Scott Barnes

Scott Barnes is Head of the Department of Linguistics and Course Director of the Master of Speech and Language Pathology at Macquarie University. He leads the Macquarie Linguistics Conversation Analysis Lab with Joe Blythe, supervising research on communication disabilities, speech pathology assessment, and cross-linguistic interaction analysis. His teaching focuses on acquired communication disorders, language analysis, and speech pathology foundations.

Barnes researches acquired communication disabilities (aphasia, TBI) using conversation analysis and interactional linguistics. Key interests include:

• Everyday communication practices in clinical populations
• Turn-taking and repair organization across languages
• Multimodal interaction analysis
• Speech pathology assessment frameworks
• Cross-cultural communication disorders

His publications demonstrate consistent focus on clinical conversation analysis, with recent work examining:

• Therapeutic interactions in mental health settings
• Multimodal communication in Mandarin and Indonesian contexts
• Auditory processing in post-stroke communication
• Repair strategies in dysarthria and aphasia

As external accreditor for Speech Pathology Australia (2021-2026), he shapes professional education standards. He directs multiple active grants including projects on bilingual education, communication breakdowns in noise, and voice visualization technology.