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I was pleased to read about the student research program at East Tennessee State (Williams and Fagelson, The ASHA Leader, March 4). I appreciate the authors' acknowledgment of our program at California State University, Hayward, and I am gratified that they were encouraged to take a similar approach. However, as is often the case, they have taken a basic idea and made significant improvements for which they are to be congratulated. Although I am cited as the author of the paper that describes our own program, I want to make clear that a number of other faculty members have made significant contributions to our effort, not to mention the scores of students who have survived the experience. We are now in the 10th year of the program, and nine student research journals have been published. We have sponsored 23 student research papers accepted for presentation at ASHA and state conferences, and have sponsored 19 students, including two first- and one second-place research papers in the annual California State University Student Research Competition. Along with Williams and Fagelson, we encourage others to explore this rewarding approach to teaching research.
William S. Rosenthal
Hayward, CA
wrosenthal@csuhayward.edu
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