RISE-CSD

The purpose of the Research Initiative for Science Education in CSD (RISE-CSD) training program is to provide talented undergraduate Speech and Hearing Science majors with direct laboratory research experience through immersive, faculty-mentored activities.

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CSD Features

Stuart and Courtney Craig

Speaking the Language of Love

Unbeknownst to this Iowa couple until recently, their connection’s deep roots include some big contributions to University of Iowa research.

Charlotte Hilker in Kosovo

Recent MA-SLP graduate makes advocacy global

When Charlotte Hilker received a Fulbright Grant to Kosovo after earning a master’s degree at Iowa, she knew she could be a skilled speech-language pathologist; now she’s flourishing as a changemaker.

Julie Jeon and Priyanka Gupte

Future audiologist to come full circle on Cochlear Implant journey

AuD student Priyanka Gupte is set to hone her audiology skills at an externship in the clinic where she received her own CIs.

 

Brandon Alpers with Wenjo sign

He’s the new leader of the band…and so much more

Brandon Alpers, a Speech and Hearing Science major set on becoming a pediatric audiologist, is the new Hawkeye Marching Band Drum Major.

Why Iowa?

Hear from three students why they chose Communication Sciences and Disorders at Iowa.

News and Announcements

CSD initiative offers unique research opportunities for undergraduates

Friday, February 7, 2025
The program will provide direct laboratory experience throughout 2025 for six undergraduate students studying speech and hearing science.

Wu featured in CLAS "Meet the Researchers and Artists"

Monday, January 27, 2025
Yu-Hsiang Wu is a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

CSD course to provide children’s hearing services in Kosovo, strengthen ties with sister state

Monday, January 27, 2025
A dozen graduate students will be joined by CSD faculty on the trip to the nation’s capital city.

Upcoming Events

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Seminar Series Commemorating the Lasting Impact of the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center

Friday, January 24, 12:00pm to Friday, May 9, 2025 1:00pm
Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center
Join us for our weekly professional seminar, commemorating the lasting impact of the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center. Topics range all dimensions of communicative studies and disorders (Audiology, Hearing Science, Speech Science, Speech Pathology, Language Acquisition, etc.). Noon to 1 p.m., Fridays at the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center, 250 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA Presentations are in-person with some also simultaneously streamed on Zoom. (https://uiowa.zoom.us/j...

Seminar Series: Improving Outcomes with Dynamic Speech and Language Assessment: Principles, Practice, and Clinical Applications

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center
Title: Improving Outcomes with Dynamic Speech and Language Assessment: Principles, Practice, and Clinical Applications Speaker: Nancy Almasi, SLP.D., CCC-SLP, University of Iowa Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Dynamic assessment is an evidence-based approach for evaluating speech and language disorders in pediatric populations, particularly in culturally and linguistically diverse children. Unlike static assessments, dynamic assessment employs a test-teach-retest model...

Seminar Series Commemorating the Lasting Impact of the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center: Lactation & The Speech-Language Pathologist

Friday, February 14, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center
Title: Lactation & The Speech-Language Pathologist Speaker: Kelsey Norris, M.A., CCC-SLP, CLC, Nourish Pediatrics Lactation & The Speech-Language Pathologist explores the intersection between SpeechLanguage Pathology and lactation counseling, while also providing a brief overview of best practices for assessment, adaptation, and remediation for breastfeeding/chestfeeding dyads. An understanding of lactation is crucial in order to support infants and families in achieving successful feeding...

42nd Annual Presidential Lecture

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 3:00pm to 5:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Understanding Our Multiple Voices in 21st-Century Communication In recent decades, the human voice has undergone a massive revolution, from the crucial individual teachers voice in the classroom to the frontiers of technology. How we create, protect, understand,convey, and amplify our multiplicity of voices in learning and sharing ideas and discoveries continues to transform. Professors Fan and Hunter will explore how voice is a powerful communication tool with major impacts on classroom...

Live Fieldwork in Astromusicology

Friday, April 4, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Ritwik Banerji is an experimental ethnographer, interactive media artist, and improviser. He is currently an assistant professor of anthropology at Iowa State University. His scholarship appears in Jazz and Culture, Anthropology in Action, Jazz Perspectives, The Oxford Handbook of the Phenomenology of Music Cultures, and Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, among other venues.
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Ranked Audiology Program in the U.S.
(U.S. News and World Report, 2024)

5 th

Ranked Speech-Language Pathology Program in the U.S.
(U.S. News and World Report, 2024)