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Professor Michelle Lincoln

Michelle Lincoln Qualifications:
  • BApp Sc (Speech Path) Cumb PhD 

Positions held:

  • Professor in Speech Pathology
  • Associate Dean Undergraduate Learning and Teaching
  • Member of the Faculty of Health Sciences Executive
  • Member of University of Sydney Undergraduate Studies Committee
  • Member of The Faculty of Health Sciences Learning and Teaching Committee
  • Unit of study coordinator CSCD2058 stuttering and CSCD5022 Specialist Studies 1

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Biography

Michelle Lincoln teaches, writes and researches in the areas of stuttering, clinical education and the allied health workforce. Her current areas of research within stuttering are treatment efficacy, early intervention, bilingualism, the impact of stuttering in the workplace and ageing and stuttering. Michelle has many publications in the area of stuttering including book chapters and peer reviewed journal articles. Her research in stuttering has been funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, the Australian Research Council and internal grant schemes of The University of Sydney.


Michelle has over 20 years of experience in facilitating student learning on clinical placements. Michelle has published two text books in clinical education and many peer reviewed journal articles. She has presented clinical workshops nationally and internationally. Michelle's research interests in this area include competency based assessment, efficacy of clinical education models, ethical development in students and preparing students to work on teams


Michelle is also an active researcher in the area of allied health workforce. In particular she is interested in investigating contemporary health care settings and allied health workforce in order to develop evidence based curricula in Speech Pathology. Her research in this area is currently focused on issues around retention speech pathology, the rural allied health workforce and service delivery models in rural areas.

Michelle's motivation for engaging in these three relate areas of research is her belief that effective services for people with communication disorders can only be delivered if students are well prepared to enter the workforce and sufficient workforce exists to deliver evidence based services.



Teaching and Service Responsibilities

As Associate Dean Undergraduate Learning and Teaching Michelle is responsible for the quality of learning and teaching in all undergraduate programs in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Michelle also teaches in her disciplinary expertise area of stuttering at both the undergraduate and post graduate level.


Research Opportunities

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Selected Publications

  • Dew, A., Veitch, C., Lincoln, M., Brentnall, J., Bulkeley, K., Gallego, G., Bundy, A., & Griffiths, S,. (2012). The need for new models of delivery of therapy intervention to people with a disability in rural and remote Australia. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 37, 1, 50-53.
  • Keane, S., Smith, T., & Lincoln, M. (2011). A survey of the rural allied health workforce in New South Wales to inform recruitment and retention. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 18, 38-44.
  • McAllister, S., Lincoln, M., Ferguson, A., & McAllister, L. (2011). A systematic program of research regarding the assessment of speech-language pathology competencies. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology,13,6, 469-479.
  • Sheepway, L., Lincoln, M., & Togher, L. (2011). An international study of clinical education practices in speech-language pathology. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 13, 2, 174- 185.
  • Kenny, B., Lincoln, M., & Balandin, S. (2010). Experienced Speech Pathologists' response to ethical dilemmas: An integrated approach to ethical reasoning. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 19, 121-134
  • McAllister, S., Lincoln, M., Ferguson, A., & McAllister, L. (2010). Issues in developing valid assessments of speech pathology students' performance in the workplace. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 45 (1), 1-14.
  • Bricker-Katz, G., Lincoln, M., & McCabe, P. (2010). Older people who stutter: Barriers to communication and perceptions of treatment needs. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 45 (1),15-30.
  • Sheepway, L., Lincoln, M., & Togher, L. (Accepted April, 2010). An international study of clinical education practices in speech-language pathology. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology,

Selected Grants

  • Veitch, C., Lincoln, M., Bundy, A., & Gallego,G. (2010) Integrating evidence into policy and sustainable service delivery: The ‘wobbly hub and double spokes' model. NHMRC Partnership Projects. $800,000 NHMRC & $800,000 DADHC Western Region. ID 571446.
  • Menzies, R., Lincoln, M., O'Brian, S., (2010). Treating Social Anxiety in Adults who Stutter with Computerised Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. NHMRC Project Grant. $695,850 (Year 1: $226,950, Year 2: $226,950, Year 3: $241,950). PA 632713.
  • McAllister, S., Lincoln, M., Davidson, B., Hill, A. Ferguson, A. Brown, L. & Davenport, R. (2008). Establishing infrastructure and collaborative processes for cross-institutional benchmarking of student clinical performance in speech pathology. Australian Learning and Teaching Council, Priority Projects, $238,700.
  • Lincoln, M., McAllister, S., McAllister, L., & Ferguson, A. (2006). Benchmarking clinical learning in speech pathology to support assessment, discipline standards, teaching innovation and student learning. Priority Projects Program. The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, $139,152.
  • Lincoln, M., McAllister, L., Ferguson, A., Hagler, P., & Harber, R. (2001). A national competency based
    assessment tool for speech pathology. ARC SPIRT Grant. Industry partner The Speech Pathology Association of Australia. Funding period 2001-2003. $67,000 from ARC and $30,000 from SPAA. C00107164

Further grants and further publications

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