CSD Department

Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders

Welcome. The faculty and staff invite you to explore the information about our undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as information about our on-campus speech-language-hearing clinic, the Pauline K. Winkler Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic located in the Joy S. Emery Educational and Clinical Services Center. The Communication Sciences & Disorders Department has an exceptional faculty, an innovative sequence of clinical experiences, and a strong commitment to community service. Our graduate program received re-accreditation from the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association through July 2009.

Please take a few moments to search our site, and contact us if you have questions.

David DeBonis , Ph.D., CCC-A,
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders,
Chair and Associate Professor

Meet the Faculty

Did you know?
The department offers a wide range of clinical services to the college and local community through the Pauline K. Winkler Speech-Language-Hearing Center, located in the Joy S. Emery Educational and Clinical Services Center. These services are available to adults and children with articulation, phonology, language, voice, fluency and hearing disorders.

Useful links:
CASHA
(Capital Area Speech Hearing Association)

NYSSLHA
(New York State
Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Inc.)

ASHA
(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)

FACULTY
Charleen M. Bloom, CSJ, Ph.D.
Specialty: stuttering, counseling

Martha A. Boose, Ph.D.
Specialty: augmentative-alternative communication, phonology

Donna Cooperman, D.A.
Specialty: stuttering, diagnostic
evaluation, clinical methods

David DeBonis, Ph.D.
Communication Disorders Department Chair
Specialty: audiology, educational
psychology

Jim Feeney, M.S.
Specialty: developmental disabilities, literacy, augmentive communication, traumatic brain injury.

John Pickering, Jr., Ph.D.,
Assistant Dean
Specialty: voice, speech and
hearing science

Anne Toolan Rowley, M.A.
Specialty: language development, school age and written language disorders

Mark Ylvisaker, Ph.D.
Specialty: brain injury, child language, child language disorders

CLINICAL FACULTY
Kimberly Lamparelli, M.S.
Director of Clinical Services

Jeanne McDonald, M.S.
Preschool Services Coordinator

Sarah Coons, M.S.
Primary College Supervisor

Kathleen Kelleher-Assael, M.S.
Clinical Supervisor