Kimberly Crespo, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

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Boston University

Kimberly Crespo (she/her/ella) is the Principal Investigator of the Bilingual Learning Lab (est. 2022). She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at Boston University. She is also affiliate faculty in Wheelock College of Education & Human Development’s Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being. In 2024, Dr. Crespo was selected as one of eight faculty members to be named Junior Faculty Fellows of the Boston University Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering. 

Her scholarly interests focus on investigating how interactions between input factors (i.e., dual language input; speaker variability) and cognitive abilities (i.e., attention; memory; language ability) impact language learning. Her research employs a range of experimental methods to achieve two primary objectives: 1) to identify factors that contribute to variability in language development, and 2) to understand and predict the developmental trajectory of language impairment in bilingual children.

Dr. Crespo teaches the undergraduate course SAR SH531 Introduction to Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences. She developed and teaches SAR SH725: Bilingual Considerations in Language Assessment and Intervention for BU’s Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology Program. In the doctoral program, she developed and teaches SAR SH810: Doctoral Seminar, a course focused on professional development and uncovering the “hidden curriculum” of academia for first-year PhD students.