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Gwendalyn Webb , a lecturer and clinical educator in speech
pathology at University of Newcastle, is studying her PhD through
Curtin University. Cori Williams is an associate professor in the
School of Psychology and Speech Pathology at Curtin University.
Her interests encompass language, literacy and cross-cultural and
Indigenous issues in speech pathology.
Correspondence to:
Gwendalyn Webb
MA(Ling), BAppSci(SpPath), CPSP
Lecturer in Speech Pathology
School of Humanities and Social Science
Faculty of Education and Arts
University of Newcastle (UON)
University Drive, Callaghan 2308, NSW Australia
email:
phone:+61 2 49215694