JMU CSD Undergraduate Advising

Ethics Award This year's Student Ethics Essay Award asks communication sciences and disorders (CSD) students to explore the ethical challenges of independent and evidence-based clinical judgment. First-place winner receives $750 and a complimentary student registration to the 2017 ASHA Convention in Los Angeles! Deadline to enter is April 14 .

CONGRATULATIONS to CSD students that have been in offered membership in  The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi ! You have been elected to membership based on your superior academic achievement. This is  one of the highest honors  that can be conferred on a student at James Madison University.  Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest honor society and the  only  one at JMU that elects its members from all academic disciplines based on scholarship.  Standards for election to Phi Kappa Phi are extremely high.  Membership is by invitation only to the top 7.5 percent of second-term juniors, the top 10 percent of seniors and the top 10 percent of graduate students. Be proud of your accomplishment and we encourage you to accept this honored invitation! ~Dr. O'Donoghue

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders  is now accepting applications for the  Robin C. McKay  Memorial Scholarship  This is a $900 per semester award for the Fall and Spring  semesters of the Senior year. This is not a need-based  scholarship but, rather, is awarded to a well-rounded and academically proficient student studying in the fields of Speech-Language Pathology and/or Audiology.  To be eligible for the McKay Scholarship you must:  · Be a CSD Major  · Be a Junior (rising Senior)  · Have a minimum GPA in the major of 3.25  · Have completed CSD 200, 207, 208, 209, 300 & 301  To apply for the McKay Scholarship you must:  · Submit a resume of past accomplishments/achievements  · Write a brief personal statement as to future goals/aspirations  (no more than 1 page)  Materials must be turned in to the CSD departmental office by March 16, 2017...

The 2016 ASHA Convention was held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA from November 17-19 . A number of JMU grad students and CSD professors were able to attend among thousands of other attendees in the speech-language pathology and audiology field. Two JMU grad students, Kendall and Leslie, share some insight on how their first experience at the ASHA Convention went as they heard about the latest research in the field and gained knowledge from other professionals over the course of the weekend. What did you like about the Convention? Kendall: It was an overall great experience to see how the field is outside of school, but also not in a clinical setting. It was awesome to see what research other professionals are doing. Leslie: I liked the variety of presentation topics and the freebies! I also liked that I learned more about areas that we just don’t have time to discuss in graduate school. Did you find it worthwhile? Kendall: Yes, I learned a...

Dr. Christina Kuo is offering CSD 490: Special Studies in Communication Sciences and Disorders this Spring as an elective for CSD students. This is a 3-credit seminar course , and the topic emphasis will be on intelligibility – the understanding of speech.  This is a topic relevant for both speech and language as well as hearing sciences.  Communication requires that a person produces speech signals that are sufficient for the communication partner to understand.  The underlying mechanisms associated with intelligibility, the theoretical development of a framework for understanding intelligibility, and its clinical relevance will be considered.  If interested, contact Dr. Kuo ( kuocx@jmu.edu ).

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Happy Fall, CSD Students!   It is a season of change in the valley as the Blue Ridge mountains transform to a sea of warm orange and gold. With this season of change has come new faculty members to enhance our already distinguished/impressive CSD department.Dr. Piker is a new Audiology professor here at James Madison University! While she remains unbeknownst to the undergraduates this semester, the juniors will be seeing her next semester in CSD 318 Aural Rehabilitation. Originally from Virginia, Dr. Piker is excited to be back in her home state after having the opportunity to experience different areas of the country! She received her Bachelor's degree at William and Mary in linguistics and psychology and then decided to take a year off. In that time, she discovered the option of an Audiology career and decided to take the knowledge she gained and utilize it to learn more about the inner ear and the neurology of the auditory system. Choosing to experience a new place, Dr. Pike...

The temperatures are dropping and the leaves turning gold... Autumn is almost at our doorsteps! Before we welcome the new season, let's first give a warm welcome to Dr. Jaime Lee to the James Madison University CSD department! Her area of specialty is adult neurogenic communication disorders. Her clinical experience is specifically with individuals suffering from strokes and traumatic brain injuries.  Dr. Lee is proof that your first job after graduate school can pave the way for the rest of your career as it was during her Clinical Fellowship Year  that she began working with individuals with cognitive communication deficits. She found it immediately fascinating, challenging, and meaningful which lead her to continue on that same path!  After her Clinical Fellowship Year at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), she continued on as a staff clinician on the Stroke and Brain Injury units and eventually transitioned into a research position with the Center for A...