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School of Communication Sciences and Disorders

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Lauren Bislick, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CBIS

Assistant Professor, Interim Director of Aphasia House
Phone: 407-823-4768
  • Neurogenic Communication Disorders
  • Acquired Apraxia of Speech
  • Acquired Aphasia
  • Differential Diagnosis
  • Treatment Development
  • Motor Learning Theory & Principles of Motor Learning

Therese Coleman

Associate Instructor
Phone: 407-823-4798
  • Speech Sound Disorders
  • Child Language Disorders
  • Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Janel Cosby, AuD, Ph.D., CCC-A

Associate Lecturer, Audiologist
Phone: 407-882-0481
  • Cochlear Implants
  • Aural Rehabilitation
  • Hearing Disorders Across the Lifespan

Joseph DiNapoli, MS, CAGS, CCC-SLP

Senior Instructor
Phone: 407-823-0067
  • Cognitive-Communication Disorders
  • Language Acquisition
  • Language Disorders
  • Neurogenic Communication Disorders
  • Speech disorders
  • Swallowing Disorders

Ann Eddins, Ph.D., MBA, CCC-A

Director, Professor
Phone: 407-823-1577
  • Auditory Neurophysiology
  • Electrophysiology
  • Hearing loss across the lifespan
  • Hearing and Cognition
  • Tinnitus
  • Amplification
  • Aging

Julie Feuerstein, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor
Phone: 407-823-1193
  • Language Development
  • Language Disorders
  • Early Intervention
  • Augmentative and Alternative Communication
  • Implementation Science Research

Todd R. Fix, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS

Certified Brain Injury Specialist, Instructor, Internship Coordinator
Phone: 407-882-0484
  • Supervision
  • Swallowing Disorders
  • Dysphagia
  • Adult neurogenic/acquired motor-speech
  • Language Disorders
  • Acquired Brain Injury/Cognitive Communication.

Nancy Harrington, MA, CCC-SLP, ATP

Associate Instructor, FAAST Center/AAC Lab Research Grant Coordinator
Phone: 407-882-0465
  • Language Acquisition
  • Augmentative and Alternative Communication
  • Assistive Technology

Bari Hoffman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, Professor
Phone: 407-823-4804
  • Voice disorders
  • Vocal health and Prevention
  • Upper Airway Disorders
  • Head and Neck Cancer
  • Respiratory Muscle Strength Training

Jennifer Kent-Walsh, BEd, MS, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, S-LP(C)

Associate Dean of Research, FAAST Center Director, Professor
Phone: 407-823-4800
  • Language Disorders
  • Augmentative and Alternative Communication
  • Assistive Technology
  • Service-Learning / Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Debra Knox, MS, CCC-SLP

Associate Instructor, Clinic Director
Phone: 407-882-0464
  • Cochlear Implants
  • Hearing Aids
  • Hearing Disorders
  • Language Disorders
  • Supervision

Lakshmi Kollara Sunil, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor
Phone: 407-823-4798
  • Craniofacial Anomalies
  • Resonance Disorders
  • Anatomy and Physiology
  • Craniofacial Syndromes
  • Imaging

Carrie Loughran, MA, CCC-SLP

Instructor
Phone: 407-823-1645
  • Language Acquisition
  • Language and Literacy Disorders
  • Reading Disorders

Jaclyn Lucey, MA, CCC-SLP

Instructor
Phone: 407-823-2057
  • Fluency disorders

Julie Matura, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS

Instructor, Internship Coordinator
Phone: 407-882-0449
  • Cognitive-Communication Disorders
  • Diagnostic/Clinical Processes
  • Genetics
  • Language Disorders
  • Neurogenic Communication Disorders
  • Swallowing Disorders

Nancy McIntyre, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Phone: 407-823-1684
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Reading Disability
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Social Communication
  • Language And Literacy

Ana Rivera, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Lecturer
Phone: 407-823-1453
  • Bilingualism
  • Neurogenic Communication Disorders

Jacqueline Towson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Associate Director School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director
Phone: 407-823-0346
  • Language Disorders
  • Language Acquisition
  • Emergent Literacy
  • Preschool And School-Age Speech Language Pathology
  • Language And Literacy

Martine Vanryckeghem, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-FL

Pegasus Professor
Phone: 407-823-4808
  • Fluency disorders

Richard Zraick, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CHSE

Professor
Phone: 407-823-4795
  • Voice disorders
  • Healthcare Simulation
  • Health communication

Current Grants

Communication Sciences and Disorders

RF: Facilitating Intentional Communication in Young Children with Complex Communication and Motor Needs: Integrating Communication and Motor Supports to Optimize Treatment Effects

  • PI: Julie Feuerstein
  • Amount: $35,000 | Timeframe: 11/29/2022 - 12/31/2023
    Funding Type: Foundation/Industry
    Funding Agency: American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
    Communication Sciences and Disorders

    TATS (Technical Assistance and Training System for Programs Serving Young Children with Disabilities) 2022-2023

  • PI: Jacqueline Towson
  • Amount: $1,003,347 | Timeframe: 10/01/2022 - 09/30/2023
    Funding Type: Extramural Research
    Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
    Communication Sciences and Disorders

    Project ABA: Preparing a Diverse Care of Early Childhood and Special Education Teachers in Applied Behavior Analysis

  • PI: Jacqueline Towson
  • Amount: $1,250,000 | Timeframe: 09/01/2022 - 08/31/2027
    Funding Type: Extramural Research
    Funding Agency: US Department of Education
    Communication Sciences and Disorders

    ECTA DASY PLUS-FL (Professional Learning Unique to Service Providers in Florida)

  • PI: Jacqueline Towson
  • Amount: $500,000 | Timeframe: 05/09/2022 - 06/30/2023
    Funding Type: Extramural Research
    Funding Agency: Florida Department of Health
    Communication Sciences and Disorders

    Preparing Special Education Teachers and Speech-Language Practitioners in Autism Spectrum Disorders

  • PI: Eleazar Vasquez, Ph.D.
  • Co-PI: Jacqueline Towson
  • Amount: $250,000 | Timeframe: 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2023
    Funding Type: Extramural Research
    Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education

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