TEACHING
 The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders prides itself on its diverse academic and clinical teaching faculty. In 2006, department students rated the quality of instruction to be the most outstanding in the College of Health and Public Affairs.
Teaching in traditional academic courses occurs in different formats — face-to-face, mixed-mode and web-based — and through various strategies such as lectures, discussions, seminars, cooperative learning groups, hands-on laboratory tutorials, one-on-one faculty mentoring, and electronic conversations via e-mail and chat groups. A few faculty members at both the undergraduate and graduate levels also incorporate service-learning components into their courses.
In the speech-language pathology master’s degree program, clinic practicum and externships comprise a substantial portion of students’ clinical education. In these experiences, clinical educators teach through clinical seminars; supervisory conferences; modeling and coaching across a wide variety of prevention, screening, assessment and treatment opportunities with language, speech, fluency, voice and swallowing disorders; hearing problems; and reading disabilities.
Many of the department’s faculty members have been recognized for their outstanding teaching performance at UCF and other universities:
Barbara Ehren, Ed.D.,
Professor |
1982, 1985 Distinguished Teacher Award
Florida Atlantic University
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Joseph M. DiNapoli, M.A., C.A.G.S., Instructor
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2006 Teaching Incentive Performance Award
University of Central Florida
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Jennifer Kent-Walsh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
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2007 Faculty Service-Learning Recognition Award
University of Central Florida
2006 COHPA Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award
University of Central Florida
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R. Jane Lieberman, Ph.D.,
Professor and Chair
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1977 Outstanding Service as Teaching Assistant Award
University of Florida
1989 Outstanding Teaching Award
Appalachian State University
1991 Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award
Appalachian State University
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Kenyatta O. Rivers, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
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2003, 2007 COHPA Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award
University of Central Florida
2002 Teaching Incentive Performance Award
University of Central Florida
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Linda I. Rosa-Lugo, Ed.D., Associate Professor
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2001, 2006 Teaching Incentive Performance Award
University of Central Florida
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Bari Hoffman-Ruddy, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
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2006 COHPA, University Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award
University of Central Florida
2006 Teaching Incentive Performance Award
University of Central Florida
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Harold Utt, Jr., Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
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1996, 2001, 2006 Teaching Incentive Performance Award
University of Central Florida
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Martine Vanryckeghem, Ph.D.,
Professor
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2003 Teaching Incentive Performance Award
University of Central Florida
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