Dr. Arianne Pait is the Director of Clinical Services in the Department of Communication Disorders at Arkansas State University and the founding Director of the ALLIANCE Lab for Dyslexia Intervention and Research. With more than two decades of dedicated clinical and academic work at A-State, Dr. Pait has established a reputation as one of Arkansas’s foremost advocates for evidence-based dyslexia intervention and literacy innovation.
Her commitment to serving struggling readers in Northeast Arkansas began in 2004 with a service-learning partnership with Angie Shipman, SLP. This service-learning project facilitated graduate students in communication disorders providing evidence-based literacy interventions to school-age children with reading difficulties. As regional demand for services grew, the program expanded to the A-State Speech and Hearing Center to broaden access for underserved K–12 students across the region.
In 2026, that two-decade commitment was formalized with the establishment of the ALLIANCE (Applied Literacy Learning through Innovation, Collaboration and Evidence) Lab at A-State — a dedicated dyslexia research and literacy innovation center that Dr. Pait leads. The ALLIANCE Lab serves as both a clinical service hub for K–12 students and a critical training site for the next generation of speech-language pathologists, while expanding interdisciplinary research focused on early identification and intervention for dyslexia.
Dr. Pait’s research interests extend into emerging technology. Her current research projects include teammates who are computer scientists, educators, engineers, and psychologists. Funded projects include examining whether artificial intelligence can be used to develop a reading font specifically designed to support individuals with dyslexia.