Faculty

Edward T. Auer, Jr., Assistant Professor. Ph.D., S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo. Cognitive neuroscience.

Casandra B. Banks, Clinical Assistant Professor. M.A., Northern Illinois University. Essential Audiology Reference (EAR) team, audiological services.

Steven M. Barlow, Professor. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. Orofacial neurophysiology of neonates, vocal tract biomechanics, and neuroplasticity.

John F. Brandt, Professor. Ph.D., University of Iowa. Central auditory processing, psychoacoustics, auditory pathology.

Betty H. Bunce, Clinical Professor and Director, Language Acquisition Preschool. Ph.D., University of Kansas. Language Acquisition Preschool (LAP) and Reading Activities Program (RAP) teams. Therapy in naturalistic settings, language-based preschool curriculum.

Hugh W. Catts,, Professor and Chair. Ph.D., University of Florida. Reading disabilities, dyslexia, oral and written language development.

Sarah Hargus Ferguson, Assistant Professor. Ph.D., Indiana University. Speech perception, speech acoustics, hearing loss and aging.

Julie Gatts, Clinical Assistant Professor. M.A., University of Kansas. Facilitating Adult Communication Team (FACT), neurogenic communication disorders and voice disorders.

W. Matthew Gillispie, Clinical Instructor. M.S., University of Arizona. Assessment and intervention with infants, toddlers, preschool, and school-age children with speech, language, and literacy disorders; considerations when working with Native American children.

Tiffany A. Johnson, Assistant Professor. Ph.D., University of Iowa. Pediatric audiology and cochlear physiology.

Diane Frome Loeb, Associate Professor. Ph.D., Purdue University. Language development and disorders, intervention methods and efficacy.

Kristin L. Pedersen, Clinical Instructor. M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Communication of young children; children with autism spectrum disorders; provision of services for infants, toddlers, and families.

Mabel L. Rice, University Distinguished Professor. Ph.D., University of Kansas. Genetics of language, cognition and language development, language intervention.

Holly L. Storkel, Associate Professor. Ph.D., University of Washington-Seattle. Interactions between lexical and phonological acquisition in normal and clinical populations of children.

Jane R. Wegner, Clinical Professor and Director, Schiefelbusch Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic. Ph.D., University of Kansas. Developmental disabilities, alternative and augmentative communication.

View faculty listing of the Intercampus Program in Communicative Disorders (graduate programs).

Emeritus Faculty

• Wilma L. Bowline, M.A.
• William M. Diedrich, Ph.D.
• Larry E. Marston, Ph.D.
• James E. McLean, Ph.D.
• Leija McReynolds, Ph.D.
• John F. Michel, Ph.D.
• Shirley Salmon, Ph.D.
• Richard Schiefelbusch, Ph.D.