The Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (JSLHR) is pleased to announce the selection of Swathi Kiran, PhD, CCC-SLP as incoming editor-in-chief of the language section of the journal. Dr. Kiran will begin her term on January 1, 2026, succeeding Dr. Julie A. Washington. Dr. Kiran is the James and Cecilia Tse Ying Professor in Neurorehabilitation at Boston University, where she serves as the director of the Center for Brain Recovery, and the Research Director of the Aphasia Resource Center.
Dr. Kiran’s Background
Dr. Kiran earned her master’s degree in speech-language pathology from Northwestern University in 1998, and her PhD from the same university in 2001. She served as an associate editor for the language section of JSLHR from 2010 through 2017 and as a guest editor for special issues in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (AJSLP) and JSLHR.
Dr. Kiran has published 40 articles in ASHA Journals, including in AJSLP, JSLHR, and Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups,and her overall body of work has more than 9,000 citations. Her research interests include bilingual aphasia, aphasia rehabilitation, and functional neuroimaging.
About JSLHR
JSLHR publishes peer-reviewed research and other scholarly articles on the typical and disordered processes in speech, language, hearing, and related areas. Articles are published in Speech, Language, and Hearing sections, each with their own roster of editors and editorial board members.
JSLHR (published as JSHR from 1958 through 1996) is ASHA’s largest journal and its oldest, with the Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders—begun in 1936—having been merged into the journal in 1991. Explore more than 85 years of published research in the JSLHR and JSHD archives, or check out the latest issue.
Swathi Kiran can be reached at kirans@bu.edu. She welcomes your input and suggestions on how JSLHR can best serve the language and communication community—and the discipline of communication sciences and disorders at large.
