Ph.D. Alumnae and Alumni Placements

Our Ph.D. graduates have taken diverse positions in various work settings. Please see below where they are currently.


 

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Kara Leyzac (AuD '10, PhD '10)

Associate Professor,

Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Director,

Cochlear Implant Program

https://education.musc.edu/MUSCApps/facultydirectory/Schvartz-Leyzac-Kara

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Kelly King (AuD '08, PhD '11)

Research Audiologist and Program Officer,

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/es/about/staff/kelly-king

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Matt Winn (AuD '10, PhD '11)

Associate Professor,

University of Minnesota, Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/listen-lab/people?authuser=0

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Pei-Tzu Tsai (PhD '11)

Associate Professor & Department Chair,

San Jose State University, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences

https://www.sjsu.edu/people/peitzu.tsai/

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Sally Gallena (PhD '12)

Associate Professor & Clinical Supervisor,

Loyola University

https://www.loyola.edu/academics/speech/faculty-staff/gallena-sally.html

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Giovanna Morini (PhD '14)

Associate Professor,

University of Delaware, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

https://sites.udel.edu/slam-lab/people/

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Cathy Torrington Eaton (PhD '14)

Assistant Professor,

UT Health San Antonio

https://directory.uthscsa.edu/academics/profile/torringtonea

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Alessandro Presacco (PhD in NACS '16)

Post-Doctoral Associate,

University of Southern California

https://sites.usc.edu/bionicearlab/people/

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Chris Bologna (AuD '12, PhD '17)

Assistant Professor, 

Towson University, Department of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology

https://www.towson.edu/chp/departments/asld/facultystaff/william-bologna.html

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Chris Heffner (PhD in NACS '17)

Assistant Professor,

University of Buffalo, Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences

https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/cspanlab/

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Rachel Adler (PhD '18)

Data Scientist,

Bloomberg L.P.

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Melissa D. Stockbridge (MA-PhD '18)

Assistant Professor,

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology

https://score.jhmi.edu/people/stockbridge.html

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Maureen Shader (PhD in CEBH '19)

Assistant Professor,

Purdue University, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

https://hhs.purdue.edu/brainlab/

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Amritha Mallikarjun (PhD in NACS '20)

Postdoctoral Researcher,

University of Pennsylvania, Penn Vet Working Dog Center

https://www.vet.upenn.edu/research/centers-laboratories/center/penn-vet-working…

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Jaclyn Schurman (AuD '15, PhD '20)

Program Officer,

National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/about/staff/jaclyn-schurman

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Arifi Waked (PhD '20)

Assistant Professor,

Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences

https://faculty.pmu.edu.sa/PMUFaculties/Details/amohammedwaked

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Brittany Jaekel (PhD '20)

Technical Writer,

Bright Research

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Julie Cohen (AuD '12, PhD '20)

Scientific Reviewer & Audiologist,

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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Julianne Garbarino (PhD '21)

Speech-Language Pathologist,

Capitol Region Education Council, Hartford, CT

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Rebecca Bieber (AuD '17, PhD '21)

Research Audiologist,

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

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Michele Erskine (PhD '22)

Postdoctoral Position,

Purdue University

https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/slhs/llamalab/team/michelle-erskine/

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Allison Johnson (PhD '22)

Adjunct Professor,

University of Maryland, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences

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Zoe Ovans (PhD in NACS '22)

Postdoctoral Position,

University of Pennsylvania

https://web.sas.upenn.edu/trueswell-lab/people/

 

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Zach Maher (PhD in NACS '23)

Postdoctoral Position,

Pennsylvania State University

https://bild.la.psu.edu/

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Arynn Byrd (PhD '24)

Speech-Language Pathologist,

Kipps DC Schools

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Erika Exton (PhD '24)

Postdoctoral Position,

Northwestern University, Department of Linguistics

https://linguistics.northwestern.edu/people/postdoctoral-fellows/

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Lauren Salig (PhD '24)

Postdoctoral Position,

University of Michigan

https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/kovelman-lab/

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Katherine Menon (PhD '24)

Study Director,

Bright Research

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Anna Tinnemore (PhD '25)

Postdoctoral Researcher,

Western University

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02/08/2026 - 12:46 pm