Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty and Staff
Academic Faculty
Karmen Porter, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Email: klporter@fhsu.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Teaching | Research | Graduate Advising | Clinical Education
Areas of Interest: Counseling and Collaboration | Caregiver/Teacher Education | Language and Literacy Disorders
Carol Ellis, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Associate Professor
E-mail:cmellis2@fhsu.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Teaching | Research | Graduate Advising | Undergraduate Mentoring
Areas of Interest: Speech Sound Disorders
Blake Roth, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Graduate Program Director
Assistant Professor
Email: bwroth@fhsu.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Teaching | Research | Clinical Education | Graduate Advising | Undergraduate Mentoring
Areas of Interest: Hearing | Voice | AAC | Anatomy and Physiology
Qiang Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
E-mail: q_li43@fhsu.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Teaching | Research | Graduate Advising | NSSLHA Faculty Sponsor
Areas of Interest: Motor Speech Disorders | Speech Science | Acoustic Analysis of Speech | Cognitive-Linguistic Communication Disorders | Adult Neurogenic Communication Disorders
Ran An, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
E-mail: r_an2@fhsu.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Teaching | Research
Areas of Interest: Fluency Disorders | Language Disorders | Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
Kaylan Evans, EdD. CCC-SLP
SLPA Program Coordinator
Instructor
Email: kwevans2@fhsu.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Coordinating the SLPA Program | Online Teaching | Online Student Mentoring
Areas of Interest: Early Speech and Language Development | Parent/Caregiver Education | Counseling | Dialectal Differences
Clinic Faculty
Jacque Jacobs, M.S., CCC-SLP
Clinic Coordinator
Senior Program Specialist
Email: jljacobs@fhsu.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Clinic Scheduling | Externship Placements | Clinical Education | Teaching
Areas of Interest: Neurogenic Communication Disorders | Voice | AAC
Tara Marshall, M.S., CCC-SLP
Assistant Clinic Coordinator
Lecturer
Email: tsmarshall@fhsu.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Clinical Education | Teaching | NSSLHA Faculty Sponsor | 3+2 Advisor | Undergraduate Mentoring
Areas of Interest: School-Age Speech-Language Development and Disorders | Literacy Development and Disorders | Mentoring and Advising Students
Marcy Beougher, M.S., CCC-SLP
Lecturer
Email: mjbeougher@fhsu.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Clinical Education | Coordinating Preschool Language Services
Areas of Interest: Preschool and School-Age Speech and Language Development | Childhood Apraxia of Speech | Oral Myofunctional Disorders
Kiedra Hickert, M.S., CCC-SLP
Lecturer
E-mail: kmhickert@fhsu.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Clinical Education in Medical SLP
Areas of Interest: Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders across the lifespan | Stroke | Aphasia | TBI/Concussion | Cognitive-Communiation Disorders | Motor Speech Disorders | Head and Neck Cancer
Amy Sterling, M.S., CCC-SLP
Instructor
E-mail: amsterling@fhsu.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Clinical Education | Undergraduate Mentoring
Areas of Interest:
Stephanie Tiernan, M.S., CCC-SLP
Program Specialist
Email: sktiernan@fhsu.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Telepractice Clinical Education | SLPA Program Development
Areas of Interest: Telepractice | School-Age Speech-Language Therapy