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FRANCES RUTH JACKSON FREEMAN, PH.D., C.C.C. -- CURRICULUM VITA




CURRICULUM VITA

Frances Ruth Jackson Freeman, Ph.D., C.C.C.

 Electronic version

 


PERSONAL INFORMATION

DOB – Oct. 29, 1939

Place of Birth – Coushatta, LA., USA

Citizenship – U.S.A.

Marital Status – Married 52 yrs.




CONTACT INFORMATION



CONTACT INFORMATION

 Home:

       8881 Crestview Dr.

Frisco, TX 75034

(972) 335-2907 

(318) 347-8318 – Cell

Francesfreeman7@me.com


 Office:

       The University of Texas at Dallas

800 West Campbell Rd. MP 26

(972) 883-4549

(972) 883-45465 (Fax)

(972) 883-4566 (AA)

Frances.freeman@utdallas.edu




EDUCATION


DATE

DEGREE

INSTITUTION

1977

Ph.D. in Speech & Hearing Sciences

City University of New York

Graduate Center, NY, NY

1966

M.S. in Special Education

Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, LA

1962 -1972

30 (24 Grad. & 6 U.G.) credits earned at several universities, & not included in BS or MS

University of Texas at Arlington, LA. Tech, Francis T. Nichols U., N.S.U., L.S.U., N.Y.U., N.Y.I.T.

1961

B.S. in Speech, minor in English

Northwestern State U. of LA

1957

High School Diploma (Valedictorian)

Logansport High School, Logansport, LA


EXPERIENCE


YEARS

TITLE--POSITION

EMPLOYER--LOCATION

2009-present

Assistant Vice President  for Faculty Diversity (1/2 time)

University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, TX

1976-present

Consultant – Speech Research, Grant writing & review; Curriculum development & review; Forensic speech/voice analyses; non-fiction writing..


Clients – NIH, Schools, Charity Institutions, Universities, U.S. Gov., Law Enforcement, Attorneys, free-lance writers.

2004-2007

Adjunct-Instructor

University of North Texas

Denton, TX

2000-2004    

Local Pastor, LA Conference,

United Methodist Church

Bethel United Methodist Church, Logansport, LA.

1996-2002

Professor, Communication Sciences

Stephen F. Austin State U.

1992-1996

Speech-Language Pathologist Research Scientist, & Clinical Professor 

Callier Center for Communication Disorders, University of Texas at Dallas

1985-1991

 Research Scientist

University of Texas at Dallas, Callier Center for Comm. Dis.

1980-1985

Associate Professor promoted  from Assistant Professor

University of Texas at Dallas, Callier Center for Comm. Dis.

1979-1980

Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

1978-1979

Speech-Language Pathologist

Glenbard Schools, Glen Ellen, IL


1972-1978

Research Associate (started as Research Assistant and advanced)

Haskins Laboratories, affiliate of Yale U., New Haven, CN

1974-1977

Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences

Adelphi University, Garden City, Long Island, N.Y.

1964-1972

Speech-Language Pathologist, Diagnostician, Coordinator of Parish Services

Caddo Parish Schools, Shreveport, LA –Among 1st teachers to integrate schools.

1967-1970

Supervisor of Student Teachers 

Northwestern St. U. of LA

1967-1970

Speech-Language Pathologist 

Louisiana Dept. of Vocational Rehabilitation

1963-1964

Speech-Language Pathologist 

Established the Program

Duncanville ISD, Duncanville, TX

1962-1963

English Teacher (9th grade)

Duncanville ISD, Duncanville, TX

1960-1961

Debate & Forensics Coach 

(won state recognition)

St. Mary’s High School, Natchitoches, LA

1958

Producer, Announcer, Talk show host,  Engineer

KDET Radio Station, Center, TX

(1 of less than 100 Women broadcasters in Texas)

1955-1957

Reporter, Copy Editor

Interstate Progress & Mansfield Enterprise, in Mansfield, LA

(My Editor left  to work for  NY Times)  and later NBC News)






PUBLICATIONS (Selected )


Referred Journal Publications (in reverse chronology, including most recent submission)

Stager, S., Freeman, F. J., Braun, A. Characteristics of Fluency and Speech in Familial Stuttering: Studies of Two Large Families.  Submitted to the Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research (Aug., 2011).

Watson, B.C., Freeman, F.J., Devous, M., Chapman, S., Finitzo, T., & Pool, K.  Linguistic performance and regional cerebral blood flow deficits in persons who stutter. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 37: 1221-1228 (1994)

Pool, K,. Devous, M., Watson, B., Finitzo, T., & Freeman, F. J., Reply to Fox, Lancaster, and Ingham. Letters to the Editor. Archives of Neurology, 50: 1289-1291 (1993)

Stager, S. & Freeman, F. J. Representing laryngeal reaction time performance. Journal of Voice, 6: 2-10 (1992)

Watson, B., Pool, K., Devous, M., Freeman, F.J., Finitzo, T. Brain blood flow related to acoustic laryngeal reaction time in adult stutterers. Journal of Speech & Hearing Research, 35: 555-561 (1992)

Schaefer, S., Roark, R., Freeman, F.J., Watson, B., Butsch, R., Kondraske, G., Pohl, J., Multichannel electromyographic observations in spasmodic dysphonic patients and normal control subjects. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology, 101: 67-75 (1992)

Pool, K, Freeman, F.J., Finitzo, T., Hayashi, M., Chapman, S., Devous, M., Close, L., Kondraske, G., Mendelsohn, D., Schaefer, S., & Watson, B. Heterogeneity in spasmodic dysphonia: Neurologic and voice findings.  Archives of Neurology, 48: 509-512 (1991)

Pool, K., Devous, M., Freeman, F.J., Watson, B., & Finitzo, T. Regional cerebral blood flow in developmental stutterers. Archives of Neurology, 48: 305-309 (1991)

Watson, B., Freeman, F.J., & Dembowski, J. Respiratory-laryngeal coupling and complexity effects on acoustic laryngeal reaction time in normal speakers. Journal of Voice, 3: 18-28 (1991)

Watson, B., Freeman, F.J., Chapman, S., Miller, S., Finitzo, T., Pool, K., & Devous, M. Linguistic performance deficits in stutterers: Relation to laryngeal reaction times profiles.  Journal of Fluency Disorders, 16: 85-100 (1991)

Watson, B., Freeman, F.J., Pool, K., Finitzo, T., Chapman, S., Mendelsohn, D., Devous, M., Schaefer, S., Close, L., & Kondraske, G. Laryngeal reaction profiles in spasmodic dysphonia: Relationship to cortical electrophysiologic abnormality. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 34: 269-278 (1991)

Watson, B., Schaefer, S., Freeman, F.J., Dembowski, J., Kondraske, G., Roark, R. Laryngeal electromyographic activity in adductor and abductor spasmodic dysphonia. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research ,34: 473-482 (1991)

Finitzo, T., Freeman, F.J., Pool, K., Devous, M., and Watson, B. Whether and wherefore: a response to Aronson and Lagerlund. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 34: 806-811 (1991)

Devous, M., Pool, K., Finitzo, T., Freeman, F.J., Schaefer, S., Watson, B., Kondraske, G., & Chapman, S. Evidence for cortical dysfunction in spasmodic dsyphonia: Regional cerebral blood flow and quantitative electrophysiology.  Brain and Language, 35: 331-344 (1990)

Finitzo, T., & Freeman, F.J., Spasmodic dysphonia, whether and where: Results of seven years of research. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 32: 511-544 (1989) 

Schaefer, S., Watson, B., Freeman, F.J., Pool, K., Finitzo, T. Vocal tract electromyographic abnormalities in spasmodic dysphonia: A preliminary report. Transactions of the American Laryngological Association, 108: 187-190 (1987)

Freeman, F.J., Schaefer, S., Finitzo, T. & Cannito, M. Episodic reactive dysphonia: a case study. Journal of Communication Disorders, 20: 259-263 (1987)

Finitzo, T., Pool, K., Freeman, F.J., Cannito, M., Schaefer, S., Ross, E., Spasmodic dysphonia subsequent to head trauma. Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head, Neck Surgery, 113: 1107-1110 (1987)

Meyers, S. & Freeman, F.J. Are mothers of stutterers different? An investigation of social communicative interaction. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 10: 193-209 (1985)

Meyers, S. & Freeman, F.J. Mother and child speech rates as a variable in stuttering and disfluency. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 28: 436-444. (1985)

Meyers, S. & Freeman, F.J., Interruptions as a variable in stuttering and disfluency. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 28: 428-435. (1985)

Schaefer, S., Freeman, F.J., Finitzo, T., Close, L., Cannito, M., Ross, E., Reisch, J. & Maravilla, K. Magnetic resonance imaging findings and correlations in spasmodic dysphonia. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology, 94: 595-601 (1985)

Freeman, F.J., Cannito, M., & Finitzo, T. Getting to know spasmodic dysphonic patients. Tejas: Journal of Texas Speech & Hearing Association, 10: 14-19 (1985) reprinted and distributed for 10 years by the National Association for Spasmodic Dysphonia

Feldman, M., Nixon, I., Finitzo, I., & Freeman, F.J. Abnormal para-sympathetic vagal function in patients with spasmodic dysphonia. Annals of Internal Medicine 491-495 (1984)

Clutter, M. & Freeman, F.J. The six blind men revisited. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 9: 89-92 (1984)

Schaefer, S., Finitzo, T., Gerling, I., and Freeman, F.J. Brainstem conduction abnormalities in spasmodic dysphonia.  Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology, 92: 59-63 (1983)

Rosenfield, D. & Freeman, F.J. Stuttering onset after laryngectomy. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 8: 265-267 (1983)

Finitzo, T., Freeman, F.J., Gerling, I.J., Dobson, L., and Schaefer, S. Auditory brainstem response abnormalities in patients with adductor spasmodic dysphonia.  Journal of Otolaryngology, 3: 26-30 (1982)

Freeman, F.J. & Rosenfield, D. “Source” in dysfluency. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 7: 295-297 (1982)

Freeman, F.J. Phonation in stuttering: a review of current research. Journal of Fluency Disorders (1979)

Freeman, F.J., Sands, E., & Harris, K.  Temporal coordination of phonation and articulation in a case of apraxia: A voice onset time study. Brain and Language, 6: 106-111 (1978)

Sands, E., Freeman, F.J., & Harris, K.  Progressive changes in articulatory pattern in verbal apraxia: A longitudinal case study. Brain and Language, 6: 97-105 (1978)

Raphael, L., Dorman, M., Freeman, F.J. & Tobin, C., Vowel and nasal durations as cues to voicing in word-final stop consonants: Spectrographic and perceptual studies. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 18:  389-400 (1978)

Borden, G., Dorman, M., Freeman, F.J., & Raphael, L. Electromyographic changes with delayed auditory feedback of speech. Journal of Phonetics, 5: 1-8 (1978)

Freeman, F.J. & Ushijima, T. Laryngeal muscle activity during stuttering. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 21:  538-561 (1978) Considered a classic article.  Identified in 1983 as the most frequently cited research article on stuttering over the past 3 years.


Book Chapters & Published Proceedings


Watson, B.C. & Freeman, F.J. Contributions of Brain Imaging. in R.F. Curlee and G.M. Seigel (eds.) Nature and Treatment of Stuttering: New Directions, 2nd Edition. Needham, MA: Allyn & Bacon.  (1997)

Watson, B.C. & Freeman, F.J. Neurophysiologic and Behavioral Evidence for a Fluency-Generating System. in H.F.M. Peters and W. Huistijn (Eds.) Speech Motor Production and Fluency Disorders. Amsterdam: Elsevier. (1997)

Freeman, F. J. Fluency, Disfluency, Dysfluency, Non-fluency, Stuttering: Integrating Theories. In F. Bell-Berti & L. Raphael (eds.) Studies in Speech Production: A Festschrift for Katherine Safford Harris. In the series Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing.  American Institute of Physics. Pgs. 399-413 (1995)

Finitzo, T., Pool, K., Freeman, F.J., Devous, M., & Watson, B. Cortical function in developmental stutterers. In H. Peters, W. Hulstijn & W. Starkweather (Eds.) Speech Moor Control and Stuttering. Pgs. 251-262. Amsterdam: Elsevier (1991)

Freeman, F.J. Developmental Disorders of Articulation, Chapter in Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 5th Edition (1989)

Freeman, F.J. Stuttering and Cluttering.  Chapter in Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 5th Edition (1989)

Chapman, S., Watson, B., Finitzo, T., Pool, K., Freeman, F.J., Schaefer, S. Multifocal Cortical Dysarthria in Spasmodic Dysphonia.  Chapter 14: Proceedings of Clinical Dysarthria Conference.  Pgs. 228-241 (1989)

Schaefer, S. & Freeman, F.J. Spasmodic Dysphonia.  Chapter in Neurologic Disorders in Otolaryngology, Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 20: 161-178 (1987).

Pool, K., Freeman, F.J. & Finitzo, T. Brain electrical activity mapping: Applications to vocal motor control disorders.  Chapter in H. Peters & W. Hulstijn (Eds.) Speech Motor Dynamics in Stuttering. Springer Press (1987)

Freeman, F.J., Cannito, M., & Finitzo, T. Classification of spasmodic dysphonia by perceptual-acoustic-visual means.  Chapter in L. Gates (Ed.) Spasmodic Dysphonia: State of the Art.  The Voice foundation of America, New York. Pgs. 5-18 (1985)

Freeman, F.J., Finitzo, T., Gerling, L., & Schaefer, S. Brainstem conduction abnormalities in spasmodic dysphonia.   Chapter in D. Bless and J. Abbs (Eds.) Vocal Fold Physiology.   College Hill Press (1983)

Freeman, F. J. Stuttering. Chapter 27 in N. Lass, J. Northern, D. Yoder, & L. McReynolds (Eds.) Speech, Language and Hearing, Vol. 2 (1982)

Freeman, F.J. Prosody in perception, production, and pathology.  Chapter 16 in N. Lass, J. Northern, D. Yoder, & L. McReynolds (Eds.) Speech, Language and Hearing, Vol. 2 (1982)

Freeman, F.J. & Schaefer, S. Diagnosis and treatment of voice disorders. In Lawrence (Ed.) Proceedings of the Eleventh Symposium on the Care of the Professional Voice.  The Voice Foundation of America, New York (1982)

Freeman, F.J. & Schaefer, S. Theory and Research in Voice Disorders. In d. Lawrence, (Ed.) Proceedings of the Eleventh Symposium on the Care of the Professional Voice.  The Voice Foundation of America, New York (1982)

Dorman, M., Freeman, F.J. & Borden, G. The effect of delayed auditory feedback on phonation:  An electromyographic investigation.  In  The Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Phonetics Sciences, Leeds, England (Aug. 1975)

Freeman, F.J., Ushijima, T., Dorman, M., and Borden, G. Dysfluency and phonation: An investigation of laryngeal activity accompanying the moment of stuttering. In The Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Leeds, England (1975)

Freeman, F.J. Fluency and phonation. Chapter in M. Webster and L. Furst (Eds.) Vocal Tract Dynamics and Dysfluency. New York Speech and Hearing Institute (1974)


PRESENTATIONS (Selected Sample)


 Major Presentations


Opening the Mind: Windows to the Brain in Vocal Motor Control.  Technical session of the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Jan. 1989.  Abstract published in Science, Nov., 1988. Co-presenters: T. Finitzo, B. Watson, K. Pool, G. Kondraske, S. Chapman, & M. Devous.  Presentation sponsored by the American Speech/Language and Hearing Assoc. Press reports include: Feb. 17, Journal of the American Medical Association, and March 16, New York Times.  Television coverage on Good Morning America and CNN Health Watch.

Recent Developments in Research on Stuttering.  Technical session of the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Jan., 1980.  Abstract published in Science  Vol. 206 #4420, Nov. 16, 1979.  Co-presenters C. Ludlow, M. Adams, E. Conture, & W. Kidd.  Sponsored by the American Speech/Language and Hearing Association.  ASHA does not sponsor a presentation every year.  Only a very few scientists have been asked to represent our field more than once at this prestigious conference.

Windows to the CNS in Vocal Motor Control Disorders. A Scientific Exhibit at the Annual Conference of the American Speech-Language & Hearing Assoc. Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, Nov., 1987.  (Awarded 1st Place for Scientific merit.)

The Syndrome of Spasmodic Dysphonia.  A Scientific Exhibit at the Annual Conference of the Amer. Speech-Lang. & Hearing Assoc. Annual Conf., Cincinnati, OH, Nov., 1983. (Awarded 1st Place for Scientific merit and 2nd Place for excellence of presentation)

Spasmodic Dysphonia: Techniques & Approaches in Successful Voice Therapy.  Short Course presented with S. Shulman and M. Hayashi at the ASHA annual conference, St. Louis, MO, Nov., 1989.  Abstract published, ASHA, Oct., 1989.

Applications of Acoustic Analysis to clinical Problems in Speech-Language Pathology. Short course presented with L. Raphael and E. Sands at the ASHA annual conference, San Francisco, CA, 1978.  Abstract published, ASHA, Oct., 1978.

Spasmodic Dysphonia: Research and Treatment. Invited principal speaker, Canadian Speech/Language Hearing Association, Toronto, May 12, 1989.  Abstract published.

Laryngeal correlates of stuttering: Electromyographic and fiberoptic studies.  Invited paper presented at the New York Academy of Sciences. Section of Linguistics, 1975.  


Recent Presentations (1994-present)


Freeman, F. J. and Stager, S. – Familial Cluttering . Paper presented at the First World Conference on Cluttering. Katarino, Bulgaria May 12-14, 2007.


Stager, S., Freeman, F. J., Conture, E., Guitar, B., Gurrister, T., Ramig, P. & Watson, B. C., Phenotyping for Linkage Studies of Families with Stuttering.  Paper presented at 3rd World Congress of Fluency Disorders, Copenhagen, Denmark, August, 2000.

Stager, S., Freeman, F. J., Stauffer, D., Gurrister, T., Leppert, M., & Braun, A., Familial Patterns in Speech and Fluency. Paper presented at 3rd World Congress of Fluency Disorders, Copenhagen, Denmark, August, 2000.

Stager, S. & Freeman, F. J., Effects of Delayed Auditory Feedback on Monologue Production.  Paper presented at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, San Francisco, CA, November, 1999.

Stager, S. V., Freeman, F. J., Stauffer, D., Gurrister, T., Leppert, M., & Braun, A., Variable expression of speech characteristics in families with stuttering.  Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, San Antonio, TX, November, 1998.

Stager, S. V., Bloch, M., Trattner, K., Freeman, F. J. & Braun, A., Relationships between anxiety and fluency under medications.  Paper presented at Second World Congress on Fluency Disorders, San Francisco, CA, August, 1997.

Freeman, F. J. Approaches to management of stuttering in public schools. Invited presentation to the East Texas Speech-Language and Hearing Assoc., Tyler, TX, Oct. 1996.

Stager, S. V., Trattner, K., & Freeman, F. J., Relationships between anxiety and fluency in selected speaking situations.  Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Seattle, WA, November, 1996.

Watson, B.C. and Freeman, F.J. Neurophysiologic and Behavioral Evidence for a Fluency-Generating System.  3rd International conference on Fluency. Nijmegen, Amsterdam, June. 1995.

Freeman, F. J. A Perspective on the Critical Issues in Understanding Spasmodic Dysphonia. Invited presentation at the National Spasmodic dysphonia Assoc. Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, April 29, 1995.

Friel-Patti, S. & Freeman, F.J. Auditory Procession Dysfunction: Symptom or disorder? Invited presentation at the Central Auditory Processing consensus conference, Albuquerque, 1994. 

Freeman, F.J. Technologic Advances in the Treatment of Stuttering. Invited seminar presented to the Dallas Association of Speech Pathologists and Audiologists. Oct. 15, 1994.


Older Presentations (selected sample from 1987-1993)


Sleeping in Procrustes’ Bed: Quandaries with auditory processing disorders.  Miniseminar presented with S. Friel-Patti & T. Finitzo at the ASHA Annual conf., Anaheim, CA, Nov. 1993, abstract published, ASHA, Oct., 1993.

Neurologic Findings and Models of Spasmodic Dysphonia and Stuttering. Invited presentation at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine & Hospital, March 27, 1991.

Voice Therapy Techniques: Facts and Fallacies. Miniseminar presented with J. Casper, E. Stone & J. Lavorato at the ASHA annual conference, Seattle WA, Nov., 1990, abstract published ASHA, Oct., 1990.

Quantitative EEG Spectra & Auditory evoked potentials in adult stutterers.  Presented with Pool, Clark, and Finitzo at the ASHA annual conference, Seattle, WA, Nov., 1990.  Abstract published, ASHA, Oct., 1990.

Acoustic LRT related to brain blood flow in stutterers.  Presented with Watson and others at the ASHA annual conference, Seattle WA. Nov., 1990.  Abstract published ASHA, Oct. 1990.

It’s all in your head?  The neurology of stuttering.  Miniseminar presented with D. Rosenfield and K. Pool at the ASHA annual conference, St. Louis, MO., Nov., 1989.  Abstract published, ASHA, Oct. 1989.

Studies of Speech Production: An historical perspective.  Miniseminar presented with F. Bell-Berti, L. Raphael, and G. Borden at the ASHA annual conference, St. Louis, MO, Nov., 1989.  abstract published, ASHA, Oct., 1989.

Stuttering Treatment – New Directions. Invited Short Course, presented at the California Speech-Language and Hearing Assoc. annual conference, Spring, 1988. Abstract published.

Gestural Analysis of Stuttering. Double miniseries at the ASHA annual conference, Boston, MA, Nov., 1988.  Abstract published ASHA, Oct., 1988.

Voice Therapy Techniques: Facts and Fallacies. Miniseminar at the ASHA annual conference, Boston, Nov., 1988. Four presenters. Abstract published, ASHA, Oct., 1988.

Subcortical spasmodic dysphonia: Three cases of lacunar disease.  Paper presented with T. Finitzo, and others, at the ASHA annual conference, Boston, Nov., 1988.   Abstract published ASHA, Oct., 1988.

Laryngeal Reaction Time (LRT) profiles of adult stutterers:  Behavioral and neural imaging correlates. Paper presented with S. Chapman and others, at the ASHA annual conference, Boston, Nov., 1988.  Abstract published ASHA, Oct., 1988.

Multifocal cortical dysfunction in spasmodic dysphonia.  Paper presented with S. Chapman, and others, at the ASHA annual conference, Boston, Nov., 1988.  Abstract published ASHA, Oct., 1988.

Task effects on acoustic laryngeal reaction time in normal speakers. Paper presented with B. Watson, and others, at the ASHA annual conference, Boston, Nov., 1988.  Abstract published ASHA, Oct., 1988.

Relationship between CNS abnormality and LRT profiles in spasmodic dysphonia. Paper presented with B. Watson, and others, at the ASHA annual conference, Boston, Nov., 1988.  Abstract published ASHA, Oct., 1988.

Spastic (spasmodic) dysphonia update:  Are we nearing a consensus?  Miniseminar presented with Fritzell, Izdebski, & Ludlow at the ASHA annual conference, New Orleans, Nov., 1987. Abstract published ASHA, Oct., 1987.


Early Presentations (selected sample from 1968-1978)


Studies of apraxic speech production. Paper presented with E. Sands and K. Harris at the annual conference of the Acoustical Society of America, Providence, RI, May, 1978.  Abstract published JASA, 1978.

Disruption of temporal integration in apraxic speech production.  Paper presented with Gray & Sands at the ASHA annual conference, Houston, TX, Nov., 1976.  Abstract published, ASHA, Oct., 1976.

Perceptual and acoustic analysis of progressive changes in articulatory patterns in verbal apraxia.  Paper presented with E. Sands at the 14th annual conference of the Academy of Aphasia, Miami, FL, 1976.

Articulation in aphasia: A longitudinal case report.  Paper presented with E. Sands at the annual conference of the New York Speech-Language & Hearing Assoc., 1975.

Vowel and nasal durations as perceptual cues to voicing in word-final stop consonants.  Paper presented with M. Dorman, L. Raphael, & C. Tobin at the 8th International Congress on Acoustics, London 1974.  Published in Haskins Laboratories Status Report on Speech Research, Vols. 37/38. 1974.

Identification of synthetic vowel sounds in two dialect regions.  Paper presented with E. Fenton, E. Ashkenazi, and K. Harris at the ASHA annual conference, Detroit, MI, Nov., 1973.  Abstract published ASHA, Oct., 1973.

A case study of visual agnosia acquired in childhood.  Invited paper presented to the public school speech therapy section of the LA Teacher’s Assoc., Baton Rouge, LA, 1970.

A comparative study of congenital & acquired aphasia with implications for therapy.  Invited paper, presented to the Texas-Louisiana Assoc. for Physical and Mental Rehabilitation, Longview, TX, 1968.


GRANTS 


Dates

Institutions

Grant Titles or Objectives

Aug., 1988-July, 1991

To Southwestern Medical School from National Institute of Deafness and Comm. Disorders RO1-NS24769-01A1.  $600,000. S. Schaefer – PI


Vocal Tract Neuromotor Activity in Spasmodic Dysphonia  - (Stuttering was included in later years, but the grant title was never changed.)


Jan., 1983-Jan., 1990

To UTD/Callier from National Institutes of Neurologic Communicative Dis. and Stroke. RO1-NS18276-05 $2,000,000; PI --  F. Freeman & T. Finitzo.


Phonatory and Neural Correlates of Spasmodic Dysphonia


1971-1978

Program Project GrantsTo Haskins Laboratories from National Institute of Dental Research.  K. Harris – PI

 

Successive grants focused on acoustic and electromyographic studies of Speech Production.  Last years, included specific funding for my stuttering studies.

1967-1969

To Caddo Parish Schools,

Shreveport, LA, from U.S. Dept. of Ed. through LA Dept. of Ed.  F. Freeman – PI


An experimental program in professional speech and voice improvement for teachers.

1967-1969

To Caddo Parish Schools,

Shreveport, LA, from U.S. Dept. of Ed. through LA Dept. of Ed. Freeman – PI


An experimental program in speech and language development for moderately mentally retarded children.

1967-1969

To Caddo Parish Schools,

Shreveport, LA, from U.S. Dept. of Ed. through LA Dept. of Ed.  Freeman – PI


An experimental program for speech and language development for economically deprived children.


CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES


Speech-Language Pathology

Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC), in Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech Language and Hearing Association

**License to Practice Speech-Language Pathology by the Texas State Committee of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. NOTE – I dropped my license when I left Texas. 



COURSES TAUGHT

Course

Level

Institution(s)

Public Speaking

UG

Adelphi University

Speech Science

UG & Grad.

Adelphi U.; Northwestern U.; U. Texas at Dallas; Stephen F. Austin State University,

University of  North Texas

Anatomy & Physiology of Speech

UG & Grad.

Adelphi U.; N. U.; U.T.D.; S.F.A., U.N.T.

Phonetics

UG

Adelphi, N. U.; U.T.D.

Acoustic Phonetics

Grad.

Adelphi U.; U.T.D., U.N.T.

Instrumentation for Speech Research

Grad.

Adelphi U.; Northwestern U.; (taught as a lab class at S.F.A.)

Medical Aspects & Instrumentation

Grad./ Ph.D.

U.T.D.

Research Methods

Grad.

Adelphi U.; Northwestern U.

Fluency Disorders

UG & Grad. 

Adelphi U.; U.T.D.; S.FA. U.N.T.

Advanced Management of Fluency Disorders

Grad./ Ph.D. 

U.T.D.; (as an independent study at S.F.A.)

Voice Disorders

Grad.

Adelphi U.; U.T.D.; S.F.A.

Advanced Management of Voice Disorders

Grad./ Ph.D.

U.T.D.

Articulation Disorders

UG & Grad.

U.T.D.

Neurogenic Communication Disorders

Grad.

Adelphi U.; S.F.A.

Cleft Palate 

Grad.

S.F.A.

Laryngectomy

Grad.

U.T.D.; S.F.A.

Clinical Supervision

Grad.

Adelphi U.; U.T.D.; S.F.A.



OTHER PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS


Adjunct Academic Appointments

Southwestern Medical School, Dept. of Neurology – 1984-1994

Southwestern Med. Sch., Dept. of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology – 1982-1993


Editorial Consultant and/or Reviewer

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Brain and Language

Journal of Phonetics


Grant Review Panel Service

National Institute for Neurologic Communicative Disorders & Stroke

National Institute for Deafness and other Communication Disorders

American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation


American Speech-Language & Hearing Association Special Interest Divisions

SID 02 – Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech & Language Disorders

SID 03 – Voice and Voice Disorders

SID 04 – Fluency and Fluency Disorders

SID 05 – Speech Science and Orafacial Disorders


ASHA Service

  • ASHA Continuing Education Board – served on the original Board charged with the planning and implementation of our professional continuing education program.
  • ASHA Scientific Affairs Committee – 1977
  • ASHA Program Committee – 1989; 1987; & 1984
  • ASHA Conference on Educational Standards, St. Paul, Minn. – 1985
  • ASHA SID 04 Committee for Development of First Exam for Specialty Certification in Fluency Disorders -- 2002


Service in other professional organizations

  • Louisiana Speech-Language and Hearing Assoc. – Chaired Public Relations Comm.; served on convention committee; initiated first convention exhibits.
  • New York Speech-Language and Hearing Assoc. – Public Relations Comm.
  • Wyoming Speech-Language and Hearing Assoc. – Public Relations Comm.
  • Louisiana Council for Exceptional Children – Charter member & 1st Treasurer
  • American Association of Phonetic Sciences – Counselor


Patient Support Groups

National Stuttering Association – I organized the first support group for stuttering in Dallas.  This group became a model and a force in development of the national support group known first as the NSP and now as the NSA.

National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association --  I organized the Dallas support group for SD, one of the first in the nation.  I worked with the organizers of the predecessor of the NSDA, and with the NSDA.

Toastmaster’s International Club for individuals with Comm. Disorders – Supported and worked for the creation of this organization.


SOCIAL-SOCIETAL CONTRIBUTIONS


CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT and SCHOOL INTEGRATION   – Worked in the Civil Rights Movement in Shreveport, Louisiana, in the 1960s.  Was among the first teachers to ccross racial barriers to integrate the public schools of Louisiana.


WOMANS RIGHTS MOVEMENT --  Worked in the Women’s Rights Movement in New York City in the 1970s.  Worked for the Equal Rights Amendment.


EQUAL RIGHTS FOR THE HANDICAPPED – Worked for legislation guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for handicapped children.  Helped write PL94-142 (first national legislation for handicapped children).  Worked for equal employment rights for the handicapped.  Testified in court and before legislative committees






SELECTED PROFESSIONAL, ACADEMIC, AND EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL

Country

Date

Sponsor/ Purpose

Bulgaria

May, 2007

1st World Conference on Cluttering

Denmark & Scandinavia 

Aug., 2000

3rd  World Congress of Fluency Disorders

Israel & West Bank 

Jan., 1999

Course of Study Abroad for Methodist Ministers – Millsaps College, Jackson, MI

Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Netherlands

Feb., - May, 1991

In support of Operation Desert Storm

Canada

1989

Invitation of Canadian Speech-Lang. & Hearing Assoc.

Netherlands & Germany

Feb., 1987

Invitation of University of Nijmegen

Netherlands & Germany

Feb. – March, 1986

Invitation of University of Nijmegen

Japan & Thailand

1980

Bell Laboratories and U. of Tokyo School of Medicine, Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology

Japan

1979

Bell Laboratories and U. of Tokyo School of Medicine, Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology

England, Scotland, & Wales

1975

8th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, U. of Leeds


SERVICE ACTIVITIES – Recent


  • Organized and Initiated Area Food Pantry, now serving 250 families
  • Mission to aid deaf children in Honduras through North Texas Missions (http://www.northtexasmissions.org/)  Worked with 53 deaf children July, 2011.
  • Sponsored and participated in annual mission trips, providing services to Hispanic families in southeast TX and French families in south LA.
  • Organized and conducted first annual memorial observance of Sept. 11, for the Texas/Louisiana border communities.
  • Organized and raised moneys for scholarships for graduates of Logansport H.S. and Joaquin H.S.
  • Organizer and sponsor of the Veterans Memorial Wall on the LA/TX border.
  • Successfully opposed Indian Casino construction on LA/TX border.
  • Raised funds and supported Medical/Dental Missions to Central America – Daughter, granddaughters and other family members all providing professional services. http://www.promisehome.org/ 


HOBBIES & OTHER INTERESTS


Genealogy; Investment; politics; gardening; writing; reading; travel. Grandchildren


Blog: http://communicatinglife2.blogspot.com/ 

Genealogy: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/24623198/recent?pg=42