Allied Health and Communicative Disorders

The School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders offers a major in communicative disorders (B.S.) and a minor in communicative disorders. Students interested in one of the school’s academic programs 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
Danica Billingsly, Au.D., Salus University, clinical associate professor
Mary Jo Blaschak, Ph.D., Northwestern University, associate professor
Milijana Buac, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, assistant professor
Anna Cannone, M.A., Northern Illinois University, clinical assistant professor
W. Catherine Cheung, Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, assistant professor
Mariah Cheyney, Au.D., University of Pittsburgh, clinical associate professor
Deidre Dobbels, M.S., Eastern Illinois University, clinical assistant professor
Allison Gladfelter, Ph.D., Purdue University, associate professor
Sarah Greenhagen, DPT, Northern Illinois University, clinical assistant professor
Deana Herrman, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, assistant professor
In-Sop Kim, Ph.D., Florida State University, associate professor
Blythe Kitner, Au.D., Rush University, clinical associate professor
Michael Kushnick, Ph.D., Florida State University, professor
Jamie F. Mayer, Ph.D., Indiana University, associate professor
Deborah McGee, M.A., Northern Illinois University, clinical assistant professor
Megan McKenna, M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, clinical assistant professor
Christy Mausher-Kerwin, DPT, Marquette University, clinical assistant professor
Sarah O’Connor, M.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, clinical assistant professor
Janet L. Olson, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University, professor
Charles Pudrith, Ph.D., Au.D., University of North Carolina, at Greensboro, assistant professor
Diane ScheckLong, Au.D., Still University, clinical assistant professor
Rosanne Thomas, Ph.D., Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, associate professor
Matthew J. Wilson, Ph.D., University of Tennessee Health Science Center, associate professor