满足博士. 筛子: Department chair of Speech and Hearing Sciences reflects, looks toward the future

8月. 2022年1月，网上靠谱正规买球网站 语言与听觉科学系“， gained a new chair that aimed to inspire the faculty, 学生和部门的整体方向. 六个月后, 走廊里流动的能量, 教室, offices and clinic of the speech and hearing building is an energy that gives a simple impression when entering: excitement.

Now, after becoming established with the job and environment, Dr. Johanna 筛子 reflects on her time thus far as the chair of speech and hearing sciences while joyfully looking toward the future of the department she has been tasked to lead.

“Absolutely,” said 筛子, when asked if she was happy she took a chance to join LU half a year ago. “It’s a standard practice for people to wake up and complain about going to work, but I love my job.”

筛子, 在北加州出生和长大, became interested in the study of human language and communication due to her upbringing in a multi-cultural family. 她的父亲, 来自德州, 还有她的母亲, 来自新泽西, allowed 筛子 to grow up in a house that involved daily cross-cultural communication. From the moment she was born, 筛子 knew where she was going.

“It just always fascinated me when it works well,她说. “It’s a beautiful thing, so I became interested in language. 我上大学的时候, I got a linguistics degree with an emphasis in psychology from the University of California Santa Cruz because it was so interesting to me. 我学的是我喜欢的东西.”

Following a conversation with her mother and one of her friends, 筛子 became introduced to the field and study of speech-language pathology. 从那里, 她申请了多所学校, after taking a leap of faith in the application process, was accepted into Northwestern University where she completed her master’s degree.

毕业后, 筛子 would go on to work in hospitals in Hawaii and within the rural Louisiana school system. It was during this time that her cross-cultural communication background came into play and opened her eyes up to a glaring problem within the profession.

“无论我在哪里工作, I saw the need for us to do better as a profession and providing services to clients from diverse backgrounds,她说.

筛子 became passionate about putting in place better policies and procedures when serving people from different cultural and language backgrounds. Her passion and drive led her to visiting a lecture given by Ida Stockman, professor emeritus from Michigan State University, 在博西尔的一所社区大学, 教区.

“The only way to describe it was like being in church,她说. “Everyone else faded away and all I could see and hear was her. 它改变了生活，改变了思想. 讲座结束后, 我站起来，开始问问题, 然后她让我过去和她谈谈.”

筛子 was invited to join Stockman at MSU and to study with her. 晚些时候, she graduated with her doctoral degree in audiology and speech sciences with a focus in urban studies after assisting Stockman with her work on the assessment of African American child language.

筛子 then spent the next 14 years in teaching and administration positions at the University of Louisiana-Monroe and LSU Health Shreveport. After being approached by a former student from ULM regarding the open chair position at LU, 筛子 took the time to research the department and began to fall in love with the prospect of being at LU.

“I looked at all of the faculty members’ areas of interest, and there was a lot of overlap between theirs and mine,她说. “I read the departmental strategic plan and it was so thoughtful. I was really impressed, and when I came to interview, I realized that there is meat in this system. I wanted to be a part of where this program was headed. 我看到了希望.”

在得到这份工作之前, 筛子 had the opportunity to present a guest lecture to speech and hearing students at LU in early 2022. In a similar manner to the lecture she experienced from Ida Stockman, it was the students who convinced her future decision.

“The students are so integral to the vibe of the department,她说. “I gave my guest lecture and the students were engaged, 乐观, 响应, 被授权并参与讨论. I was so impressed by the students and that is the thing that made my decision.”

Not only did the engagement of the students play a role in 筛子’s decision to come to LU, but it also was due to the faculty of the department. 博尔特将其定义为“世界级的”.”

“They are focused on teaching excellence but also have all sorts of research projects that are being published and funded,她说. 作为一个管理者, it’s an ideal situation to be able to support faculty that are generally excellent.”

As 筛子 reflects on her past and the present state of the department, she is also looking towards the future of the department, 她的老师, 学生与成长.

With the department running a fully functioning speech therapy and audiology clinic, 提供的单身汉, masters and doctoral degrees and most recently launching an SLPA track for current undergraduate students, 筛子 is excited for the future of the department and what it can offer.

“We are in the business of producing well-educated students,她说. “We just want the community to know that we are a resource for education and a service to the community.”

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