The University of Alabama’s Communicative Disorders undergraduate program provides general training in the areas of speech, language, pathology, and audiology. Communicative Disorders students are introduced to all aspects of the development of speech and language, hearing, and associated disorders to prepare them for further educational training at the graduate level. Completion of the Communicative Disorders major courses is one component of the undergraduate program leading to a Bachelor of Arts in communicative disorders. Our faculty consists of both academic and clinical professionals with expertise in areas such as developmental speech and language disorders, autism spectrum disorders, adult neurogenic communication disorders, fluency disorders, swallowing disorders, voice disorders, auditory prostheses, and balance issues.
Programs
The Department of Communicative Disorders offers a bachelor of arts (BA) degree and a minor in Communicative Disorders (speech-language pathology). Students majoring in Communicative Disorders are expected to matriculate to graduate study in speech-language pathology or audiology.
- Major
- Minor
Faculty
Chair
- Dr. Memorie Gosa
Clinic Director
- Dr. JoAnne Payne
Coordinator, Audiological Services
- Dr. Christy Albea
Professor
- Dr. Marcia Hay-McCutcheon
Associate professors
- Dr. Angela Barber
- Dr. Anthony Buhr
- Dr. Memorie Gosa
- Dr. Evie Malaia
Assistant professors
- Dr. Luca Campanelli
- Dr. Spyridoula Cheimariou
- Dr. Paul Reed
- Dr. HyunJoo Yoo
Instructor
- Dr. Laura Moss
Clinical Educators
- Mrs. Jennifer Baggett
- Mrs. Mary Bryan
- Mrs. Candace Cook
- Mrs. Kayce Hinton
- Mrs. Amanda Mennen
- Mrs. Sara Shirley
- Mrs. DeLaine Stricklin
Audiologist
- Dr. Emma Brothers
Distinguished Graduate Research Professor
- Dr. C. Craig Formby
Courses
At the completion of this course, students will have a general understanding of Speech Pathology and Audiology as it relates to the culture of disability. Specifically, they will read, think, synthesize, and reflect on information related to social and educational inclusion practices, laws, and accessibility to services.
At the completion of this course, students will have a general understanding of Speech Pathology and Audiology as it relates to the culture of disability. Specifically, they will read, think, synthesize, and reflect on information related to social and educational inclusion practices, laws, and accessibility to services.