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2025-2026 University Catalog 
    
2025-2026 University Catalog

Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (Graduate)


Website: https://hhs.purdue.edu/graduate-students/programs/?department=speech-language-and-hearing-sciences

Department/School Head

Jennifer Simpson (interim)

Faculty by Rank

Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Emeritus Faculty
Arielle Borovsky
Alexander L. Francis
Michelle Gutmann
Michael Heinz
 David Kemmerer
Ravi Krishnan
Laurence B. Leonard
Chenell Loudermill
Georgia Malandraki
Jennifer Simpson
Preeti Sivasankar
Beth Strickland
Dawn Wetzel
Shannon Van Hyfte
Joshua Alexander
Jaime Bauer Malandraki
Françoise Brosseau-Lapré
Anne Gritt
Natalya Kaganovich
Brandon Keehn
Jiyeon Lee
Christi Masters
Kelly Bailey
Jillian Hubertz
Kwang Kim
Windi Krok
Lydia Kruse
Arianna LaCroix
Zachary La Fratta
Malinda McPherson
Jane Mondul
Melissa Newell
Allison Schaser
Maureen Shader
Katherine Smith
Barb Cicholski
David Ertmer
Macalyne Fristoe
Jackson T. Gandour
Lisa Goffman
David Goldstein
Hope Gulker
Jessica Huber
Keith Kluender
Lata Krishnan
Jeanette Leonard
Claudia Mournout
William Murphy
Robert Novak
Mary Lou Poole
Anne Smith 
Barbara Solomon
Christine Weber

Academic Programs

Master’s, Au.D., and Ph.D. Programs
The Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences emphasizes the study of human communication sciences and disorders. All aspects of communication - including speech, language, and hearing - as well as essential functions of swallowing and balance,  are explored through all stages of the lifespan. The Department provides excellence in education across undergraduate, graduate professional (MS-SLP and AuD), and research programs (Ph.D.).”
  • Ph.D. Program
  • Au.D. Program
  • MS-SLP Program
  • Dual Track Degree Programs
Concentrations (Areas of Study)
  • Auditory Perception, Neural Plasticity, and Sensory Aids
  • Augmentative and Alternative Communication
  • Aural Rehabilitation for Children and Adults
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches to Hearing, Language Processing, and Communicative Disorders: Applications of Functional Brain Imaging and Evidence from Brain-Damaged Individuals
  • Language Structure, Development, and Disorders: Single Language and Crosslinguistic Studies
  • Linguistics Applied to Communicative Sciences and Disorders
  • Sign Language Linguistics
  • Speech and Voice Physiology
  • Speech Perception
  • Speech Production, Development, and Disorders: A Lifespan Perspective
  • Swallowing Physiology and Swallowing Disorders

Programs

    Master of ScienceDoctor of AudiologyDoctor of Philosophy

    Courses

      Speech, Language and Hearing Science