Education

• Ph.D., Special Education, University of Southern California, 1983
• M.A., Communicative Disorders, University of Southern California, 1974

Interests & Expertise

Dr. Sieff's expertise focuses on school-age language development and the assessment and intervention of oral and written language disorders in this population. She is particularly interested in the relationship between oral and written language and the role of the speech-language pathologist in literacy education. She currently supervises undergraduate and graduate students in the on-campus clinic, team teaches undergraduate courses integrating articulation and child language theory with the clinical process, and teaches the courses School-age Language and The Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist in Literacy. She has conducted research in child language and student learning and has presented on these topics at local, state, and national levels.