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Our faculty are active researchers and presenters at state, national and international conferences. They have numerous publications and serve as editors and on editorial boards of academic journals.  Members of our faculty have been honored as Distinguished Faculty, Endowed Professors, Outstanding Advisors and Research Mentors.  

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
Department Head and Associate Professor, Hawthorne-BORSF Endowed Professor I
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 236
Current CV
Phone: 337-482-6726
Email: ryan.nelson@louisiana.edu
Research Interests: Childhood Language Disorders; Literacy Construction & Usage; Qualitative Research Methodologies

 

 

 


 
Laura E. Arrington, PhD, CCC-SLP
Visiting Assistant Professor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 222
Phone:337-482-6869
Research Interests: Strengths-Based Practice; Literacy; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

 
 

    


 
Jamie Azios, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor, Doris B. Hawthorne Endowed Chair
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 205
Phone: 337-482-6551
Research Interests: Aphasia; Qualitative Research; Social isolation; Communication access; Life participation approaches; Client-centeredness; Healthcare Interactions
 

    


 
Michael Azios, PhD, CCC-SLP
Visiting Associate Professor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 224
Phone: 337-482-6733
Research Interests: Qualitative Research Methodologies; Stigma Related to Stuttering; Lived Experience of Stuttering; Disability Culture within Educational Contexts; Usefulness of Counseling Practices in Communicative Disorders
 

    


 
Elena Babatsouli, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ben Blanco/BORSF Endowed Professor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 246
Phone: 337-482-6727
Research Interests: Cross-linguistic Child Language Acquisition and Assessment in Monolingualism & Bilingualism; SSDs; Louisiana Minority Languages; SLA, Phonetics/Phonology; Morphology; Clinical Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Measures & Quantitative Methods

    


 
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 209
Current CV
Phone 337-482-5240
Email: holly.damico@louisiana.edu
Research Interests: Language; Literacy; Qualitative Research; Social Engagement; Learning Theory & Application

 
 
Leah Dawsey, M.A. Deaf Studies, MLS Library Science
Instructor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 230
Contact
Interests: American Sign Language, Deaf Culture, & Deaf History

 

    


 
Judith D. Oxley, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 219
Current CV
Phone: 337-482-1188
Email: judith.oxley@louisiana.edu
Research Interests: Language Development & AAC; AAC in Asia; Acoustic Measures of Speech

 

   


 

Katie Potier, M.S. Deaf Education
Instructor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 231
Current CV
Contact:  via Teams
Email: katie.potier@louisiana.edu
Interests: Language & Literacy Development in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children; Language Deprivation Syndrome & Assessment; Policy, & Program Development for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Poplulation

 

   


 
Patrick J. Rydell, Ed.D, CCC-SLP
Visiting Assistant Professor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 206
Phone: 720-289-0145
Research Interests: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Assessment & Intervention; ASD Learning Styles; ASD Social, Communication & Behavioral Challenges


 

   


 

Anthony P. Salvatore, PhD, CCC-SLP
Professor, Doris Hawthorne & Harmon Roy-BORSF Endowed Professor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 208
​Current CV
Phone: 337-482-6489
Email: anthony.salvatore@louisiana.edu
Research Interests: Aphasia; Concussion Management; Single Subject Design; Concept Learning

 

Emeriti Faculty

  

         

Jack S. Damico, PhD, CCC-SLP

 
 

     
Phebe Hayes, PhD
 

     
John A. Tetnowski, PhD, CCC-SLP
 

Clinical Faculty

    


 

Christine P. Weill, PhD, CCC-SLP
Director, Speech, Language, and Hearing Center
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 201-C
Current CV
Phone 337-482-1182
Email: christine.weill@louisiana.edu       
Clinical Specialty: Autism Spectrum Disorders; Language & Literacy Development; Social Interaction; Gender Affirming Voice Therapy 

    


 
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 215
Phone: 337-482-6722
Clinical Specialty: Language & Literacy Development; Articulation & 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; MBSS/Dysphagia Diagnostic
 

    


 

Katherine Mcquitty Hays, MS, CCC-SLP
Visiting Clinical Supervisor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 221
Phone: 337-482-5241
Email: katherine.hays@louisiana.edu
Clinical Specialty: Early Language Development; Articulation & Phonology; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Speech & Language Diagnostics

 

				
    

				


					 

					
			
				

					
Kimberly Muirhead, MS, CCC-SLP

				

					Visiting Clinical Supervisor

				

					Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 223

				

					Phone 337-482-6707

					Email: kimberly.muirhead@louisiana.edu
Clinical Specialty: Language; Literacy; Articulation; Geriatrics

				

					 

				

					 

				

					 

					
		

				
    

				


					 

					
			
				Anne Williams, PhD, 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; ASHA Board Certified Fluency Specialist		
		

	Adjunct Clinical Staff


 



				 
			
				

					Tessa Himel, MS, CCC-SLP

				

					Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 249-B

				
				

					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