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