Academic and Clinical Faculty
See Also: Hearing & Speech Center | Audiology Clinic | Child Hearing Services | Pediatric Language Clinic |
UT Medical Center | Emeritus Faculty
| Name | Title | Area of Expertise | Phone | |
| Head of Department | ||||
| Ilsa Schwarz, Ph.D. |
Professor | Child Language and Literacy | 974-5019 | ischwarz@utk.edu |
| Academic Faculty | ||||
| Molly Erickson, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Voice and Speech Science | 974-9895 | merickso@utk.edu |
| Seunghee Ha, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Cleft Palate Speech, Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism, Speech Production | 974-4802 | sha@utk.edu |
| Ashley Harkrider, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor | Physiological Correlates of Auditory Perception | 974-1810 | aharkrid@utk.edu |
| Mark Hedrick, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Speech perception, psychophysics | 974-8105 | mhedric1@utk.edu |
| Patti Johnstone, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Director of Audiology | Unaided, aided and prosthetic spatial hearing; Hearing loss prevention | 974-3319 | pjohnst1@utk.edu |
| Colleen Karow, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Adult Neurologic Communication Disorders and Dysphagia |
974-1789 | ckarow@utk.edu |
| Kristin A. King, ABD, CCC-SLP | Instructor | Adult and Child Neuropathological Disorders; cognitive-linguistic processing, hemispheric processing | 974-5277 | kking29@utk.edu |
| Patrick N. Plyler, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor | Diagnostic audiology, amplification, and aural rehabilitation. Current research projects are examining the effectiveness of digital hearing instruments as well as the efficacy of bone-conducted otoacoustic emissions. | 974-7588 | pplyler@utk.edu |
| Tim Saltuklaroglu, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Stuttering, Speech Perception, Speech Production | 974-0355 | tsaltukl@utk.edu |
| James W. Thelin, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Clinical procedures in audiology. Hearing/vestibular disorders, communication development in CHARGE syndrome. | 974-1796 | jthelin@utk.edu |
| Deborah von Hapsburg, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Effects of profound hearing loss on speech acquisition, focusing on the effect of cochlear implants on infant speech acquisition. Investigation of factors which may affect the intelligibility of other languages | 974-1811 | dvh@utk.edu |
| Clinical Faculty - Hearing and Speech Center | ||||
| Ann Michael, Ph.D., CCC-SLP | Director of Clinical Services | Language and literacy skills in young children | 974-5451 | amichae3@utk.edu |
| Dan Valentine, Ph.D., CCC-SLP | Associate Director, HSC Clinical supervisor |
Stuttering, English as a second language/dialect reduction, reading disorders | 974-4647 | valentin@utk.edu |
| Carol Sheridan, M.A., CCC-SLP | Clinical Coordinator Clinical supervisor |
Pediatric language | 974-4641 | csherida@utk.edu |
| Sue Bessel Hume, Ph.D., CCC-SLP | Clinical supervisor | Voice disorders, phonological and structural speech disorders | 974-5451 | shume@utk.edu |
| Teresa Renee Vaughn, M.A., CCC-SLP | Clinical supervisor | Pediatrics, autism, apraxia, pervasive language delay, early childhood education | 974-0658 | tvaughn@utk.edu |
| Clinical Faculty - Audiology Clinic | ||||
| Beth Humphrey, Au.D., CCC-A | Clinical supervisor | Diagnostic audiology and amplification for both pediatric and adult populations, cochlear implant programming and auditory processing evaluations | 974-2548 | humphre1@utk.edu |
| Erin Plyler, Au.D., CCC-A | Clinical supervisor | Serves pediatric patients birth through 21 years old. Specializing in pediatric diagnostics, amplification (hearing aids and FM systems) and auditory processing evaluations | 974-3765 | erinp@utk.edu |
| Nancy Schay, Au.D., CCC-A | Clinical supervisor | Adult diagnostic & amplification services; Auditory & vestibular electrophysiological assessment | 974-5453 | nschay@utk.edu |
| Marianne Searfoss, Au.D., CCC-A | Clinical supervisor | Adult diagnostics, adult amplification, assistive listening devices | 974-5451 | msearfos@utk.edu |
| Kelly Yeager, Au.D., CCC-A | Clinical supervisor | Serves birth to age 21 including, infant hearing screenings / electrophysiological diagnostic evaluations, audiological behavioral diagnostic evaluations, hearing aid/ FM evaluations/fittings as well as family support/education. | 974-1799 | kyeager@utk.edu |
| Clinical Faculty - Child Hearing Services | ||||
| Velvet Buehler, M.A., CCC-SLP, CCC-A | Associate Director, CHS Clinical supervisor |
Aural habilitation for children with hearing impairments; aural habilitation for children with cochlear implants; evaluation of children with central auditory processing disorders (CAPD); evaluation and fitting of amplification devices | 974-1798 | velvet@utk.edu |
| Julie Beeler, M.A., CCC-A | Clinical supervisor | Aural habilitation with infant and pre-school to school-age children. Diagnostic audiological evaluations and hearing aid evaluations/fittings. FM system evaluations/fittings. Aural-oral communication assessments with children who utilize hearing aids and cochlear implants (pre- and post-cochlear implant evaluations). Family support/education | 974-5453 | jbeeler8@utk.edu |
| Kimberly C. Jenkins, M.A., CCC-SLP | Clinical supervisor | Pediatric aural habilitation; Aural-Oral communication assessments with children who utilize hearing aids and cochlear implants (pre and post-cochlear implant evaluations); sign language, treatment of children with auditory processing disorders; sensory integration dysfunction; family support/parent education | 974-4758 | kimberlyjenkins@yahoo.com |
| Emily Noss, M.A., CCC-SLP | Clinical supervisor | 974-1788 | eclark1@utk.edu | |
| Clinical Faculty - Pediatic Language Clinic | ||||
| Pat Webb, M.Ed., CCC-SLP | Associate Director, PLC | Child language early intervention (birth-to-three) | 974-6702 | webb01@utk.edu |
| Vickie Barnes, M.A., CCC-SLP | Clinical supervisor | Pediatrics (birth-to-three); specifically in the areas of autism/PDD, sensory integration / motor development, augmentative communication, oral motor stimulation, and apraxia | 974-6702 | vbarnes1@utk.edu |
| Suzan Baker, M.A., CCC-SLP | Clinical supervisor | 974-6702 | suzbaker@utk.edu | |
| Sabrina Smiley Evans, M.S., CCC-SLP | Early Intervention for children (0-3), with primary areas of interest in autism spectrum disorders and feeding disorders | 974-6703 | ssmiley@utk.edu | |
| Emeritus Faculty | ||||
| Carl Asp, Ph.D. | Emeritus | Verbotonal and Speech Science | casp@utk.edu | |
| Samuel B. Burchfield, Ph.D. | Emeritus | Amplification | samburch@utk.edu | |
| Jerry Carney, Ph.D. | Emeritus | Professional Development, Structural Disorders | jcarney@utk.edu | |
| Jack Ferrell, M.A. | Emeritus | Hearing Conservation and Sound Level Measurement | cjf01@comcast.net | |
| Anna K. Nabelek, Ph.D. | Emeritus | Hearing Aid Outcome | 974-1806 | anabelek@utk.edu |
| Igor Nabelek, Ph.D. | Emeritus | Speech Perception | nabeleki@utk.edu | |
| UT Medical Center | ||||
| Theronne Singletary, M.S., CCC-SLP | Speech-Language Services Director | Medically debilitated or traumatically injured patients, geriatrics, and patients with tracheostomies and mechanical ventilation. Placement of speaking valves and treatment for closed head injury and swallowing disorders | 544-9151 | tsinglet@utmck.edu |