Kenneth Kessel

Visiting Instructor
Phone: (517) 353-8780
Fax: (517) 353-3176
Room: 108 Oyer
Email: kesselke@msu.edu

Bio

Born February 23, 1960, in Berwyn, IL.  While in college, my first job in special education was as a residential living assistant at. St. Coletta School, in Jefferson, Wisconsin.  My first job as an SLP was in a county nursing home in rural Wisconsin. From 1991 to 1993, I was in the U.S. Peace Corps, serving as a speech-language pathologist on the island of Antigua.  Upon my return to the U.S., I moved to Michigan and started in the PhD program at Michigan State University.  Over a period of sixteen years, I have taught five different courses for the ASC/CSD Department at MSU (ASC113, ASC/CSD 333, ASC/CSD 364, CSD 483 and ASC 823G).  Currently, I am a full-time speech-language pathologist for the Lansing School District, at the Marvin E. Beekman Center. 

Research Interests

Oral Language Development; Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Communicative Disorders in Children with Autism 

Current Courseload

Fall Courseload

Laboratory sections of CSD 364- Eval Proced Speech-Lang Path

Credentials

1991, Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater, MSE, Special Education

1988, Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater, MS, Communicative Disorders

1986, Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater, BS, Communicative Disorders