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2009-2010 ICCS Conference

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CSD 200: Digital Stories Playlist

The following digital stories were created by undergraduate students in a CSD 200 survey course. These stories, highlighting personal experiences with speech-language and hearing related disorders, are available for viewing:

  1. Justin - Hearing loss secondary to Congenital   Cholesteatoma
  2. Grandma’s Story - Presbycusis
  3. Dr. Evans - Developmental reading and expressive writing disorder
  4. Zoe - Pediatric Dysphagia
  5. Brent - Autism
  6. Danielle - Language Disorder secondary to learning disability
  7. Cole – Autism

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Announcing Early Retirement -- Brenda C. Seal, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders is retiring at the end of this summer after 33 years of affiliation with JMU.  Dr. Seal came to JMU’s Speech Pathology and Audiology Department in 1981 as an instructor.  She had previously taught in both the Department’s graduate and undergraduate program for 5 years while she served as speech-language pathologist at the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind (1973-1981).  Brenda directed the JMU Speech and Hearing Lab for 7 years, from 1986 through spring 1993.  She was promoted to Professor in 1998 and she was made an ASHA Fellow in 2007.  She plans to maintain several research projects in her lab beyond her retirement. 

New Faculty for Fall, 2009 – Welcome!

Welcome to Dr. Christy Ludlow

Ph.D. Fellowships available! Contact Dr. Christy Ludlow for details.

Congratulations

  • Dr. Kia Johnson on being named the 2009 MO-KAN-NE Trio Achiever from the MO-KAN-NE Chapter of Mid-America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel, awarded in recognition of academic, professional, and personal success .
  • Dr. Dan Halling for being elected to the Board of the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, effective January 2008 and for being elected the Vice-Chair for Audiology for the Council in 2009.

Academic News

Application Deadlines

  • Ph.D. in CSD
    Applications accepted any time.
  • Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.)
    Applications for admission for Fall 2010 Due 2/1/10
  • Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology
    Applications for admission for Fall 2010 Due 2/1/10
  • Post-Au.D. Ph.D. Contact Dr. Dan Halling
  • Dual Au.D./ Ph.D. program Contact Dr. Dan Halling
  • Clinical SLP plus Ph.D. program available. ContactCindy O’Donoghue, Ph.D.
  • Master’s Degree (by research) in CSD.  Contact Dr. Rory DePaolis

Need graduate coursework to maintain certification/licensure and/or to keep current? As the year progresses, watch this spot for information about courses that will be available in Summer, 2010.

See more information on enrolling as a non-degree seeking student.

Contact the Department

Communication Sciences and Disorders
HHS 1128, MSC 4304
James Madison University
Telephone (540) 568-6440
Fax: (540) 568-8077

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