News: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Meet two of our Knight Authors: Jana Piragic ’07 ’09MA and Lori Levoy ’08
Tell us a little about yourself Jana: I am a PROUD UCF aluma, freelance writer, real estate agent, and adjunct professor, but my most cherished roles in life are as a...
Research Roundup: Publications by CHPS Faculty, Spring and Summer 2025
Students at the College of Health Professions and Sciences benefit from faculty who conduct research into a broad number of health and wellness topics, discovering new insights and creating innovation...
Speech Struggle: What Causes Stuttering?
More than 80 million people worldwide stutter and in the United States, over three million Americans stutter. Approximately 5% of all children go through a period of stuttering that lasts...
More Than Words: How Literacy Builds Confidence and Tools Against Bullying
When we think of literacy, most of us picture the moment a child sounds our their first book or proudly brings home a spelling test. But, according to Carrie Loughran,...
38 UCF Students Gain Global Experience, Make an Impact Through Distinguished Gilman Scholarship
From researching transportation systems and studying efficient ways to improve the healthcare system to examining the psychology of art, a prestigious group of scholarship recipients is developing skills that will...
Building Momentum: Theriot to Serve as Dean of the College of Health Professions and Sciences
Grounded in authenticity, Matthew Theriot’s leadership prioritizes collaboration and innovation to prepare future healthcare professionals for team-based care. Matthew Theriot’s voice is never the loudest in the room. He’ll choose...
UCF’s ASL Day Celebration and ASL Deaf Chat
For many, the tale is as old as time — on April 15, 1817, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Dr. Mason Cogswell, and Laurent Clerc collaborated to establish the American School for...
Social Work Students Provide Support to Caregivers at the Aphasia House
Graduate social work students are now serving alongside communication sciences and disorders (CSD) student clinicians at the UCF Health Aphasia House as part of a new interprofessional learning opportunity designed...
UCF Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Program Ascends to Top 50
The speech-language pathology graduate program in the UCF School of Communication Sciences and Disorders now ranks in the top 17% of the nation according to the U.S. News & World...
From Engineering to Counseling, Graduate Programs Highly Ranked by U.S. News Propel UCF Alumni to Thrive in Career
U.S. News & World Report ranks 13 UCF graduate programs in the top 50 nationally — and alumni in those programs laud Knight Nation’s world-class faculty. While pursuing a doctoral degree in...
