Kaya LeGrand

Graduate Student

Psychological Sciences


Concentration

Developmental Psychology


Advisor

Letty Naigles


Anticipated Graduation

2026


Education

M.S. Communication Sciences and Disorders, Emerson College, 2020
B.S. Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, Utah State University, 2017
B.A. Linguistics, Pomona College, 2015


Research Interests

Language in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) across the lifespan
Language learning
Communication abilities of minimally verbal and nonverbal individuals with ASD


Publications

LeGrand, K. J., Wisman Weil, L., Lord, C., & Luyster, R. J. (2021). Identifying childhood expressive language features that best predict adult language and communication outcome in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research, 64, 1977-1991.


Kaya LeGrand
Contact Information
Emailkaya.legrand@uconn.edu