"The only way to have a friend is to be one." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Currently, I'm an Associate Professor in the School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at The University of Akron where I teach courses related to childhood language development/disorders, phonetics, professional practices, and aural habilitation/Auditory-Verbal Therapy. My primary areas of research include spoken language acquisition in children with hearing loss, strategies for enhancing parent engagement in the intervention process, and telepractice as a service delivery model. Prior to joining the faculty at The University of Akron, I was an Assistant Professor in the Department o