Karen Brown

Karen Harris Brown, Ph.D., MPH, CCC-SLP is Dean of the School of Education and Professor at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI). She has more than 20 years of higher education experience and 15 years in higher education leadership. Dr. Brown holds a PhD in special education with a concentration in curriculum and instruction from the University of South Florida. In addition, she holds two master’s degrees, one in speech-language pathology from Nova Southeastern University and the other in public health with a concentration in social and behavioral sciences from Temple University. Dr. Brown serves as the aRPy Ambassador of the Division for Early Childhood’s (DEC’s) Recommended Practice and 2016-2022 Act Early Ambassador for CDC’s Learn the signs. Act Early campaign. She is a 2014-2015 fellow of the Georgia Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Disabilities (GaLEND) program at Georgia State University and 2015 graduate of the National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities at the University of Delaware. She has served as a member of the Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) Community of Practice (CoP) on Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Developmental Disabilities National Advisory Committee. Dr. Brown’s passion is mobilizing stakeholders in monitoring young children’s development and guiding next steps for early identification and intervention.