- Ph.D., RMUoHOP (In Progress)
- M.S., Chapman University
- B.S., 51ÂÜÀò
Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Learning Lab Coordinator
Jessica Olsen is a speech-language pathologist from Southern California. She attended 51ÂÜÀò for her undergraduate degree in communication disorders and received her Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Chapman University. Upon graduation, she worked with adults in acute/ICU settings, working with a team following patients with brain injury from admission until discharge. She later switched to working with children, supporting classrooms for children on the autism spectrum who demonstrated severe maladaptive behaviors and gained her natural language acquisition certification. Olsen has been an adjunct faculty member at Chapman University’s graduate program since 2018 and began as an adjunct professor with 51ÂÜÀò in 2022. Currently, she is completing her Ph.D. in health sciences and focusing on neurological rehabilitation and health professions education.