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

Faculty (listed alphabetically)

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

Lauren Calandruccio, PhD, Assistant Professor (Audiology and Hearing Science). Research interests: speech perception for normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners, native and non-native English speech perception in noise. Biography (919) 962-4906 lauren_calandruccio@med.unc.edu

Elizabeth Crais, PhD, 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, MS, Assistant Professor (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, PhD, 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

John Grose, PhD, 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

Rupa Gupta Gordon, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow. Research interests: understanding the neural basis of communication and social interaction; social/communication behavior in disorders such as autism. Biography (919) 843-4612, rupa_gordon@unc.edu

Katarina Haley, PhD, 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, PhD, 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, PhD, 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

Andrea Hillock-Dunn, AuD, PhD, Assistant Professor. Research interests: auditory and audiovisual processing development in individuals with normal hearing and hearing loss; early hearing detection and intervention; school hearing screenings. Biography (919) 843-6251 andrea_hillock-dunn@med.unc.edu

Lori Leibold, PhD, Associate 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/had

Gary E. Martin, PhD, Assistant Professor(Speech-Language Pathology). Research interests: speech and language in school-age children with fragile X syndrome, autism, and Down syndrome; language and autism in fragile X syndrome; perseveration in children. Biography (919) 843-3125 gary.martin@unc.edu

Cara McComish, PhD, Assistant Professor (Speech-Language Pathology). Research interests:  communication and feeding skills development in infants and toddlers; early identification of children with autism. Biography (919) 966-8153 mccomish@med.unc.edu

Nancy McKenna, AuD, 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, PhD, 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, MS, 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, AuD, Associate Professor (Audiology), Coordinator Au.D. studies. Research interests: educational audiology, pediatric audiology, otitis media research. Biography (919) 966-9457 mmundy@med.unc.edu

Patsy L. Pierce, PhD, 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, PhD, 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, PhD, (Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning). Adjunct Associate 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, PhD, 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, AuD, Associate 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, AuD, Associate Clinical Professor, Carolina Children’s Communicative Disorders Program, UNC. Dept. of Otolaryngology:(919) 419-1449 holly_teagle@med.unc.edu

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

Linda Watson, EdD, 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, PhD, CCC-A Associate Professor (Audiology).Research interests:minority aging, family functioning and processes in caregiving families, and end of life communication within families and with health care providers. Biography (919) 966-9462 shwillia@ad.unc.edu

Kathryn Wilson, MA,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, PhD, 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, PhD ( 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, PhD, Executive Director, Beginnings for Children with Hearing Loss. Raleigh, NC

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

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

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

Carolyn Mayo, PhD, 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