Speech and Hearing Sciences
Faculty Mentors
Johanna Boult, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Department Chair
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
Ashley L. Dockens, Ph.D.
Department: Speech and Hearing Sciences
Email: ashley.dockens@lamar.edu
Research interests:
- Psychoacoustics
- Loudness perception
- Gender/hormonal differences in psychoacoustics
- Hearing aid success predictors
- Community education
Appropriate majors:
- Audiology
- Hearing
- Communication Disorders
- Hearing Aids
- Psychoacoustics
- Acoustics
- Gender
Lilian Felipe, Ph.D.
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:
Appropriate majors:
- Speech and Hearing Sciences
- Audiology
- Music
- Engineering
Lekeitha Morris, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Department: Speech and Hearing Sciences
Email: lmorris6@lamar.edu
Research interests:
- Language and literacy development
- Caregiver training methods and prevention models
- Advising
- Recruiting
- Retaining minority students into the field of speech-language pathology
Appropriate majors:
- Speech and Hearing majors
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