Rhea Paul, Ph.D., received her bachelor's degree from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1971, her master's degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1975, and her doctorate in communication disorders from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1981. Dr. Paul has published more than 90 journal articles, 40 book chapters, and 8 books. Her research on language development in toddlers with delayed language acquisition was funded by the National Institutes of Health. She has also held grants from the Meyer Memorial Trust, the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Foundation, the Medical Research Foundation, and the National Association for Autism Research.
Dr. Paul has been a fellow of ASHA since 1991 and received the 1996 Editor's Award from the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. She has studied and taught widely including a semester in Sydney, Australia and one in Christchurch, New Zealand. Dr. Paul has been teaching child language development and disorders courses for 20 years.