Krista M. Wilkinson
Pennsylvania State University
Krista Wilkinson received her Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Georgia State University, with an emphasis on normative and atypical language development. She currently holds a position as professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Wilkinson has also maintained a research affiliation with the behavioral technology research group at the E. K. Shriver Center (now part of the University of Massachusetts Medical School) since 1992, where she holds an appointment as adjunct associate scientist. Dr. Wilkinson has received uninterrupted funding from the National Institutes of Health since the mid-1990s. Her primary areas of study include processes of learning and communication in individuals with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. Much of her work has focused on the design and use of selection-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. Most recently, she has studied visual processing and its relation to (and importance for) the design of optimal AAC system displays.