2025-2026 University Catalog
Communication Sciences and Disorders Department
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Contact Us
Chairperson: Ashley Gambino
Phone: 518-564-2172
Email: gamb1700@plattsburgh.edu
The B.A./B.S. in communication sciences and disorders (623 curriculum) is a pre-professional track to prepare students for a career as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist. Courses focus on the scientific basis and nature of human communication and its disorders, assessment, and remediation. Students study the normal processes of hearing, speech, and language development and associated disorders such as speech sound and phonological disorders, language-learning delays/disorders, stuttering, aphasia, dysarthria, autism, cleft palate, voice disorders, hearing loss, deafness, and others. Highly qualified faculty members, who have an extensive background in the evaluation and treatment of speech, language, and hearing disorders, teach all of the courses. The department’s mission is to effectively prepare students to meet the challenges of our professions by providing quality instruction, modeling/mentoring, and curricular offerings which reflect our diverse society in accordance with the accepted standards of our professions. The department offers a comprehensive curriculum, which integrates academic knowledge and clinical practice. The communication sciences and disorders curriculum meets all the undergraduate requirements for certification with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and all undergraduate coursework requirements for New York State Licensure.
The goal of the undergraduate program is to provide a solid foundation for the development of clinical expertise. Students are introduced to the department’s Speech & Hearing Center services as part of several undergraduate courses, including the direct observation of assessment and therapy sessions. This careful preparation occurs before any formal clinical practicum can begin. Seniors are given the opportunity to be clinicians in our on-campus Speech & Hearing Center. Through advanced coursework and participation in the center, students are trained to select and apply effective clinical techniques to help clients acquire/improve speech, voice, hearing, and/or language skills. Following completion of coursework for a B.A./B.S. in communication sciences and disorders, students apply to graduate school to pursue a graduate degree. This allows for employment in a variety of settings, which include public schools, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, head trauma centers, community clinics, and private practices.
Professors:
Michael Morgan (Ph.D., Wichita State University)
Associate Professors:
Elizabeth Galletta (Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center)
Ashley Gambino (Au.D, SUNY Buffalo)
Lecturers:
Erica Cook (M.A., SUNY Plattsburgh)
Vera Delorme (M.A., SUNY Plattsburgh)
Magdalena Hertel (M.A., SUNY Plattsburgh)
Elizabeth Whitcomb (M.A., SUNY Plattsburh)
Clinical Directors:
Rachel Flemming (M.A. SUNY Plattsburgh; SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service)
Ashley Gambino
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