Faculty & Staff
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
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Ryan L. Nelson, PhD, CCC-SLP |
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Laura E. Arrington, PhD, CCC-SLP
Visiting Assistant Professor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall
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Email: laura.roach1@louisiana.edu
Research Interests: Research Interests: Strengths-Based Practice; Literacy; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Elena Babatsouli, PhD
Assistant Professor
Burke-Hawthorne, Room 246
Phone: 337-482-6727
Research Interests: Cross-linguistic child language acquisition and assessment in monolingualism and bilingualism; Speech sound disorders in children and adults; Louisiana minority languages; Second language acquisition; Phonetics/phonology, Morphology and syntax; Clinical linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Measures and quantitative methods
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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 |
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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 |
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John W. Oller, Jr., PhD Professor Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 219 Current CV Phone: 337-482-6722 Email: joller@louisiana.edu Research Interests: Etiology of Disorders, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Biosemiotics |
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Judith D. Oxley, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor Burke-Hawthorne, 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
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Patrick J. Rydell, Ed.D, CCC-SLP
Visiting Assistant Professor
Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 232
Phone: 720-289-0145
Email: patrick.rydell@louisiana.edu
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Anthony P. Salvatore, PhD, CCC-SLP
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Clinical Faculty
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Christine Weill, PhD, CCC-SLP
Director, Speech, Language, and Hearing Center Burke-Hawthorne Hall,
Clinical Specialty: Autism Spectrum Disorders; Language and Literacy Development; Social Interaction
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Kathleen Johnson Abendroth, PhD, CCC-SLP
Visiting Clinical Supervisor
Burke-Hawthorne, Room 224
Phone: 337-482-6733
Clinical Specialty: Autism Spectrum Disorder; Early Language Development; Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC); Literacy
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Mona Breaux, MS, CCC-SLP
Clinical Supervisor
Burke-Hawthorne, Room 220 Phone Email: ramona.breaux@louisiana.edu Clinical Specialty: Speech and Language Diagnostics |
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Ashley Kidd, MS, CCC-SLP
Visiting Clinical Supervisor
Burke-Hawthorne, Room 209 Email: ashley.kidd@louisiana.edu Clinical Specialty: Dysphagia, Aphasia, Dysarthria, Stroke, and MBSS/dysphagia diagnostic |
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Katherine Mcquitty Hays, MS, CCC-SLP |
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Kimberly Muirhead, MS, CCC-SLP
Clinical Supervisor
Burke-Hawthorne, Room 225B
Phone 337-482-6707
Email: kimberly.muirhead@louisiana.edu Clinical Specialty: Language, Literacy, Articulation, Geriatrics |
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Anne Williams, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-F Clinical Supervisor Burke-Hawthorne, Room 218 Current CV Phone 337-482-6870 Email: anne.williams@louisiana.edu Clinical Specialty: Stuttering, Articulation & Phonology, Language Development |
Adjunct Clinical Staff
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Jaime Crooks, MS, CCC-SLP Burke-Hawthorne, Room 249B Phone: Email: jaime.crooks@louisiana.edu Clinical Specialty: Early language development |
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Administrative Staff
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Roxanna Guillory Harris Administrative Assistant III, Department Office Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 236 Phone 337-482-6721 Email: rharris@louisiana.edu |
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Stacie Thomas Administrative Assistant III, Speech Language and Hearing Center Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 201D Phone 337-482-6490 Email: stacie@louisiana.edu |