Leanna Hodges, EdD

Contact

lhodges2@twu.edu
940-898-2031
 MCL 845

Biography

Dr. Leanna Hodges is an Assistant Professor and Graduate Advisor at Texas Woman's University. She earned her Doctor of Education in Learning and Organizational Change from Baylor University in 2023, where her dissertation examined factors influencing skilled reading in deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Dr. Hodges also holds a Master of Science in Deaf Education from Texas Woman's University. Her research interests span supporting deaf students with disabilities, language and literacy development among deaf and hard-of-hearing learners, and the experiences of Imposter Phenomenon in graduate students. Dr. Hodges has shared her expertise on these topics through numerous national and state conference presentations. In addition, she has several publications in progress related to her research focus areas in deaf education.

Education

Ed.D., Learning and Organizational Change, Baylor University, Waco, TX
M.S., Deaf Education, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
B.A., Communication Sciences and Disorders, Baylor University, Waco, TX

Expertise

Literacy for Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Deaf with Disabilities; Deaf and Autism; Early Intervention; Impostor Phenomenon

Chapters

Maximizing the Impact of Language and Early Intervention on Literacy Among Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students: A Critical Assessment and Recommendations
in Socio-Cultural and Linguistic Perspectives on Language and Literacy Development | IGI Global (2022)
Leanna Hodges

Recent Presentations

Managing REAL Behavior in Deaf Students with Autism
National Autism in Deaf Education Conference (2024)
Podium | Leanna Hodges

What We Wish You Knew. Creating a Collaborative Partnership Among Teachers of the Deaf and Educational Interpreters!
Texas Statewide Conference for Education of the Deaf (2024)
Podium | Leanna Hodges, LaToria Tinsley

Families Take on Language Experiences
Texas Statewide Conference for Education for the Deaf (2024)
Podium | Leanna Hodges, Paige Hutto Kelley

What Early Intervention Supports are associated with higher Reading in Deaf and Hard of Hearing children?
Baylor's Emerging Research Conference (2023)
Round Table | Leanna Hodges

What Early Intervention Supports are associated with higher Reading in DHH children?
Association of College Educators of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (2023)
Poster | Leanna Hodges

How Impostor Phenomenon and Marginalization Converge for Graduate Students
Association of the Study of Higher Education (2023)
Podium | Deana Hernandez, Leanna Hodges, Matthew Rice, Laila Sanguras

How Impostor Phenomenon and Marginalization Converge for Graduate Students
Baylor's Emerging Research Conference (2022)
Round Table | Leanna Hodges

Pah! I Can Read!
Texas Statewide Conference for Education for the Deaf (2022)
Podium | Leanna Hodges