Meet Our Faculty
All applicants are strongly encouraged to identify a major professor as part of the application process to assist with identification of student funding sources and faculty availability for mentoring. A list of faculty-mentors is provided below.
Communication Sciences and Disorders Concentration
The full-time faculty in Communication Sciences and Disorders includes individuals representing a wide range of professional interests and educational backgrounds including audiology, hearing science, experimental psychology, physiology, psychoacoustics, neurolinguistics, neurophysiology, speech language pathology, and speech science.
Patrick Briley, PhD
Complexities of Stuttering Research Lab
brileypa@ecu.edu
Yolinda Feimester Holt, PhD
Production & Perception of Speech Sounds Research Lab
holty@ecu.edu
Kathrin Rothermich, PhD
Social Communication & Neuroscience Lab
rothermichk17@ecu.edu
Movement Sciences and Disorders Concentration
Full-time faculty participating in the Movement Sciences and Disorders concentration have professional interest and expertise in the following areas: locomotion biomechanics and energetics, balance and postural control, computer modeling and simulation, bone and joint health, motor control, neurodevelopment, muscle physiology, and neuroscience.