Qualifications 

• BSc Speech language pathology (CSD)
• MSc Speech language pathology (CSD)
• PhD Speech language pathology (CSD)

Introduction 

My research interests lie in understanding communication in marginalised communities with a focus on social justice and inclusion. With a strong emphasis on equity and justice orientated practices in speech-language pathology, I have explored how decoloniality may help us toward achieving change across research, clinical practice and education. My scholarship and practice engage critically with the social realities facing communities focuses on theorising communication injustices. Most recently, I have been exploring the value of arts-based research methods in creating possibilities to deepen our communication.  

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6885-0162

Publications

• Abrahams, K., Kathard, H., Harty, M., & Pillay, M. (2019). Inequity and the professionalisation of speech-language pathology. Professions and professionalisation, 9(3). doi: https://doi.org/10.7577/pp.3285

• Peters, L., Abrahams, K., Francke, M., Rustin, L., & Minen, G. (2023). Toward developing a decolonial transdisciplinary praxis that supports a socially-transformative occupational science: Emergent insights from an educational project in South Africa. Journal of Occupational Science. doi: 10.1080/14427591.2023.2233970

• Abrahams, K., Peters, L., Pillay, M., & Kathard, H. (2025). Engaging with the critical: Thinking through communication injustices. Journal of Critical Study of Communication & Disability, 3(1), 3-11. doi: 10.48516/jcscd_2025vol3iss1.54