiology Association (WISHA)

Fun Facts

Best advice you ever received?

There’s no such thing as perfect. Do what you can, then look for ways to improve. And there are always ways to improve.

What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Paleontologist.

What do you enjoy most about teaching?

Taking information and framing it in a way that students see how it applies to their everyday life.

A piece of advice for students in your school?

Learning should be challenging but not frustrating or impossible. Spend 15 minutes on a task; if you still don’t understand or haven’t found a way to make things work, ask for help.