Victoria Clark

This award is presented to an ASU faculty member whose innovative efforts and service to ASU and/or the community have made an impact and enhanced the world.

Victoria Clark, a dedicated ASU clinical faculty member and leader in the speech-language pathology community, is the recipient of this year’s Faculty Service Achievement Award.

• Bilingual in English and Spanish; mentors undergraduate and graduate students in developmental language and clinical speech-language pathology at ASU’s Speech and Hearing Clinic
• Served as 2024–25 president of the Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ArSHA)
• Brings extensive experience in early intervention and K–12 public schools, strengthening ASU’s community connections

Clark began teaching at Arizona State University in 2019 and is currently a clinical associate professor of speech and hearing science in the College of Health Solutions. She designs and implements clinical training opportunities, supervises and mentors undergraduate and graduate students, and leads community outreach and social embeddedness initiatives.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in linguistics, a master of arts in applied linguistics and teaching English as a second language, and a master of science in speech-language pathology. Clark became a licensed speech-language pathologist in 2013 and earned her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 2014.

As ArSHA president in 2024–25, Clark helped lead the passage of legislation SB 1207/1741, extending speech-language-hearing and swallowing treatment and cochlear implants to adults in financial need in Arizona, preventing costly hospitalization and chronic health conditions while generating projected taxpayer savings. She also testified before the Health and Human Services Committee in support of SB 1075, the Interstate Compact for SLP and AuD licensure, now in effect in 36 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. During her term, ArSHA approved a referendum granting voting rights and executive board eligibility to Speech-Language Pathology Assistants and hosted its annual legislative advocacy day in April 2025, where university students from across the state engaged directly with legislators and the legislative process.

Clark co-advises ASU’s National Student Speech Language Hearing Association chapter, which has approximately 150 members and sponsors an annual career fair serving local employers and hundreds of students. She also serves on multiple university and college committees, including the Global Education Program Review Committee in the College of Health Solutions, ASU’s Interdisciplinary Committee on Linguistics and the Fulbright Student Endorsement Day Committee.

In her clinical role, Clark supervises graduate student clinicians in English and Spanish, providing pediatric services in articulation and phonology, stuttering, language and literacy, and autism/social-pragmatic communication, while also building partnerships with organizations such as Mentor Kids. Her teaching includes graduate courses in Preschool Assessment and Treatment and Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology Practice, as well as undergraduate coursework in developmental speech and language disorders and clinical methods.

Clark received a Fulbright Specialist grant in 2022 for speech-language research and teaching in Kosovo. Since 2021, she has maintained an interprofessional partnership with Fundación Educarte in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, serving children with communication disabilities alongside ASU students and colleagues. In 2023, she delivered a 25-hour Hanen “Learning Language and Loving It” training for practicing professionals focused on early childhood language development. Throughout her career, Clark has taught academic writing and linguistics, presented at national CAPCSD, CSAP and ASHA conventions, and delivered numerous trainings across Arizona, including bilingual assessment training in five public school districts.