Lori Geist

Lori Geist, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Associate Professor, Center for Literacy & Disability Studies, in the Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Geist is a certified speech-language pathologist with an emphasis in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). She has worked in direct service, consultation, and product development, with her efforts concentrated on intervention approaches that target communication, language, and literacy outcomes for children and adults who cannot rely on speech alone to be heard and understood. She is an investigator on multiple research projects, including Project Converse (PI), Building Bridges (co-PI), Project Open (co-PI) and Minimizing Text Complexity with AI (co-PI).