Kaya LeGrand
Graduate Student
Psychological Sciences
Concentration
Developmental Psychology
Advisor
Letty Naigles
Anticipated Graduation
2026
Education
M.S. Communication Sciences and Disorders, Emerson College, 2020
B.S. Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, Utah State University, 2017
B.A. Linguistics, Pomona College, 2015
Research Interests
Language in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) across the lifespan
Language learning
Communication abilities of minimally verbal and nonverbal individuals with ASD
Publications
LeGrand, K. J., Wisman Weil, L., Lord, C., & Luyster, R. J. (2021). Identifying childhood expressive language features that best predict adult language and communication outcome in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research, 64, 1977-1991.
