Jessica Carter

Biography

Jessica Carter is a clinical faculty member in the communication disorders program. She teaches a course in preschool assessment and intervention methods and she coordinates the Urban Speech and Language Initiative — a joint effort between UT Dallas and the Dallas Independent School District — and supervises other pediatric practicums. Prior to joining the faculty at UT Dallas, she worked for ten years in the public schools, private practice, and home health. Ms. Carter earned a bachelor’s degree from Hardin-Simmons University and a master’s degree from the University of Texas at Dallas. Jessica Carter is a clinical faculty member in the communication disorders program. She teaches a course in preschool assessment and intervention methods and she coordinates the Urban Speech and Language Initiative — a joint effort between UT Dallas and the Dallas Independent School District — and supervises other pediatric practicums. Prior to joining the faculty at UT Dallas, she worked for ten years in the public schools, private practice, and home health. Ms. Carter earned a bachelor’s degree from Hardin-Simmons University and a master’s degree from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Research Interest

Memory and cognition, quantitative models, neuroimaging, genomics, Nonverbal cognition with specific projects focused on human aging and memory, long-term memory for faces, perception of faces, eyewitness memory, and music cognition.