Faculty
Rodney Gabel, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow
Vice Chair, Faculty Senate; Professor and Founding Director of SLP
Faculty Senate; Division of Speech and Language Pathology; Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Psychological and social adjustment in people who stutter
- Occupational experiences of people who stutter
- Social stereotyping and stigma related to stuttering
- Clinical outcomes research
Reethee Antony, PhD, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences; Division of Speech and Language Pathology
Research Interests
- Speech perception
- Electrophysiology and neuroimaging, specifically using cortical evoked potentials
- Neurogenic communication disorders
- Non-native speech perception
- Multilingualism
Samantha Campolongo
Speech-Language Pathologist
Division of Speech and Language Pathology
Tina Caswell, MS, CCC-SLP
Clinical Associate Professor
Division of Speech and Language Pathology
Research Interests
- Persons who use augmentative and alternative communication
- Social and emotional communication development
- Counseling in speech-language pathology
Joanne Crowson, AuD, CCC-A/SLP
Clinical Instructor
Division of Speech and Language Pathology
Research Interests
- Perception of individuals with hearing loss
- Use of hearing assistive technology
- Counseling in audiology
- Supervision and professional interests
Cody Dew, MA, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor
Division of Speech and Language Pathology; Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Stuttering and fluency disorders
- Therapeutic interventions
- Counseling
- Social and emotional impact of disability
Dawna Duff, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor
Division of Speech and Language Pathology; Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Individual differences in vocabulary and word learning
- Factors affecting reading comprehension
- Relationships between reading and vocabulary
- Intervention research in educationally based SLP
- Developmental language disorder, dyslexia
Nichole Houle, PhD, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor
Division of Speech and Language Pathology
Research Interests
- Identifying correlates of gender expression in communication and speech production
Jay Lancaster, MS CCC-SLP
Instructional Support Specialist
Division of Speech and Language Pathology
Marisa Mooney, MS, CCC-SLP
Clinical Instructor
Division of Speech and Language Pathology; Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Caregiver perspectives of child language development
- Birth to 5 language development
- Professional issues
Cassandra Natali, MS, CCC-SLP
Clinical Instructor
Division of Speech and Language Pathology; Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Social-emotional, trauma-informed practices for school-based populations
- Social skills as a relation to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
- Counseling in speech-language pathology
Kara Nunn, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL
Clinical Instructor
Division of Speech and Language Pathology; Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Apraxia (CAS)
- Professional issues
- Persons who use augmentative and alternative communication
- Language literacy development in children and adolescents
- Autism spectrum disorders social skill development
Tia M. Spagnuolo, MS, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor
Division of Speech and Language Pathology
Research Interests
- Healthcare experiences of minoritized individuals
- Intersectional healthcare
- Gender-affirming voice and communication
Jessica Underwood, MA, CCC, SLP
Clinical Instructor
Division of Speech and Language Pathology
Research Interests
- Adults with communication and swallowing disorders
- Professional issues
- Socioemotional impact of communication disorders
- Augmentative communication in the adult aphasic population
Sundeep Venkatesan, MS, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor
Division of Speech and Language Pathology; Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Adults with swallowing disorders
- Adults with neurocognitive communication disorders
- Professional issues
- Interdisciplinary work with nursing, occupational therapy and physical therapy in the area of swallowing, dementia and neurocognitive communication disorders
Staff
Connor Deming
Administrative Assistant 1
Division of Speech and Language Pathology; Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Marco DiRosa
Office Assistant 1
Division of Speech and Language Pathology
Nicolle M. Nestler, MPH
Coordinator of Speech and Language Pathology Division
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences; Division of Speech and Language Pathology
