Clinical focus

Anu Subramanian provides clinical education in the area of speech and language disorders in preschool children and fluency disorders across the lifespan, in addition to teaching classroom courses that vary based on department needs but have included counseling, supervision, reducing disparities in CSD, and foundations of clinical practice, supporting the SLP clinical degree program. She serves on many committees in the department, ASHA, and CAPCSD. 

Current and past courses taught

• CSD:4130 Reducing disparities and inequities in CSD
• CSD:5136 Foundations of Clinical Practice II
• CSD:5137 Foundations of Clinical Practice III
• CSD:5205 Counseling in Speech Language Pathology
• CSD:5301 Practicum: Speech-Language Pathology
• CSD:5304 Speech Pathology Outplacement: School
• CSD:5305 Speech Pathology Outplacement: Non-School
• CSD:5306 Speech-Language Pathology Multilingual/Multicultural Outplacement: School
• CSD:5307 Speech-Language Pathology Multilingual/Multicultural Outplacement: Non-School
• CSD:5308 Practicum: Speech-Language Pathology Multilingual/Multicultural
• CSD:5309 Practicum: Speech-Language Pathology International
• CSD:5350 Seminars in supervision
• CSD:7239 Multilingual/Multicultural Capstone

Selected publications/presentations

• Hatfield, Stacie M., Erin Redle Sizemore, and Anu Subramanian. "Preliminary analysis of student accommodations at higher education institutions in the Midwest with communication disorders programs." Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders 7.3 (2023): 5.
• Sizemore, E. R., Subramanian, A., & Hatfield, S. M. (2024). Student Clinical Accommodations in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Externships: A Survey Study. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 9(4), 1073-1086.
• Subramanian, A. (2020). Importance of cultural competence in supervisory relationships. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 5, 489–491
• Gerlach, H,, Totty, E., Subramanian, A., & Zebrowski, P. (2018) Stuttering and labor market outcomes in the United States Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, doi:10.1044/2018_JSLHR-S-17-0353
• Gerlach, H., & Subramanian, A. (2016). Qualitative Analysis of Bibliotherapy as a Tool for Adults who Stutter and Graduate Clinicians. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 47, 1-12.
• Subramanian, A. (2015). Preliminary findings on the use of session questionnaires to improve clinician-client alliance with special consideration to clinical education. Perspectives in Administration and Supervision. 25(1), doi:10.1044/aas25.1.50
• Subramanian, A. & Edrich, M. (2020). Supervisors! Reframe your thinking about cultural diversity; Invited presentation at ASHA 2020 Convention. (Conference canceled due to Covid 19). Presented as a webinar through ASHA
• DeThorne, L., Hengst, J., & Subramanian, A. (2020). Building inclusive environments within clinical education: A focus on functional activity. Invited presentation at Council for Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CAPSCSD) annual convention, New Orleans, LA in April 2020. (Conference canceled due to Covid 19)
• Subramanian, A. (2019). Clinician-Client alliance: teaching skills to graduate students. Seminar presented at ASHA 2019 convention, Orlando in November 2019.
• Gerlach, H., & Subramanian, A. (2015). Narrative training: A strategy to teach essential counseling skills in clinical education. Oral clinical seminar presented at ASHA 2015 convention, Denver, CO.