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Dr

Colleen Holt

Senior Lecturer, Speech Pathology (TR)

Speech Pathology

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  • Senior Lecturer, Speech Pathology (TR)
    Speech Pathology

BIO

Dr Colleen Holt is a multidisciplinary educator whose research and teaching spans Linguistics, Audiology and Speech Pathology. She is an experienced designer of digital learning spaces and is a Certified Reviewer of Digital Learning Environments for ASCILITE using the TELAS framework.

As a Senior Lecturer in Speech Pathology, Dr Holt teaches foundational subjects in language, speech and hearing science. Her research interests include the perception, production and processing of language, with a focus on accented speech and communication difficulty.

LA TROBE UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS

  • Teaching and Learning Coordinator
    La Trobe University, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, Melbourne, Australia1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2026
  • Graduate Research Coordinator (Audiology, Speech Pathology, Orthoptics)
    La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia3 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2024
  • Academic Board
    La Trobe University, Australia1 Jan 2024 - present
  • Academic Programs Director (First Year Health Courses)
    La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia4 Apr 2016 - 24 Dec 2021
  • Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Task Force and Advisory Committee
    La Trobe University, Australia1 Oct 2018 - 6 Jul 2020
  • Deputy Core First Year Coordinator (Health Courses)
    La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia4 Apr 2016 - 24 Dec 2019

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Lecturer
    La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia28 Oct 2019 - present
  • Honorary Fellow
    University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia1 Jan 2019 - present
  • Lecturer
    La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia4 Apr 2016 - 30 Sep 2019
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate (secondment)
    Macquarie University, Centre for Language Sciences (ARC Centre of Excellence for Cognition and its Disorders), Australia1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2016
  • Lecturer
    University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia30 Sep 2014 - 1 Jan 2019
  • Research Assistant
    University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia2 Mar 2004 - 29 Sep 2014

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Melbourne University
  • BA (Hons)
    Monash University, Australia
  • Graduate Certificate Tertiary Education (Management), Higher Education
    The University of Melbourne, LH Martin Institute, Australia
  • Graduate Certificate (Digital Teaching and Learning)
    Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Leading for Creativity
    IDEO (United States), San Francisco, United States
  • Cultivating Creative Collaboration
    IDEO (United States), San Francisco, United States
  • Insights for Innovation
    IDEO (United States), San Francisco, United States
  • TELAS certified peer reviewer of digital learning environments
    ASCILITE

AVAILABILITY

  • Collaborative projects
  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 3 Good Health and Well Being

EXPERTISE