SCSD Faculty News

SCSD Professor Morris wins undergrad teaching award

May 13, 2013

Dr. Richard Morris, professor in the School of Communication Science & Disorders (SCSD), has won a FSU Undergraduate Teaching Award for the second time.  He was also selected for this award in 2000-01.  Morris said, “I appreciate this award as it is initiated by the students and lets me know that they find value in what [...]

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Three CCI faculty members awarded 2013 First Year Assistant Professor Grants

April 11, 2013

School of Communication & Science Disorders faculty member, Dr. Kaitlin Lansford, and two School of Library & Information Studies faculty members, Dr. Shuyuan Mary Ho and Dr. Richard Urban, have each been awarded First Year Assistant Professor (FYAP) Grants for 2013. Here are some of their research project topics and links to abstract summaries: Dr. [...]

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New funding for SCSD Professor Juliann Woods

March 10, 2013

Two projects from SCSD Professor Juliann Woods have recently received funding: Autism Spectrum Specialized Education and Training (ASSET), the federally funded personnel preparation project designed to build the capacity of speech-language pathology graduate students specializing in the needs of individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families, was awarded funding for a fourth time. Over [...]

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Lansford’s Speech Science Research Grant to support dysarthria research at SCSD

March 10, 2013

The $5,000 Speech Science Research Grant that new SCSD Assistant Professor Kaitlin Lansford received last November at the 2012 Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in Atlanta will fund a project to improve diagnostic practices of dysarthria, a class of speech disorders that arises from neurological damage to the speech-motor control system. Lansford, who joined [...]

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SCSD helps young boy donate money to buy hearing aids for a deaf child

February 10, 2013

An article by Tallahassee.com shares a heart-warming story about a young eight year-old boy, Seth Peterson, who decided to donate money towards hearing aids for a deaf child instead of receiving an ipod for Christmas.  It also mentions how the FSU School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD) helped make his wish a reality after [...]

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Seminole Productions offers students real-work experience

January 28, 2013

The Florida State University School of Communication’s Seminole Productions was highly commended in a recent article for providing students with real-work media production experience.  This company is also used by many departments for their video needs.  The article was published January 27, 2013 on both FSU News and Tallahassee.com.  Seminole Productions is supervised and was [...]

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Scott interviewed about popular American Idol contestant’s communication disorder

January 19, 2013

Dr. Lisa Scott, director of clinical education in the School of Communication Science & Disorders at Florida State University, was interviewed by the Erie Times-News about a popular contestant on the newest season of American Idol, Lazaro Arbos.  Arbos has a stutter which disappears when he sings and impresses the show’s star judges, which include Mariah Carey, [...]

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CCI Assoc. Dean Barbara Robinson moves to FSU-PC campus

January 6, 2013

After almost 10 years working with the Florida State University (FSU) College of Communication and Information, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Barbara Robinson, will be starting a new job as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the FSU Panama City campus. Read the full story here: newsherald.com/news/fsu-pc-preparing-for-first-freshmen-1.74825  

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Scott honored with Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award

March 29, 2012

Dr. Lisa Scott, director of clinical education in the School of Communication Science & Disorders, has won an FSU Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award. “Dr. Scott is a great teacher, both in and out of the classroom, and this award is richly deserved,” said Dr. Kenn Apel, school director. She was awarded an FSU Excellence [...]

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CCI students present at Undergrad Research Symposium

March 27, 2012

Three students in the College of Communication & Information presented their research at the 12th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, in Strozier Library. Nic Arete and Lauren A. Dickinson from the School of Communication and Claire Dolly from the School of Communication Science & Disorders were among [...]

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