Faculty/Staff Directory

Jackson Roush, Ph.D., Director
Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences
Biography (919) 966-9467 jroush@med.unc.edu

Faculty (listed alphabetically)

Harriet Boone, Ph.D. (School of Education) Assessment and educational programming for young children with disabilities (919) 962-9371 haboone@email.unc.edu

Carolyn Brown, M.S. (UNC Dept. of Otolaryngology) Director of the Carolina Children's Communicative Disorders Program. Cochlear implants for children (919) 419-1449 carolyn_brown@med.unc.edu

Elizabeth Crais, Ph.D. Professor (Speech-Language Pathology). Coordinator of Ph.D. Studies. Research interests: communication development and disorders in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers; gesture development in children with typical and atypical skills; working with families and teams in early intervention.Biography (919) 966-9458 bcrais@med.unc.edu

Lisa Domby, M.S. Instructor (Speech-Language Pathology). Clinical and professional interests: assessment and diagnosis of communication disorders; bilingual speech and language development; clinical supervision of graduate clinicians.Biography (919) 966-0104 lisa_domby@med.unc.edu

Karen Erickson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Director, Center for Literacy & Disability Studies. Research interests: assessment of reading and writing; literacy instruction.Biography (919) 966-8828 karen_erickson@med.unc.edu

Charles Finley, Ph.D. (UNC Dept. of Otolaryngology) Cochlear implant design and processing.
(919 ) 966-6763 charles_finley@med.unc.edu

John Grose, Ph.D. Professor (Audiology); Professor (Otolaryngology) (Psychoacoustics Laboratory) UNC School of Medicine. Research interests: audiology and psychoacoustics; auditory electrophysiology. Biography ( 919) 966-9777 jhg@med.unc.edu

Katarina Haley, Ph.D. Associate Professor (Speech-Language Pathology). Research interests: speech perception and production, adult neurogenic communication disorders.Biography (919) 966-9460 khaley@med.unc.edu

Joseph Hall, Ph.D. Department of Otolaryngology, UNC School of Medicine) Professor, Audiology; Professor and Chief, Division of Auditory Research, Research interests: audiology and psychoacoustics; cochlear implantation.Biography (919) 966-8926 jwh@med.unc.edu

Melody Harrison, Ph.D. Professor (Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology), Coordinator of Master's Studies. Research interests: assessment of speech, language, and literacy development in infants, toddlers and children with hearing loss; aural habilitation of children with cochlear implants.Biography (919) 966 9459 melody_harrison@med.unc.edu     

Lori Leibold, Ph.D. Assistant Professor (Audiology and Hearing Science). Research interests: auditory development, psychoacoustics pediatric audiology. Biography (919) 966-8546 leibold@med.unc.edu; http://www.med.unc.edu/had1

Molly Losh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor (Speech and Hearing Sciences and Psychiatry). Research Interests: Language and social cognition in autism and related neurogenetic disorders. Gene-behavior relationships in language disorders. Biography ( 919) 966-8153 losh@med.unc.edu

Nancy McKenna, Au.D. Clinial Assistant Professor (Audiology and Hearing Science). Research interests: audition in aging; hearing loss prevention; tinnitus and genetics of aging.Biography (919) 966-9468 nancy_mckenna@med.unc.edu

Lee McLean, Ph.D. Professor and Associate Dean, Dept.of Allied Health Sciences, School of Medicine Early intervention and child language research. Research interests: communication development and intervention in individuals with severe-profound disabilities; early intervention and child language research. Biography (919) 966-9041 lee_mclean@med.unc.edu

Brenda Mitchell, M.S. Assistant Professor (Speech-Language Pathology), Associate Chair for Student Services and AHEC. Research interests: aphasia; adults with closed-head injuries and communication disorders; multi-cultural issues; community re-entry. Biography (919) 966-9437 Brenda_Mitchell@med.unc.edu

Martha Mundy, Au.D. Assistant Professor (Audiology), Coordinator Au.D. studies. Research interests: educational audiology, pediatric audiology, otitis media research.Biography (919) 966-9457 mmundy@med.unc.edu

Robert Peters, Ph.D. Professor (Speech and Hearing Sciences and Psychology) (Emeritus). Research interests: auditory and speech perception, sensation and perception, stuttering.Biography bob_peters@med.unc.edu

Patsy L. Pierce, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences (DSHS)
Associate Director for Early Childhood Research and Practice, Center for Literacy and Disability Studies (CLDS) Research Interests: emergent literacy assessment and facilitation in all learners.Connections between oral and written language development. Biography (919) 966-6397 patsy_pierce@med.unc.edu

Patricia Porter, Ph.D. Professor and Director of Outreach Dept of. Allied Health Sciences, Associate Director of the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies. Research interests: speech/language pathology and special education; AAC; literacy,speech and language of persons with developmental disabilities, public policy. Biography (919) 843-2524 pporter@med.unc.edu

Debra Reinhartsen, Ph.D., (Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning). Adjunct Assistant Professor, Speech-Language Pathology. Research Interests: autism, low incidence disabilities, augmentative communication, clinical supervision.Biography Work (919) 966-4138 Fax (919) 966-2230 debbie.reinhartsen@cdl.unc.edu

Jackson Roush, Ph.D. Professor (Audiology), Director of the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences. Research interests: pediatric audiology; acoustic immittance measures; infant hearing screening; early intervention; syndromes that affect hearing.Biography (919) 966-9467 jroush@med.unc.edu

Stephanie Sjoblad, Au.D. Assistant Professor, Clinical Coordinator for Audiology, Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences. Clinical and Professional interests: aural rehabilitation; hearing instrument technologies.Biography (919)493-7980 ssjoblad@med.unc.edu

Holly Teagle, Au.D., Clinical Director, Carolina Children’s Communicative Disorders Program, UNC. Dept. of Otolaryngology:(919) 419-1449 holly_teagle@med.unc.edu

Barbara Winslow Warren Au.D. Clinical Assistant Professor, Adult Diagnostics, audiologic rehabilitation, and hearing instrument technologies.Biography (919) 843-4612 barbara_winslow@med.unc.edu

Linda Watson, Ed.D. Associate Professor (Speech-Language Pathology). Research interests: early development and identification of infants & toddlers at risk for autism; predictors of language outcomes in children with autism; early intervention in autism; language disorders in preschool children.Biography (919) 966-9466 Linda_Watson@med.unc.edu

Sharon Wallace Williams, Ph.D., CCC-A Assistant Professor (Audiology).Research interests:minority aging, family caregiving for older adults with disabilities, especially disabilities related to hearing loss and neurogenic disorders, family-level interventions to decrease health disparities.Biography (919) 966-9462 Sharon_Williams@unc.edu

Kathryn Wilson, M.A.,CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT Director of First Years Project. Research interests: Auditory-verbal therapy for deaf and hard-of-hearing children.Biography (919) 966-0103 kathryn_wilson@med.unc.edu

David E. Yoder, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus (Speech-Language Pathology); Senior Associate & Director Emeritus, Center for Literacy and Disability Studies; Executive Director Emeritus, Council for Allied Health in N.C. Research interests: literacy issues related to persons with complex communication needs. Biography (919) 843-6176  dyoder@med.unc.edu

David J. Zajac, Ph.D.( Craniofacial Center, School of Dentistry) Associate Professor , Research Interests: speech Aerodynamics, Developmental Aspects of Speech Production, Cleft Palate Speech, Behavioral Management of Cleft Palate Speech.Biography (919) 966-1362 david_zajac@med.unc.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Joni Alberg, Ph.D. Executive Director, Beginnings for Children with Hearing Loss. Raleigh, NC

Emily Buss, PhD. Adjunct Associate Professor,Department of Otolarygology.Biography(919)-966-8926 ebuss@med.unc.edu

Richard Clendaniel, Ph.D., Dept. of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University

Nancy Helm-Estabrooks, Sc.D. Professor of Speech-Language Pathology. Research interests: aphasia, cognition in presence of aphasia, aphasia and cognitive rehabilitation, perseveration, acquired neurologic stuttering. Biography.(919) 966-9464 nancyhe@med.unc.edu

Nancy Jones, M.S. Chief of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC.

Carolyn Mayo, Ph.D. Adjunct Associate Professor, Speech-Language Pathology. Director, NC Health Careers Access Program. Multicultural issues, adult language disorders, prevention of communication disorders.

Ina Diana - Administrative Specialist Biography (919) 966-1007 idiana@med.unc.edu

Rebecca Walters - Business Services Coordinator Biography (919) 966-9463 rebecca_walters@med.unc.edu