Faculty

The Communication Sciences and Disorders faculty include researchers and experienced licensed professionals, and those faculty members engaged in clinical supervision are State licensed and hold the appropriate ASHA certification. In addition, experienced adjunct faculty are brought in to teach selected courses in specialized areas or to supervise at the Speech and Hearing Center.


Academic Faculty


Fredericka Bell-Berti, Professor, Ph.D.
Experimental phonetics; speech motor control, cross-language speech issues.

Linda Carozza, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor; SI campus
Neurogenic communication disorders, Multiculturalism.

Jose G. Centeno, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Associate Professor, Department Chair
Bilingualism; Acquired communication disorders; Multicultural issues in Speech-Language Pathology.

Nancy Colodny,  Ed.D., CCC-SLP, Associate Professor
Dysphagia, Adult neurogenics, Geriatrics.

Donna Geffner, Professor, Ph.D., CCC-SLP/A, Graduate Program Director
Language skills of the deaf and hearing impaired; Attention deficit disorders; Central auditory processing, Professional issues.

Peggy Jacobson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP; Associate Professor
Childhood language disorders, particularly typical and atypical language acquisition in bilingual children.

Tina Jupiter, Ph.D., CCC-A; Associate Professor, Assistant Chair
Electrophysiological assessment, Pediatric audiologic evaluation.

Maryrose McInerney, Ph.D., CCC-A; Associate Professor
Hearing aid diagnostic testing; Geriatrics

Mitchell Trichon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Fluency Disorders, Self-Help in Stuttering Management

Monica Wagner,  Assistant Professor, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Native-language speech perception, Neural speech processing of the acoustic features of phonemes, Early speech and language acquisition, Event-related potential research methodology

Patrick R. Walden, Ed.S., Ph.D., CCC-SLP; Assistant Professor, SI Campus
Leadership and administration in the professions, Scholarship of teaching and learning, Language assessment and intervention across the lifespan

Rebecca Wiseheart, Ph.D., CCC-SLP; Assistant Professor
Language development and cognitive processing in children with dyslexia, lexical representation and retrieval processes that impact on literacy and oral expression



Clinical Faculty
(Speech & Hearing Center - Seton Complex)

Susan Antonellis, Au.D., CCC-A; Clinical Supervisor in Audiology
Hearing aids; aural rehabilitation in the geriatric population

Angela Murphy, M.A., CCC-SLP; Clinical Supervisor
Early Intervention



Anthea Vivona, M.Phil., CCC-SLP; Clinical Supervisor 
Child language; Autism Spectrum Disorders


Arlene Wisan, M.A., CCC-SLP; Clinical Coordinator
Speech-language disorders in children

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