Department Chair Health and Human Services/Professor Communicative Disorders
Eastern New Mexico University
Dr. Adrienne Bratcher, SLP.D, CCC-SLP, CBIST is the Department Chair for the Health and Human Services Department and Professor in the Communicative Disorders Program at Eastern New Mexico University. Her teaching and clinical interests include neurogenic language disorders of cognition/ Aphasia/Traumatic Brain Injury/Dementia, gerontology, and dysphagia. Dr. Bratcher’s professional and personal experience working with individuals with significant cognitive, swallowing, and oral motor disabilities, as well as the geriatric population, has driven her interest in these areas, as well as traumatic brain injury, counseling, and supervision. She is licensed as a speech-language pathologist in New Mexico and Texas and is a certified member of the American Speech-Language & Hearing Association. Dr. Bratcher is a Certified Brain Injury Specialist Trainer and finds joy in every cohort of CBIS trainees she has the privilege to teach. She is passionate about advocating for those who have life experiences with a brain injury, as she personally shares the experience within her own family.