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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:

  • 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