Jeannette Hoit, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
University of Arizona

Jeannette ("Jenny") D. Hoit, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Arizona and a speech-language pathologist. She is also a member of the Program in Neuroscience faculty, Motor Control Training faculty, and National Center for Neurogenic Communication Disorders faculty, and Coordinator of the University of Arizona Graduate Training Program in Survival Skills and Ethics.

Dr. Hoit received her B.A. in Anthropology from University of California at Los Angeles, her M.A. in Communicative Disorders from San Diego State University and her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of Arizona in 1986. She then pursued postdoctoral study in the Harvard School of Public Health Respiratory Biology Program and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Speech Research Laboratory. Dr. Hoit is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, past-President of the American Association of Phonetic Sciences, and has received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Health and Human Services, San Diego State University.

Her research focuses on speech physiology, with particular emphasis on normal aging, neuromotor speech disorders, and respiratory function and dysfunction, including ventilator-supported speech and speaking-related dyspnea. Most of her research has been supported by grants from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and she has served on the National Institutes of Health Biobehavioral and Behavioral Processes study section. Dr. Hoit has a long history of editorial experience with over a dozen journals and she is a former Editor of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Dr. Hoit's daily life consists of mentoring undergraduate and graduate students and she has been recognized for these contributions with teaching and advising awards.

In her spare time, Dr. Hoit enjoys spending time with her husband (and frequent coauthor), hiking in the mountains of Arizona and Colorado, floating in dories through the Grand Canyon, and playing with her three canine companions (Coogee, Charlie Brown, and Molley Belle).