Communication Disorders (323) 343-4690

Cari Saben Flint
Professor of Communication Disorders; Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
Contact: (323) 343-4758
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Developmental phonologic disorders (assessment and treatment)
  • Treatment efficacy research
  • Clinical phonetics
  • Applied behavior analysis
  • Reliability and validity of standardized tests

Miwako Hisagi
Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders; Ph.D., City University of New York-The Graduate Center
Contact: (323) 343-4690
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Audiology
  • Speech
  • Hearing
  • Language

Fluent in: Japanese.


Edward S. Klein
Professor of Communication Disorders; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Contact: (323) 343-2881
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Speech disorders in children and adults
  • Phonology
  • Voice disorders

Nancy J. Manasse
Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders;
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact: (323) 343-4757
E-mail: nmanasse.calstatela.edu

  • Adult neurological disorders
  • Stroke
  • Brain injury
  • Degenerative disease

Maryon Matsuda
Professor of Communication Disorders; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Contact: (323) 343-4697
E-mail: [email protected]

  • First and second language acquisition
  • Language disorders in multicultural populations
  • Development of language
  • Communication skills and social development

Miles E. Peterson
Professor, Communication Disorders; Ph.D., University of Washington
Contact: 323-343-4693
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Amplification for the hearing-impaired
  • Hearing-aid technology
  • Diagnostic audiological assessment
  • Rediatric audiology
  • Professional and business issues in clinical practice

Chandan Suresh
Assistant Professor, Communication Disorders; Ph.D., Purdue University
Contact: 323-343-4690
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Audiology and audiometry
  • Diagnostic audiology
  • Hearing science