Miechelle McKelvey is Associate Dean, College of Education and Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at University of Nebraska-Kearney. She earned her doctorate from the University of Nebraska Lincoln and currently teaches and conducts research in the areas of augmentative and alternative communication and adults with acquired neurologic disorders. Specific interests include AAC assessment practices for aphasia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, autism and cerebral palsy. Dr. McKelvey also mentors speech language pathologists in interprofessional education and has begun to conduct research in the area. Prior to her career in academia, she was a clinical speech-language pathologist in a medical setting.