Board Nomination Form
Student
Representative Nomination Form |
NBASLH EXECUTIVE BOARD
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Arnell Brady, MA, CCC-SLP,
Chair
Mr. Brady has been a private practitioner in speech-language pathology (SLP)
for more than 22 years. While based in Chicago, Illinois, he is currently licensed to practice in the states of Illinois, Indiana, California, Georgia, and Arkansas. Mr. Brady is the owner and clinical director of the only African American male comprehensive SLP clinic in the state of Illinois. He first joined NBASLH in 1985. He received his B.A. in SLP from Saint Xavier College (Chicago, Illinois); and his M.A. in SLP from Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois). During the early period of building his private practice, he held several clinical staff positions in medical SLP. He was a staff pediatric and adult neurology SLP at the University of Chicago Hospitals; senior SLP at Saint Joseph Hospital: and chief SLP at Provident Hospital of Cook County. His Chicago clinic specializes in neurogenic
communication disorders, corporate communications enhancement, utilization of
computer technology in speech-language pathology, professional voice and speech
articulation.
E-mail: aaarnell@aol.com
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Carolyn Mayo, PhD, CCC-SLP,
Secretary
Dr.
Mayo is currently an Associate Professor in Division of
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology in the Speech
Communications Program at North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University, Greensboro, NC. She joined
the NC A & T faculty in Fall 2008. Dr. Mayo is an actively
practicing researcher, educator and clinician. Mayo's research
and clinical interests lie in the areas of adult neurogenic
and organic communication disorders, public perceptions of
communication differences and disorders and communicative
wellness/prevention of communication disorders. She also has
an evolving interest in communication disorders experienced by
members of the African Diaspora and accent modification.
A native of Columbus, Ohio—Mayo received her B. S. and M.A.
degrees from The Ohio State University and her doctorate
(Ph.D.) from Michigan State University. All three of her
degrees are in speech-language pathology. Her minor areas of
study include public health, and educational research and
development. She also has a post-doc specialist certificate
in gerontology from the University of Michigan-Wayne State
University Institute of Gerontology.
Email:
cmmayo@ncat.edu
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Linda McCabe Smith, PhD,
CCC-SLP, Treasurer
Dr. Linda McCabe Smith is the Associate Chancellor for
Institutional Diversity at Southern Illinois University
Carbondale. In her current position, Dr. Smith’s focus is on
diversity, equity, and compliance issues with regards to
faculty and staff at SIU Carbondale. Dr. Smith’s roles at SIU
Carbondale have included associate professor of communication
and sciences in the Rehabilitation Institute and interim
associate dean of the College of Mass Communication and Media
Arts. Dr. Smith’s association with the University is
longstanding as she earned her Ph.D. from the Department of
Communication Disorders and Sciences at Southern Illinois
University Carbondale. Dr. Smith completed her bachelor’s
degree in elementary education and her master’s in
speech-language hearing both at North Carolina Central
University in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Smith attended the
prestigious Higher Education Resource Services Bryn Mawr
Summer Institute at Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia.
Email:
lsmith@siu.edu
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Byron Ross, PhD, CCC-SLP, Parliamentarian/Awards
Dr. Byron Ross is a Clinical Assistant
Professor at the University of Houston where he teaches
Introduction to Communication Disorders and Speech and
Language Development. His research interests include
pragmatic language disorders in children, adolescents, and
young adults with autism spectrum disorders, and intervention
techniques using augmentative/alternative communication. He
received his B.S., and M.S., from the University of Central
Arkansas in Speech-Language Pathology, and his Ph.D., from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Communication Sciences and
Disorders.
Email:
blross@Central.UH.EDU
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Michele Norman, PhD, CCC-SLP, PRAXIS Chair
Dr. Michele L.
Norman is an assistant professor in the Communication Sciences
and Disorders Program at Longwood University in Farmville,
Virginia. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from
Rutgers University-Douglass College, New Brunswick, NJ;
Masters of Science degree from University of the District of
Columbia, Washington, DC, and Doctor of Philosophy degree from
The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. She is a certified
member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
in Speech-Language Pathology and a voting member of the
Speech-Language and Hearing Association of Virginia. Dr.
Norman’s academic concentration includes adult neurogenics and
medical speech-language pathology. Her
areas of research include normal and pathological aging and
their relationships to communication disorders across diverse
cultures.
E-Mail:
drmlnorman@hotmail.com
or
normanml@longwood.edu
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Rachel M. Williams, PhD, CCC-SLP, Convention
Chair
Dr. Rachel Williams is a Program Professor and Clinical
Supervisor in the Department of Speech, Language and
Communication Disorders at Nova Southeastern University (NSU)
in Fort Lauderdale, FL. She received her doctorate degree from
Howard University, master’s from University of Central Florida
and her bachelor’s from the University of Florida. She enjoys
advising and teaching the students in the master’s and
doctoral programs. Her research areas of interests include
child language, fluency and fluency disorders, and culturally
and linguistically diverse populations. In addition, she is a
certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association (ASHA) in Speech-Language Pathology. Also, she is
a 2007 graduate of
ASHA’s Leadership Development Program and has served on
various ASHA committees.
Currently, she serves as Treasurer and Multicultural Committee
Chairperson for the Florida Association of Speech Language
Pathologists and Audiologists (FLASHA), Stuttering Specialist
for the Stuttering Foundation of America (SFA), Chairperson of
NSU’s Affiliate Chapter of NBASLH, and member of the Fischler
School of Education and Human Services’ Office of Community
Education and Diversity Affairs Advisory Council (OCEDA).
Email:
rachwill@nova.edu
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Katrina
Miller, MA, CCC-SLP, Affiliates
Email: millerk@nccu.edu
Katrina E. Miller M.A. CCC-SLP is currently the Off-Site Practicum
Coordinator and Clinical Supervisor Instructor at North Carolina Central
University (NCCU) Department of Communication Disorders. She
especially enjoys working with adult neurogenic populations and is
presently the Program Director for the Neurogenic Aphasia Group (NAG) at
NCCU. A native of Fort Washington, Maryland, Katrina received both her
Bachelor of Science Degree and Master’s of Arts from Hampton
University. She is a Certified Speech Language Pathologist with the
American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) and is also a
Certified Brain Injury Specialist (CBIS). In addition to serving as
Affiliate Chairperson for the NBASLH board she serves as Vice President
for the Durham Chapter of ARC and is a board member for the Brain Injury
Association of North Carolina. She has also worked as a mentor for
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Jamila
Perry Foreman, MEd, CCC-SLP, Resound))) Editor
Ms. Foreman, M.Ed is
working as a Speech-Language Pathologist serving
adults with neurogenic communication and swallowing disorders
in home health and inpatient rehabilitation services. She received her masters degree from
North Carolina Central University and bachelors degree from
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition,
she was a recipient of a NIH Minority Fellowship and a member
of the 2007 ASHA Minority Student Leadership Program. She is
published along with her colleagues in the Journal of Speech,
Language and Hearing Research and has been an author and/or
presenter of several presentations at professional conferences
including ASHA, NBASLH and the International Fragile X
Conference. Jamila's interests include literacy and
multicultural implications for children and adults with
speech, language and swallowing disorders. Her ultimate goal
is to establish a private practice and to begin a non-profit
organization that encourages young African-Americans to study
and enter the profession of speech-language pathology.
Email:
jamila.foreman@gmail.com
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Ronald Jones,
PhD, CCC-A, COI, ECHO Editor
Dr. Ronald Jones, is a Professor in the
Communication Sciences and Disorders, Department of
English and Foreign Languages,
College of Liberal
Arts, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia.
Dr. Jones is also the Coordinator of the Department's Communication
Sciences and Disorders Program and Director of the NSU Hearing,
Speech-Language, and Literacy Center. He is a long-standing and active
member of the National Black Association for Speech, Language and
Hearing, where he served as Chair of the Board (2006-2008). Dr. Jones is
currently the Managing Editor for the Association’s peer-reviewed
journal ECHO.
Email: rjones@nsu.edu |
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Kia Johnson,
PhD, CCC-SLP
Dr. Kia N. Johnson is an
assistant professor and Director of the Developmental Stuttering
Laboratory within the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
at James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA). Her current research
interests include investigating the influences of psycholinguistic and
temperamental variables on developmental stuttering in young children
from a behavioral/observational and electrophysiological perspective.
Dr. Johnson completed her doctoral training in Hearing and Speech
Sciences at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN). She received her
Master’s and Baccalaureate degrees in Communication Disorders from
Howard University (Washington, DC) and Truman State University
(Kirksville, MO), respectively. Aside from teaching and conducting
research, she has presented her research at local, national, and
international scholarly conferences and has first-authored research
articles along with many co-authored publications. Dr. Johnson also
holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence as a speech-language
pathologist with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and
state licensure with Virginia.
Email: johns3kn@jmu.edu
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Frederick
Turner, Student Representative
Email:
freddiet38@hotmail.com |
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