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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.
Yolinda Feimester Holt, PhD
Production & Perception of Speech Sounds Research Lab
holty@ecu.edu
Jamie Perry, PhD
Cleft Palate Speech Imaging & Visualization Lab
perryja@ecu.edu
Kathrin Rothermich, PhD
Social Communication & Neuroscience Lab
rothermichk17@ecu.edu
Heather Harris Wright, PhD
Aging & Adult Language Science Lab
wrighth@ecu.edu
Deirdre Larsen, PhD
Equality and Accessibility Lab for Swallowing
larsend22@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.