Interested in an Academic/Research Career in Communication Sciences and Disorders?
Although faculty engage in teaching, research/scholarly activities, and service, the balance across these categories varies across universities. These career profiles introduce you to 19 individuals who work in academic/research settings. Those profiled share advice for others considering an academic/research career and discuss why they chose to pursue an academic/research career, what they like most (and least) about their career, and much more. The profiles capture the variety of academic/research career opportunities in communication sciences and disorders.
Julie D. Anderson
Assistant Professor
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
Indiana University-Bloomington
Ruth Bentler
Professor
Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology
The University of Iowa
Craig A. Champlin
Professor & Chair
Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders
University of Texas at Austin
Kirstin E. Chiasson
Director, Audiology Clinic
Cascade ENT & Facial Plastic Surgery
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Shelley I. Gray
Assistant Professor
Department of Speech and Hearing Science
Arizona State University
Sarah Hargus Ferguson
Assistant Professor
Department of Speech-Language-Hearing
University of Kansas
Tiffany Hogan
PhD Candidate
Department of Speech-Language-Hearing
University of Kansas
Kathy Jakielski
Associate Professor/Program Director
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
Iris A. Johnson
Associate Professor
Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology
Tennessee State University
Joan Kaderavek
Professor
Early Childhood, Special, and Physical Education Department
University of Toledo
Karen Iler Kirk
Professor, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Purdue University
Adjunct Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
Brenda L. Lonsbury-Martin
Research Service
Jerry Pettis Memorial Veterans Medical Center
Loma Linda, California
Christy L. Ludlow
Chief, Laryngeal and Speech Section, Medical Neurology Branch
Clinical Neurosciences Program, Intramural Research
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Mary Pat Moeller
Director
Center for Childhood Deafness
Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska
Bernard Rousseau
Assistant Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
Vanderbilt University
Susan Thibeault
Assistant Professor
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Travis T. Threats
Professor and Chair
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Saint Louis University
Jennell C. Vick
PhD Student and Research Assistant
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
University of Washington
Richard H. Wilson
Senior Research Career Scientist, VA Medical Center
Mountain Home, Tennessee
Professor, Departments of Surgery and Communicative Disorders
East Tennessee State University