Joshuaa Allison-Burbank
PhD, CCC-SLP
Joshuaa D. Allison-Burbank, PhD, CCC-SLP, CPH is Diné and Acoma Pueblo. His clans are Tł’ógí, Parrot Clan (Acoma), Tó’áhání, and Yellow Corn (Acoma). Dr. Allison-Burbank is a speech-language pathologist at Northern Navajo Medical Center in Tsé Bitʼaʼí, Navajo Nation and owner of Little Moccasins Education Services, LLC. Prior to returning home, Joshuaa worked as a Research Project Coordinator for the Culturally Responsive Early Literacy Instruction: American Indian/Alaska Native at the University of Kansas. He provided mentoring and clinical supervision to trainees in the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities interdisciplinary training program at the University of Kansas Medical Center. His clinical and research interests include community assessment and engagement, parent coaching, culturally responsive teaching practices, and prevention of developmental delay in American Indian children.
Dr. Allison-Burbank received his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Kansas where he focused on neurodevelopmental disabilities and prevention research. He has a Public Health Training Certificate in American Indian Health from Johns Hopkins University. He attended the University of New Mexico where he received a BA in Speech and Hearing Sciences. Dr. Allison-Burbank is an adjunct lecturer in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program at the University of Vermont. Dr. Allison-Burbank has held several leadership positions including vice chair of the Multi-Cultural Committee within the Association of University Centers on Disabilities and co-chair of the Native American Caucus within the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Dr. Allison-Burbank operates Nááts'íilid Farms in Waterflow, NM where he practices traditional planting, irrigation, and seed banking to cultivate Navajo and Acoma crops.
Recommended Readings:
- Allison-Burbank J.D., Collins A.. (2020) American Indian and Alaska Native Fathers and Their Sacred Children. In: Fitzgerald H.E., von Klitzing K., Cabrera N.J., Scarano de Mendonça J., Skjøthaug T. (eds) Handbook of Fathers and Child Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51027-5_31
- Barlow A, Varipatis-Baker E, Speakman K, et al. Home-Visiting Intervention to Improve Child Care Among American Indian Adolescent Mothers: A Randomized Trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160(11):1101–1107. doi:10.1001/archpedi.160.11.1101
- Head Zauche L, Darcy Mahoney AE, Thul TA, Zauche MS, Weldon AB, StapelWax JL. The Power of Language Nutrition for Children's Brain Development, Health, and Future Academic Achievement. J Pediatr Health Care. 2017 JulAug;31(4):493-503. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2017.01.007. PMID: 28641740.
- Luby J, Belden A, Botteron K, et al. The Effects of Poverty on Childhood Brain Development: The Mediating Effect of Caregiving and Stressful Life Events. JAMA Pediatr. 2013;167(12):1135–1142. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.3139
- Lucero, M.P.P. From Tradition to Evidence: Decolonization of the Evidencebased Practice System. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 2011; 43 (4): 319-324.
- Viscogliosi, C., Asselin, H., Basile, S., Borwick, K., Couturier, Y., Drolet, M. J., Gagnon, D., Obradovic, N., Torrie, J., Zhou, D., & Levasseur, M. (2020). Importance of Indigenous elders' contributions to individual and community wellness: results from a scoping review on social participation and intergenerational solidarity. Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 111(5), 667–681. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997- 019-00292-3