Claire Penn
| Claire Penn | |
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| Born | 1951 Kenya |
| Fields | Speech-language pathology |
| Institutions | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand |
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Claire Penn (born 1951) is a South African speech and language pathologist, and holds the endowed chair of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of the Witwatersrand, and is a former senior research specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council. She received the Order of Mapungubwe (Silver) in 2007, South Africa's highest honor, for her work in linguistics, sign language, child language, aphasia, and head injury.[1]
Penn was born in Kenya and moved with her family to South Africa at age 12. She attended the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), where she completed her Bachelor’s degree (cum laude) in 1972. She worked at Wits as clinical tutor from 1973 to 1973 before moving to England as a British council scholar. She returned to Wits to earn a PhD in 1983. She has been a visiting scholar to Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and Case Western Reserve University in the United States.[1] In 2008 Penn was named Shoprite Checkers / SABC 2 South Africa Woman of the Year for Science and Technology.[2][3]
References
External links
- Staff profile, University of the Witwatersrand
- Claire Penn at Google Scholar
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