Allied Health and Communicative Disorders (AHCD, AHLS, AHPT, AHRS, COMD)

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Admission to the majors in medical laboratory sciences is limited. See “Limited Admissions and Limited Retention Requirements” in the front part of this catalog.

The School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders offers majors in medical laboratory sciences (B.S.), communicative disorders (B.S.), health sciences (B.S.), a minor in communicative disorders, and a baccalaureate degree completion program. Students interested in one of the school’s majors or minors should contact the college advising office as early as possible. Failure to do so could result in delayed graduation.

Majors in the School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders who are preparing for professional practice may be dismissed from a program on the basis of either academic deficiencies or nonprofessional performance. Specific criteria relating to these areas are made known to each student at the time the professional phase of a program is initiated.

Allied Health and Communicative Disorders Faculty

Sherrill R. Morris, Ph.D., University of Kansas, associate professor, chair
Hamid Bateni, Ph.D., McGill University, associate professor
Mary Jo Blaschak, Ph.D., Northwestern University, associate professor
Daniel L. Boutin, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, associate professor
King Chung, Ph.D., Northwestern University, associate professor
Cristine F.C. Dos Santos, Ph.D., UNESP, assistant professor
Prisca Collins, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, assistant professor
Bryan K. Dallas, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, assistant professor
Danai C. F. Fannin, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, assistant professor
Deborah L. Gough, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University, professor emeritus
Jeanne M. Isabel, M.S.Ed., Northern Illinois University, associate professor
Gregory A. Long, Ph.D., University of Kansas, Presidential Teaching Professor
Jamie F. Mayer, Ph.D., Indiana University, assistant professor
Amanda K. McCarthy, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University, assistant professor
Raymundo Munguia Vazquez, Ph.D., McGill University, assistant professor
Christine Odeh, M.H.S., University of Indianapolis, instructor
Janet L. Olson, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University, assistant professor
Masih Shokrani, Ph.D., Meharry Medical College, associate professor
Patricia Tattersall, Ph.D., Western Michigan University, assistant professor
Miriam VanMersbergen, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, assistant professor
Matthew J. Wilson, Ph.D., University of Tennessee Health Science Center, assistant professor

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