Meet our team

Amy K. Peterson, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL 

Dr. Peterson is a certified speech-language pathologist (CCC-SLP) and a Board-Certified Specialist in Child Language (BCS-CL). She is an assistant professor at the University of Wyoming and the director of the Adolescent Language Interventions, Applications, and Strategies (ALIAS) Lab with focus on implementation science and intervention research. Amy is passionate about supporting SLPs who serve adolescents with developmental language disorders (DLD) in “real world” settings. One of the most important parts of her research is her continued investigation of Sketch and Speak intervention which teaches students to take notes and use oral practice to better understand complex informational discourse. Before pursuing her doctoral degree, she worked as an SLP serving children in grades pre-K-6 where she realized the need for better research evidence and interventions for older students with DLD. When she is not working, she loves spending time exploring the mountains of Wyoming, going to concerts and sporting events, being surrounded by loved ones, and snuggling her 16 year-old Boxer mix “dog child” Neo.