Faculty & Staff
Our students consistently rank our professors and advisors at levels above both the University and College averages. It is clear that we are eager to share what we know and what we are constantly learning with our students and with the world outside the University.
Academic Faculty
|
Ryan L. Nelson, PhD, CCC-SLP
|
|
Laura E. Arrington, PhD, CCC-SLP
Visiting Assistant Professor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 222
Phone:337-482-6869
Email: laura.roach1@louisiana.edu
Research Interests: Research Interests: Strengths-Based Practice; Literacy; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
|
|
Elena Babatsouli, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ben Blanco/BORSF Endowed Professor in Communicative Disorders
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 246
Phone: 337-482-6727
Research Interests: Cross-linguistic child language acquisition and assessment in monolingualism and bilingualism, SSDs, Louisiana minority languages, SLA, Phonetics/phonology, morphology, Clinical linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Measures and quantitative methods
International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech (ISMBS) 2022 (jpg) next ISMBS 2024
|
|
Michael P. Cannito, PhD, CCC-SLP
Professor, Doris B. Hawthorne- BORSF Endowed Professor II Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 207 Current CV Phone 337-482-1077 Email: michael.cannito@louisiana.edu
Research Interests:
Motor Speech Disorders; Cognitive & Language Disorders in Adults; Neurogenic Voice Disorders; Acoustic Analysis of Speech |
|
Holly L. Damico, PhD, CCC-SLP Associate Professor, Hawthorne-BORSF Endowed Professor III Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 222 Current CV Phone 337-482-5240 Email: holly.damico@louisiana.edu Research Interests: Language, Literacy, Qualitative Research, Social Engagement, Learning Theory and Application |
|
Judith D. Oxley, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 223 Current CV Phone: 337-482-1188 Email: judith.oxley@louisiana.edu
Research Interests: Language Development and AAC; AAC in Asia; Acoustic Measures of Speech
|
|
|
![]() |
Patrick J. Rydell, Ed.D, CCC-SLP
Visiting Assistant Professor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 232
Phone: 720-289-0145
Email: patrick.rydell@louisiana.edu
Research Interests: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Assessment and Intervention; ASD Learning Styles; ASD social, communication and behavioral challenges
|
|
Anthony P. Salvatore, PhD, CCC-SLP |
|
Jack S. Damico, PhD, CCC-SLP
Professor Emeritus
|
![]() |
Phebe Hayes, PhD
Professor Emeritus
|
![]() |
John A. Tetnowski, PhD, CCC-SLP
Professor Emeritus
|
Clinical Faculty
|
Christine Weill, PhD, CCC-SLP
Director, Speech, Language, and Hearing Center
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 201-C
Clinical Specialty: Autism Spectrum Disorders; Language and Literacy Development; Social Interaction
|
|
Mona Breaux, MS, CCC-SLP
Clinical Supervisor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 220
Phone: 337-482-6724 Email: ramona.breaux@louisiana.edu Clinical Specialty: Speech and Language Diagnostics |
|
Derek Dupuis, MS, CCC-SLP
Visiting Clinical Supervisor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 225-B
Phone: 337-482-6722
Email: derek.dupuis@louisiana.edu
Clinical Specialty: Language and Literacy Development, Articulation and Phonology, Autism Spectrum Disorder
|
![]() |
Ashley Kidd, MS, CCC-SLP
Visiting Clinical Supervisor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 249-E
Phone: 337-482-6577
Email: ashley.kidd@louisiana.edu Clinical Specialty: Dysphagia, Aphasia, Dysarthria, Stroke, and MBSS/dysphagia diagnostic |
|
Katherine Mcquitty Hays, MS, CCC-SLP |
|
Kimberly Muirhead, MS, CCC-SLP
Clinical Supervisor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 223
Phone 337-482-6707
Email: kimberly.muirhead@louisiana.edu Clinical Specialty: Language, Literacy, Articulation, Geriatrics |
|
Anne Williams, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-F Clinical Supervisor Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 218 Current CV Phone 337-482-6870 Email: anne.williams@louisiana.edu Clinical Specialty: Stuttering, Articulation & Phonology, Language Development |
Adjunct Clinical Staff
Tessa Himel, MS, CCC-SLP
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 249-B
Email: tessa.himel@louisiana.edu
Evaluations/Diagnostics
|
Administrative Staff
|
Roxanna Guillory Harris Administrative Assistant III, Department Office Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 236 Phone 337-482-6721 Email: rharris@louisiana.edu |
Grace Gallaspy
Clinic Operations and Outreach Coordinator
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 202
Phone: 337-482-6490
Email: grace.gallaspy@louisiana.edu
|