Nancy Colodny

Associate ProfessorChair

St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Dr. Colodny is an Associate Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She has been a full-time professor since 1997 and is a member of the Dysphagia Research Society as well as the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Special Interest Group 13: Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia).

Dr. Colodny’s research and clinical interests are in the areas of dysphagia, adult neurogenics, geriatrics and medical speech-language pathology.

Her students participate in academic service-learning (AS-L) through the Loving Spoonfuls Feeding Program. Dr. Colodny also teaches a graduate-level AS-L/Global Studies course Management of Pediatric Dysphagia in a Developing Country (CSD 341) in Guatemala in which the students attend lectures and volunteer at an orphanage/ hospital with infants and children with special needs and complex medical issues.

Colodny, N., Miller, L. & Faralli, M. (2015). The development of a feeding, swallowing and oral care program using the PRECEDE-PROCEED model in an orphanage-hospital in Guatemala. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17:2, 127-137.

Colodny, N. (2008). Validation of the caregiver mealtime and dysphagia questionnaire (CMDQ). Dysphagia, 23: 47-58.

Keshishian, F., Colodny, N. & Boone, T. (2008). Pharmacist-patient and physician-patient communication: Patients' perceptions and opinions. Patient Education and Counseling, 71: 265-284.

Colodny, N., (2007).Determinants of noncompliance of Speech-Language Pathology recommendations among patients and caregivers. Perspectives on swallowing and swallowing disorders, (16), 20-24.

Colodny, N. (2005). Dysphagic independent feeders’ justifications for noncompliance with SLP recommendations.American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 14, 61-70.

Colodny, N. (2004). Pulse oximetry as an indicator for aspiration: The state of the art. Perspectives on swallowing and swallowing disorders, (4), 9-13.

Colodny, N. (2002) Interjudge and intrajudge reliabilities in fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) using the penetration-aspiration scale: A replication study. Dysphagia, 17, 308-31.

Colodny, N. (2001) The construction and validation of the mealtime and Dysphagia Questionnaire: An instrument designed to assess nursing staff reasons for noncompliance with SLP dysphagia and feeding recommendations.Dysphagia, 16, 263-271.

Colodny, N. (2001) Effects of age, gender, disease and multisystem involvement on oxygen saturation levels in dysphagic persons. Dysphagia, 16, 48-57.

Colodny, N. (2000) A comparison of dysphagics and nondysphagics on pulse oximetry during oral feeding.Dysphagia, 15, 68-73.

Dysphagia Theory & Practice (CSD 328). (graduate)
Motor Speech Disorders (CSD 312). (graduate)
Acquired Language Disorders (CSD 317). (graduate)
Adult Practicum Seminar (CSD 408). (graduate)
Communication Problems of Geriatric Persons (CSD 322). (graduate)
Management of Pediatric Dysphagia in a Developing Country (CSD 341) Summer Intersession. (graduate)