Teaching

Teaching Experience

Lecturer, San Diego State University (Global Campus)

• Undergraduate Phonological Acquisition and Disorders

Lecturer, California State University, San Marcos

• Graduate Voice Disorders

Lecturer, Emerson College/ Speech@Emerson

• Graduate Voice Disorders

• Graduate Speech Sound Disorders 

Teaching Assistant, UC San Diego Undergraduate Courses

• • • Languages and Cultures of America

    • Making and Breaking Codes

    • Speech sounds and speech disorders

    • Sociolinguistics

    • Phonetics

Teaching Assistant, Boston University Graduate Courses

• Preschool age language disorders

• Evaluation and Diagnosis

(Representative sample of course evaluations)

Guest Lectures and Panels

• Addressing ethical dilemmas in voice and upper airway care (2023), Panel at ASHA Annual Convention, Boston, MA.

• Linguistic Voice Quality: Evidence from bilingual speakers (2022), Introduction to Linguistics, Alabama State University

• Linguistics in Action: Real-world applications of phonetics and phonology (2022), Introduction to Linguistics, Santa Monica City College

• SLP to PhD: Career trajectory and research (2022), Department of Communication Science and Disorders, University at Buffalo

• Beyond hard conversations: Addressing racism, sexism, transphobia and ableism in our settings (2021), Panel for ASHA SIG3 World Voice Day celebration

• Early career speech-language pathology (2020), Panel at The Fall Voice Conference 2020 

• African American English and the Ebonics controversy, Lign 8 Languages and Cultures of America, UCSD, San Diego, CA (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)

• Introduction to voice disorders, Lign 112 Speech Sounds and Speech Disorders, UCSD, San Diego, CA (2022, 2020, 2019)

• Introduction to treatment for voice disorders, Introduction to Voice and Resonance Disorders (Graduate), SDSU, San Diego, CA 

• The role of speech-language pathologists in evaluation and treating upper airway disorders: An introduction for patients (2018), Women’s Lung Cancer Forum, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA  

• Introduction to telepractice in speech-language pathology (2017), Boston University and Emerson College, Boston, MA

• Effective communication in Parkinson’s Disease: Advice for speakers and listeners. Parkinson’s Disease Support Group (2015), Newton, MA 

• Paradoxical vocal fold motion disorder: Treatment and outcomes (2013), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. 

• Evidence based practice clinical application: Application of two approaches to phonological analysis in assessment (2013). Boston University, Boston, MA

Teaching Related Projects

I run a blog that provides information for people interested in transitioning into speech-language pathology, www.csdpostbacc.com and an Instagram account @csdpostbacc. 

Some helpful links for students interested in Speech-Language Pathology:

• www.csdpostbacc.com

• American Speech-Language and Hearing Association

• NSSHLA

• UCSD undergraduate Speech and Language Sciences major

• Laughs to get you through grad school (I suggest starting from the beginning)