Speech and Hearing Sciences

Faculty Mentors

Stefanie Becerril, Ph.D.

Department: Speech and Hearing Sciences

Email: sbecerril1@lamar.edu

Research interests:

  • Fluency Disorders
  • Counseling in Communication Disorders
  • Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
  • English as a Second Language
  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Qualitative Methods in Research
  • Service Learning
  • Problem/Project-Based Learning
  • Interprofessional Education and Practice
  • Service Delivery to Multilingual Children
  • School-Age Language and Literacy Development Disorders

Appropriate majors:

  • Speech and Hearing Sciences

Johanna Boult, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Department: Speech and Hearing Sciences

Email: jweddleboult@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Equity and cultural-linguistic diversity in speech language pathology related to:
    • Least-biased language assessment
    • Code switching (including cross-cultural pragmatics and register use)
    • Recruitment and retention of minoritized students
    • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning related to optimal teaching and learning (equity and diversity in SLP
    • Perception of motor speech disorders
    • Research in SLP

Appropriate majors:

  • Speech and Hearing Sciences

Lilian Felipe, Ph.D. - Department Chair

Department: Speech and Hearing Sciences

Email: lfelipe@lamar.edu

Research interests: 

  • Vestibular and auditory systems
  • Dizziness impairment
  • Virtual reality
  • Concussion
  • NASA
  • Cochlear implant
  • Electrophysiology

Connie Howard, Au.D.

Department: Speech and Hearing Sciences

Email: clhoward@my.lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Hearing conservation 

Appropriate majors:

  • Speech and Hearing Sciences
  • Audiology
  • Music
  • Engineering 

Priyanka Jaisinghani

Department: Speech and Hearing Sciences

Email: pjaisinghani@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Cochlear Implants
  • Hearing Aid
  • Hearing Loss
  • Bimodal Hearing

Appropriate majors:

  • Speech and Hearing Sciences

Heather Reading, Au.D.

Department: Speech and Hearing Sciences

Email:  hreading@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Clinical supervision
  • Electrophysiology

Appropriate majors:

  • Speech and Hearing Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Clinical Professions