Faculty

Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty

Elizabeth Adams, Au.D., CCC-A, CH-AP, CH-TM

Clinical Professor

Educational leadership and policy studies, faculty mentoring, curriculum development and instructional design, evidence-based practice, clinical education and practice in audiology.

Elizabeth.Adams@med.uvm.edu

Noma Anderson

Dean, College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Research focuses: Inclusive education, cultural and linguistic diversity.

Noma.Anderson@uvm.edu

Maria Mercedes Avila, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing

Maria.Avila@med.uvm.edu

Kim R. Bauerly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Associate Professor

Developmental stuttering across the lifespan, group treatment for adolescents and adults who stutter, psychophysiology (EDA/RSA), kinematic analysis (Wav), acoustic analysis.

Kim.Bauerly@med.uvm.edu

Sara Benham, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor

Word and sound learning in early development, developmental language disorder, speech sound disorders, acoustic analysis, phonetic transcription, network science

Sara.Benham@med.uvm.edu

Molly H. Bumpas, M.Ed., CCC-SLP, BCBA

Clinical Assistant Professor

Assessment and treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), multidisciplinary diagnostic team at the Autism Assessment Clinic in the Vermont Center for Children, Youth & Families, parent/caregiver training for young children with ASD.

Molly.Bumpas@uvmhealth.org

Michael S. Cannizzaro, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Associate Professor • Department Chair

Analysis of prefrontal cortical function as measured by functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), task-related processing load during discourse / complex communication, comparison of discourse performance in brain injured and typical adults, cognitive-motor interference in neurodegenerative disorders (Multiple Sclerosis) - co-PI with Susan Kasser from Rehabilitation and Movement Science

Michael.Cannizzaro@med.uvm.edu

Emily L. Coderre, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Language, Autism, Electroencephalography (EEG), Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI).

Emily.Coderre@med.uvm.edu

Sharon Cote, M.S., CCC-SLP

Clinical Associate Professor

Speech sound disorders, language and literacy

scote@med.uvm.edu

Sarah Curran, M.S., CCC-SLP

Clinical Assistant Professor

Augmentative and alternative communication assessment and intervention, autism spectrum disorders, interprofessional collaboration, family-client centered care.

Sarah.Curran@med.uvm.edu

Tiffany Hutchins, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Parent/child interaction strategies; assessment and treatment of autobiographical memory and social cognition in autism, deafness, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and childhood trauma

Tiffany.Hutchins@med.uvm.edu

Danra Kazenski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Clinical Associate Professor

Clinical supervision and education of students working with children and adults who stutter, facilitation of stuttering support groups for Vermonters of all ages who stutter, implementation research on the effectiveness of the Lidcombe Program treatment in preschool-age children who stutter.

Danra.Kazenski@med.uvm.edu

Patricia A. Prelock

Provost and Senior Vice President

Research focuses: the nature and treatment of autism in children, specifically addressing issues of social cognition and theory of mind using social cognitive interventions; identification of the neurological underpinnings of emotion recognition and theory of mind deficits in children with autism; interprofessional education and collaborative practice; family-centered care.

Provost.Office@uvm.edu

Julia Walberg, M.S., CCC-SLP

Senior Lecturer • Undergraduate Program Director

julia.walberg@uvm.edu

Darin Woolpert, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer and Director of the SLPA Professional Certificate Program • SLP Pre-Master's Track Program through Professional and Continuing Education

Literacy development in bilingual children, cross-linguistic activation in bilingual children, reading comprehension, written expression, narrative development, perinatal stroke, developmental language disorder, child language assessment, cultural and linguistic diversity, evidence-based practice.

Darin.Woolpert@uvm.edu