Faculty Spotlight

ASHA Convention 2024

Dr. Irani standing next to some colleagues and their Power Point presentation.

Dr. Irani

Dr. Farzan Irani, Dr. Scott Smith, Mr. Grayson Lawrence, CDIS students Grace Sargent and Gracie Bouchard and colleagues from Oklahoma State University collaborated together to create this talk.

Ms. Wendel standing next to her poster at the ASHA Convention

Ms. Wendel

Professor of Instruction and Director of Clinical Education, Ms. Renee Wendel, presenting a poster at the ASHA Convention in Seattle, Washington in December 2024.

Dr. Mohan sanding next to her poster at the ASHA Convention

Dr. Mohan

Dr. Ranjini Mohan along with CDIS student Sarah Paddock, and colleague Bijoyaa Mohapatra collaborated together to create this poster that was presented in the ASHA Convention.

Dr. Irani standing next to Mr. Rodrigues and their poster at the ASHA Convention.

Dr. Irani

Dr. Farzan and Mr. Nate Rodrigues along with CDIS students Gracie Bouchard and Grace Sargent collaborated in this poster “Impact of Sleep on Stuttering.”

College of Health Professions Research Forum 2024

Congratulations to the following faculty members who participated in the College of Health Professions Research Forum!

Kuddos to Ms. Renee Wendel for her participation in the College of Health Professions Research Forum!  She presented her “Crafting Learner-Centered Success in Clinical Education: Strategies to Improve Interaction and Student Voice” research poster.k  Way to go Ms. Wendel!

Ms. Rene Wendel standing next to her research faculty.
Ms. Lori Stiriz standing next to her research poster.

We're proud of Ms. Lori Stiritz!  She was selected to present her “Ungrading Does Not Mean No Grading: Implementation of the No Numbers Approach to Student Assessment in the Health Professions" poster.  This event took place during the College of Health Professions Research Forum.  Great work Ms. Stiritz!

Congratulations to Dr. Jie Yang for obtaining 2nd place for her poster “Acoustic Characteristics of English Intonation in Mandarin-English Bilingual” research poster.  This took place during the College of Health Professions Research Forum in the Round Rock campus.  Well done Dr. Yang!

Dr. Yang along with other students who collaborated with her research poster.
Dr. Schwarz receiving a plaque during the Dean's Seminar.

The Dean's Seminar

The Communication Disorders department is proud of Dr. Amy Louise Schwarz!  She received a plaque for her presentation “Exploration of Caregiver Attitudes Towards Persons with Language Disorders” during the Dean's Seminar.  Nicely done Dr. Schwarz!


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The Master of Science in Communication Disorders (MSCD) and the Master of Arts (MA) in Communication Disorders residential education programs in speech-language pathology at Texas State University are accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2200 Research Boulevard, #310, Rockville, MD 20850, 800-498-2071 or 301-296-5700.