DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

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FACULTY, PROFESSIONAL STAFF, ADJUNCT FACULTY

Our Departmental personnel is composed of ten full-time Ph.D. level faculty and five permanent professional staff including a full-time clinical director and four clinical supervisors. In addition, adjunct professors from the local clinical community assist in teaching academic courses and providing clinical supervision. All of our faculty and professional staff are licensed by the State of Connecticut and hold American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Clinical Certification. A listing of our full-time faculty,  professional staff and long-term adjuncts and their interests follows:

Faculty:

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Mary Bellandese, Ph.D., Bellandesem1@southernct.edu

 Speech science, anatomy and physiology, voice and velopharyngeal disorders.

 Paul W. Cascella, Ph.D., Undergrad Advisor Cascellap1@southernct.edu

 Communication disorders secondary to developmental disabilities (e.g. intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorder), transdisciplinary educational collaboration, stuttering, phonology.
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 Glenda DeJarnette, Ph.D. DeJarnetteg1@southernct.edu

 Multicultural considerations in communication disorders, language development and disorders, neuromotor speech control and development.
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James J. Dempsey, Ph.D., Departmental Chairperson,  Program  Coordinator, Graduate Audiology Dempseyj1@southernct.edu Amplification systems, aural rehabilitation, diagnostic audiology.
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Robert E. Jirsa, Ph.D.,               Jirsar1@southernct.edu Auditory electrophysiologic measures, central auditory processing disorders in children and adults.
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Marianne Kennedy, Ph.D.,  Kennedym4@southernct.edu Augmentative communication and technology, autism and other developmental disabilities, language assessment, language acquisition in young children.
   
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 Diana B. Newman, Ph.D.  

Word finding disorders, adolescent language disabilities, the reading-oral language connection, and differentiation of language differences and language disorders in culturally-linguistically diverse populations.

 
     

Rhea Paul, Ph.D., Non-matriculant Advisor Paulr1@southernct.edu Child language development and disorders, phonological disorders. 
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Mary Purdy, Ph.D., Admissions Committee Chairperson.  Purdym1@southernct.edu Assessment and rehabilitation of adult neurogenic communication disorders, swallowing disorders.
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Deborah Weiss, Ph.D., Graduate Program Director  Weissd1@southernct.edu Bilingual and multicultural issues, language disorders, clinical supervision.

  

Professional Staff:

 Lisa Barber, M.S., Clinical supervisor Barberl1@southernct.edu Coordinator of off-campus school practica.
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Jane Hindenlang, M.S., Clinical supervisor Hindenlangj1@southernct.edu Coordinator of adult neurogenics clinic, augmentative and alternative communication. 
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Kevin McNamara, M.A., Director, Center for Communication Disorders McNamarak2@southernct.edu Augmentative communication and technology, developmental disabilities, diagnostics.
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 Althea Marshall, M.A., M.S., Clinical supervisor Marshalla1@southernct.edu Literacy, developmental disabilities, child language and phonological disorders.
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Denise Rini, M.A. Clinical supervisor Rinid1@southernct.edu Clinical supervisor speech-language pathology, diagnostics.

 

Long-term Adjunct Faculty:

 Michele Abrams, Au.D. Abramsm1@southernct.edu Clinical supervisor, audiology, and Coordinator of Hearing Aid Dispensing program.

 

Mary Crean, M.S. Creanm1@southernct.edu

 

 Clinical supervisor, coordinator of off-campus neuropathology practica.

Linda D'Alessio, M.S., M.PH. Dalessiol1@southernct.edu Clinical supervisor, audiology.

 

Sondi Jackson, M.S. Jacksons2@southernct.edu

 

 Clinical supervisor, speech-language pathology.

Alice Kosowsky, M.S. Kosowskya1@southernct.edu Clinical supervisor adult neurogenics clinic, accent modification.

 

Office Personnel:

 Patricia McMahon, A.S. McMahonp1@southernct.edu Executive secretary, office manager.

The graduate academic programs of the Department of Communication Disorders are accredited by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (ASHA) Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA). Clinical services offered by the departmental Center for Communication Disorders, hold ASHA Professional Services Accreditation. 

Southern Connecticut State University is an Equal Opportunity University 

E-mail: Weissd1@southernct.edu                             FAX:  203 392-5968 

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