Prior to coming to Gonzaga as its Dean of the School of Health Sciences, Julie Wolter, PhD, CCC-SLP was a Professor and Vice Provost for Innovation and Online Learning at the University of Montana and has a strong history working in an interdisciplinary...
Ph.D., Language and Literacy Emphasis, Counseling Specialization, Wichita State University
M.A., Speech Language Pathology, Western Washington University, Bellingham
B.A., Speech Language Pathology & Audiology, Western Washington University, Bellingham
Prior to coming to Gonzaga as its Dean of the School of Health Sciences, Julie Wolter, PhD, CCC-SLP was a Professor and Vice Provost for Innovation and Online Learning at the University of Montana and has a strong history working in an interdisciplinary capacity with faculty and colleagues in health, education, social science, and professional programs across academic and community settings. Dr. Wolter has an academic and clinical career of close to 25 years that includes service as Chair of the School of Speech, Language, Hearing & Occupational Sciences at the University of Montana and Chair of the Speech-Language Pathology Division in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders and Deaf Education at Utah State University. Dr. Wolter has taught various undergraduate and graduate courses in evidence-based practice, implementation science, research methods, child language literacy development, and interprofessional education. She has led the development and launch of multiple undergraduate and graduate degrees in rehabilitation, health, education, and related multidisciplinary fields. Dr. Wolter is an internationally known scholar, and her research and clinical work in language-literacy development, assessment, and intervention are widely published. She currently maintains an active research lab and is funded through an R01 with the National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital's Interprofessional Health Program and the Royal Holloway University of London, to examine linguistic development and related assessment and intervention practices in young school children with and without dyslexia and developmental language disorder. Dr. Wolter is committed to enhancing and promoting health professional students' education, research, and clinical experiences in underserved community settings and has secured funding, such as a $1.25 million grant through the U.S. Department of Education, to support students and distance programming in rural and American Indian tribal communities throughout the Intermountain and Northwestern regions.