Communication Disorders Faculty

Program | Faculty | Master's | Doctoral | Courses

Harry N. Seymour, Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Disorders, B.A., Howard, 1964; M.A., Ohio State, 1969; Ph.D., 1971.

Karen S. Helfer, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.S., Boston University, 1982; M.A., Indiana, 1983; Ph.D., Northwestern, 1988.

Mary V. Andrianopoulos, Assistant Professor, B.S., Vermont, 1979; M.S., Utah, 1983; Ph.D., 1988.

Jane A. Baran, Professor and Associate Graduate Dean, B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1972; M.A., 1974; Ph.D., Purdue, 1979.

G. Albyn Davis, Professor, B.A., Stanford, 1968; Ph.D., Ohio, 1972.

Richard Freyman, Professor, B.S., Pennsylvania State, 1976; M.A., Temple, 1978; Ph.D., Minnesota, 1984.

Patricia A. Mercaitis, Associate Professor,B.A., Boston College, 1971; M.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1979; Ph.D., 1983.

Sarah F. Poissant, Assistant Professor, B.A., Vermont, 1992; M.A. Connecticut, 1994; Ph.D., 1999.

Charlena M. Seymour, Professor and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost,B.A., Howard, 1965; M.A., Ohio State, 1967; Ph.D., 1971.

Shelley L. Velleman, Assistant Professor, B.A., Wellesley, 1976; M.A., Wisconsin at Madison, 1978; Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 1983; M.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1985.

Adjunct Faculty

Uma Balakrishnan, Speech-Language Pathologist, Windham Central Supervising Union, Newfane, Vt, and Visiting Nurse Alliance of Vermont-New Hampshire, Springfield, Vt.

Rae Banigan, Speech-Language Pathologist, Private Practice, Palmer, Mass.

Peter Bittel, Speech-Language Pathologist, The Futures Health Group, Amherst, Mass.

Myrna P. Cronen, Speech-Language Pathologist and Clinical Supervisor, Center for Language, Speech and Hearing, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Frank E. Musiek, Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology and Neurology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H., and Director of Audiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N.H.

G. Albert Russell, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.