BIOSKETCHDr Legini Moodley is an accomplished academic and researcher in the Discipline of Speech-Language Therapy at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, with extensive experience in research supervision, curriculum development, teaching and learning across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. As postgraduate research programme coordinator in 2000 she developed the discipline’s masters programme, which has grown steadily since. Her research interest is in an interdisciplinary approach to health promotion, prevention, and early identification to facilitate positive functioning in culturally and linguistically diverse populations from low-resource contexts, with particular emphasis in two areas. Firstly, health literacy, patient education, and development of educational resources for two population groups:
- Adults with neurologically acquired communication and swallowing disorders and
- Caregivers in early communication intervention. Secondly, academic literacy and the development and implementation of student support systems in higher education.
She currently leads a staff research project which examines the profile of first year Speech-Language Therapy students and their knowledge and perception of the profession, to identify and implement teaching and learning interventions. Dr Moodley has presented and published her research nationally and internationally, and contributes as a reviewer.
