Erin Embry, EdD, MPA, MS, CCC-SLP, F-NAP
Clinical Associate Professor
Communicative Sciences and Disorders
Erin Embry brings over 20 years of experience in healthcare and higher education, with a career grounded in clinical practice, academic administration and executive leadership. As a licensed speech-language pathologist, Dr. Embry holds an appointment as Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders. Informed by her dual faculty and senior leadership roles as Chief Operating Officer and Associate Dean of Academic Operations, Innovation and Strategy at NYU Steinhardt, her research explores how organizational silos shape decision-making in higher education. She also examines digital transformation and the role of Virtual Interprofessional Education (VIPE) in addressing global health disparities and strengthening cross-disciplinary collaboration. Dr. Embry was recently named a Distinguished Scholar Fellow of the National Academies of Practice in the Speech-Language Academy and received the 2026 NAP Interprofessional Group Recognition Award.
Dr. Embry has led a wide range of program development and strategic initiatives, with a strong focus on building high-quality, scalable educational experiences—spanning in-person, hybrid, and online formats. Throughout her clinical career, she has specialized in serving adults with acquired brain injuries and progressive neurological diseases, delivering care across large urban health systems, rehabilitation centers, telehealth, and private practice. Her work is driven by a commitment to organizational excellence, innovation and health equity—shaped by impactful, hands-on leadership in clinical practice, interprofessional education and organizational strategy.
Selected Publications
Book Chapters
Embry E. (online 2017; print 2019). Speech Language Pathology Casebook. Chapter in Branski R. and Molfenter S.
(Eds): Clinical Decision Making in Complex Cases. Stuttgart, Germany, Thieme MedOne ComSci Publishing.
O'Dell M.W., Lin C.D., Schwab E., Post T., Embry E. (2009): Rehabilitation in Adults with Brain Tumor. Chapter in Stubblefield M. and O'Dell M.W. (Eds): Cancer Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice, New York, Demos Publishing.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Wiss, W., Joosten-Hagye, D., Pattershall-Geide, J., Showstark, M., Zschaebitz, E., Potter, K., Embry, E., Hageman, H., & Brooks, P. (2025). Development of the AI Acceptance Scale for Interprofessional Education (AAIPE) and collaborative practice settings. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, 40, 100752. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2025.100752
Wiss, A., Showstark, M., Dobbeck, K., Pattershall-Geide, J., Zschaebitz, E., Joosten-Hagye, D., Potter, K., & Embry, E. (2025). Utilizing generative AI to counter learner groupthink by introducing controversy in collaborative problem based learning settings. Online Learning, 29 (3), 39-65. https://doi.org.10.24059/olj.v29i3.5096
Showstark, M., Wiss, A., Joosten-Hagye, D., Sappio, E., Slusser, M., Cavezza, R., Nyati, N., Nyoni, C., Filies, G., Pattershall‐Geide, J., Embry, E., Zschaebitz, E., Delawala, F., Pitout, H., Schweickerdt, L., Muller, J., Kock-Africa, L., Kholvadia, A., Ntsekhe, T. & Biernacki, P. (2024). Virtual interprofessional education for the African continent: AFRI-VIPE. African Journal of Health Professions Education, 16: 2-7. https://DOI:10.7196/AJHPE.2024.v16i2b.2486
Showstark M, Wiss A, Cavezza R, Wiss, A.C., Richards, J., Brooks, P., Wulfplimpton, J., Acheson, I., Kelshall, C., Gray, L., Zschaebitz, E., Embry, E., Resnik, C., An, I., Sutherland, M., Arcos, R., Kenley, D., Bennett, D., Dobson, M. & Bergler, S. (2023). Virtual Interprofessional Education (VIPE)–The VIPE Program: VIPE Security, a Multi-sectoral Approach to Dealing with Complex Wicked Problems. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 38(S1):s24-s24. DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X23001036
Showstark, M., Joosten-Hagye, D., Wiss, A.C., Resnik, C. Embry, E., Zschaebitz, E., Symoniak, M.R., Maxwell, B., Simmons A., & Fieten, J. (2022). Results and lessons learned from a virtual multi-institutional problem-based interprofessional learning approach: The VIPE program, Journal of Interprofessional Care, DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2022.2040453.