Brianne Higgins Roos, Ed.D., CCC-SLP

Education

• Johns Hopkins University, Ed.D. in Technology Integration in K-16 Education, Ed.D., 2020
  Dissertation: Stress in Undergraduate Students Studying Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
• Loyola College, MS in Speech-Language Pathology, 2004
• Loyola College, BA  in Speech-Language Pathology, Spanish minor, 2001
• Phi Beta Kappa, 2001; Alpha Sigma Nu, 2001; Recipient of Bernard Saltysiak Award for Clinical Excellence, Loyola College, 2004

Areas of Specialization

Areas of clinical interest/ specialization include adult acute care, dysphagia and neurology. Clinical experience in acute care, acute rehabilitation, subacute rehabilitation, and outpatient rehabilitation at the University of Maryland Medical Center, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, Good Samaritan Nursing Center, Union Memorial Hospital, and the Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC). Areas of pedagogical interest include educating the whole student, fostering community and belonging in face-to-face and online courses, and Ignatian integration.

Achievements (Past 5 Years)

• Summer Research Grant recipient (2023, 2024)

• Equity Faculty Fellow (2024-2025)

Peer Reviewed Publications

• Roos, B., Szabo, G., Brancamp, T., Hoover, E., Sandberg, C., & Sather, T. (2025). The effect of in-depth exposure to the lived experience of aphasia on student learning. Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences and Disorders (9)2. https://doi.org/10.61403/2689-6443.1363

• Borkoski, C., Roos, B., Naidoo, K., & Mitchell, L. (2024). Cultivating Belonging for Self and Others in Learning Spaces During the Pandemic. Journal of Belonging and Human Connection, 1, 1-25.  https://doi.org/10.1163/27722856-bja10003

• Borkoski, C., Chipps, J., & Roos, B., (2023). Rigor and relevance in research methods: reflections from a professor and alumni of an online EdD program. Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 8(2), 47-51.

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  Roos, B. H. & Borkoski, C. C. (2021). Attending to the teacher in the teaching: Prioritizing faculty well-being. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 6(4), 831-840. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_PERSP-21-00006

• Roos, B. H. & Schreck, J. S. (2021). A review of microsystem factors related to stress in undergraduate students studying communication sciences and disorders. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 6(4), 806-817. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_PERSP-21-00008

• Roos, B. H. & Schreck, J. S. (2021). The role of faculty advising, mentoring, and gatekeeping as social support for undergraduate communication sciences and disorders students. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 6(4), 818-830. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_PERSP-21-00007

Books

• Borkoski, C. & Roos, B. (2025). Tell me this: Stories and scholarship of belonging. Information Age Publishing.

Invited Book Chapters

• Roos, B. H. & Borkoski, C. C. (in press). Faculty and staff well-being (Ch. 1). In L. Tay & B. McCuskey, Handbook of well-being in higher education. Oxford University Press.
• Roos, B. H. (2021). Critical reflection. In C. C. Borkoski, Ready, set, stay: Learning to name, notice, and navigate out transitional moments (Ch. 6). Jon Catt Educational Publishers.

Other Publications

• Roos, B. & Borkoski, C. (2024). Redefining and enacting belonging in school. Accessibility, Compliance, and Equity. https://www.ace-ed.org/redefining-and-enacting-belonging-in-school/
• Borkoski, C. & Roos, B. (2022). Honoring voice and choice: Facilitator and collector model of professional learning. Accessibility, Compliance, and Equity. https://www.ace-ed.org/facilitator-and-collector-model-of-pl/
• Roos, B., & Borkoski, C. (2022). Cultivating belonging starts with self. Accessibility, Compliance, and Equity, November/December 2022. https://www.ace-ed.org/cultivating-belonging-starts-with-self/
• Borkoski, C., & Roos, B. (2022). What I did on my summer vacation: Belonging, beaches, and back to school. Accessibility, Compliance, and Equity, August/September 2022. https://www.ace-ed.org/what-i-did-on-my-summer-vacation-belonging-beaches-back-to-school/

Presentations

• Mapping the Essentials: Crafting an Inclusive Undergraduate Curriculum, presented at Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences & Disorders, New Orleans, LA, 2024
• Listening, Learning and Letting Go: Centering Belonging and Promoting Engagement with Students & Colleagues, presented at New England Faculty Development Consortium, College of the Holy Cross, MA, 2024
  The Effect of In-Depth Exposure to the Lived Experience of Aphasia on Student Learning, presented at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA, 2023.
• Supporting Undergraduate CSD Students Through Inquiry and Belonging, presented at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA, 2023
• The Effect of In-Depth Exposure to the Lived Experience of Aphasia on Student Learning, poster presented at Nordic Aphasia Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2023
• Assessment of Vocational Discernment in Messina First-Year Living and Learning Program, (presented in absentia) at Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, San Diego, CA, 2023
• Onboarding Online Doctoral Students: Cultivating Belonging, Identity, & Scholarly Dialogue, presented at Lilly Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching & Learning, Austin TX, 2020

Podcast

• Borkoski, C. & Roos, B. (Co-Hosts). (October, 2020-present, 100+ episodes). Tell Me This [audio podcast]. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tell-me-this/id1494963017

About Brianne Roos

Dr. Roos is a proud double greyhound, having earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Loyola before a doctorate from Johns Hopkins.  She completed her clinical fellowship at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Shock Trauma, and worked as a medical speech-language pathologist in a variety of Baltimore hospitals with adult patients for many years before committing full-time to academia. Dr. Roos loves advising and connecting with her students, from first-years in Messina through graduate students, and her areas of research interest are belonging and well-being. She enjoys planning community building events with SLHS students, and she co-hosts a podcast about belonging called Tell Me This with her research partner.  When she’s not on-campus, Dr. Roos is cheering for her two teenage daughters on fields, tracks, and courts.