Louise Pinkerton, MM, MA, CCC-SLP

Clinical Assistant Professor

Clinical focus

Louise Pinkerton’s clinical focus is on voice and upper airway disorders across the lifespan, including professional and singing voice rehabilitation, and gender affirming voice care. She participates in the multidisciplinary LGBTQ Clinic at Iowa Healthcare and collaborates with graduate students for voice evaluations, individual and group services. Louise offers outreach talks on vocal health, occupational voice use, and gender affirming voice care. Her scholarly interests include voice quality perception and training perceptual listening skills, clinical supervision, culturally sensitive practice, and group voice therapy and training. Louise is a soprano with extensive voice teaching experience and training in vocal pedagogy across multiple singing styles. She regularly presents at conferences and is the Continuing Education Administrator for the Pan American Vocology Association. 

Courses taught

  • CSD 5137 Foundations of Clinical Practice III
  • CSD 4186 Prob: Sp/Hearing Processes & Disorders
  • CSD 5301 Practicum in Speech-Language Pathology
  • CSD 5308 Practicum in Speech Language Pathology: Multicultural and Multilingual 

Selected publications/presentations

  • Stipancic, K., Golzy, M., Zhao, Y., Pinkerton, A. L., and Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M. (2023). Improving Perceptual Speech Ratings: The Effects of Auditory Training on Judgements of Dysarthric Speech. 11, vol. 66, pp 4236-4258. Rockville, MD: Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. https://doi.org/10.1044/2 023_JSLHR-23-00322
  • Pan American Vocology Association Symposium. Framing voice habilitation and rehabilitation through the lens of adult learning concepts. Pan American Vocology Association, Houston, TX. Peer-reviewed. Presenters/Authors: Pinkerton, A. L.
  • Pan American Vocology Association Symposium. Applying Culturally Responsive Practice to Clinical Voice Evaluations and Therapy. Pan American Vocology Association, Miami, FL. Peer-reviewed. Presenters/Authors: Pinkerton, A. L. Student Presenter/Authors: Robles-Muñoz, B., Turner, M., Van HoveIn, M. In-person and recorded Continuing Education course 9/2023-10/2023
  • Voice Foundation Annual Symposium Care of the Professional Voice. Just Breathe: Breathing for Performing and Rehabilitation. Voice Foundation, Philadelphia, PA. Peer-reviewed. Presenters/Authors: Pinkerton, A. L. In-person and separately recorded Continuing Education course 6/2022-7/2022
  • SpeechTherapyPD.com Live Course. Cookbooks, Checklists, and Continuums: A Recipe for Clinical Supervision. SpeechTherapyPD.com. Invited. Presenters/Authors: Pinkerton, A. L. On-demand course available 9/2024-9/2029. https://www.speechtherapypd.com/course?name=Cookbooks-Checklists-and-Continuums-A-Recipe-for-Clinical-Su
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention. Providing Feedback in Clinical Supervision: Evidence-Based Practices. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA. Peer-reviewed. Presenters/Authors: Brodell, J., Green, E., Pinkerton, A. L., Robinson, S. https://youtu.be/yyUoaybeTmA?si=Cw3zm4kB6jqoDvn3
  • Iowa State Speech-Language-Hearing Association State Conference. (2022). Vocal Cord Dysfunction. Iowa State Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Des Moines, IA, Invited. Presenters/Authors: A. Louise Pinkerton
  • Iowa State Speech-Language-Hearing Association State Conference. (2022). Intersecting Cultural and Gender Identifies: A Culturally Responsive Voice Evaluation Case Study. Poster. Iowa State Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Des Moines, IA . Peer-Reviewed. Presenters/Authors: Bianca Robles-Muñoz, Meagon Turner, A. Louise Pinkerton
  • Iowa State Speech-Language-Hearing Association State Conference. (2022). Using a Manualized Gender Affirming Training Program with Novice Graduate Student Clinicians. Poster. Iowa State Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Des Moines, IA. Peer-reviewed. Presenters/Authors: Katlyn Bay, Katie Gardner, Anna Koogler, Emma Rose, A. Louise Pinkerton Accepted.
  • Pan American Vocology Association Symposium. (2022). Breathing for Performing and Rehabilitation. Pan American Vocology Association, Minneapolis, MN. Peer-Reviewed. Presenters/Authors: A. Louise Pinkerton.
  • Care of the Professional Voice Symposium. (2022). Just Breathe: Breathing for Performing and Rehabilitation. Voice Foundation, Philadelphia, PA. Peer-Reviewed. Presenters/Authors: A. Louise Pinkerton.
  • Clinical Instruction in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Webinar Series. (2022). Feedback in Supervision: Continuing the Discussion. University of Iowa Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Iowa City, IA. Presenters/Authors: Booker, S., DiVita, J., Pinkerton, A. Louise
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention. (2021). Virtual lecture. The Pandemic's Lasting Impacts on Our Clinical Training Program. ASHA, Washington, D.C. Peer-Reviewed. Presenters/Authors: Stacy Booker, Jennifer DiVita, Anne Wallace, Non-presenting Authors: Krista Davidson, A. Louise Pinkerton, Anu Subramanian
  • Pan American Vocology Association Symposium, lecture. (2017). The Influence of Motor Production Experience on Voice Perception, PAVA, Toronto, ON, Canada. Peer-Reviewed. Presenters/Authors: A. Louise Pinkerton
  • Pan American Vocology Association Symposium, lecture. (2017). Cross Training the Collegiate Singer: Two Models, PAVA, Toronto, ON, Canada. Peer-Reviewed. Presenters/Authors: A. Louise Pinkerton
  • International Voice Symposium, poster. (2016). The Influence of Motor Production Experience on Voice Perception. Voice Foundation, Philadelphia, PA. Peer-Reviewed. Presenters/Authors: A. Louise Pinkerton

Electronic publications

Louise Pinkerton CV

Research or Clinical Areas
  • Speech and Language
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University of Iowa
2200 Health Sciences Academic Building (HSAB)
Iowa City, IA 52242
United States