Faculty
Department Leadership

2170 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-3305
koehnkej@montclair.edu
Janet Koehnke, professor and chair of both the Speech-Language Pathology program and the Clinical Doctorate in Audiology program, received a PhD in Communication Sciences from the University of Connecticut. Her research, which has been funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Hearing Health Foundation, focuses on investigating the effects of aging and hearing loss on spatial hearing. She teaches doctoral courses in scientific and professional writing and psychoacoustics. In 2012, she was named a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). She has served as the Vice President for Academic Affairs in Audiology of the ASHA and is Past-President of the New Jersey Academy of Audiology.

2184 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-3182
besingj@montclair.edu
Joan Besing, professor and program director of both the Speech-Language Pathology program and the Clinical Doctorate in Audiology program, received a PhD in Hearing Science from Louisiana State University. Her research interests include the effects of competing signals and reduction of message redundancy on speech perception and localization, the effects of bilingualism on speech perception in noise, and localization and spatial hearing in children. She teaches courses including Basic Medical Audiology: Genetics and Pathology, Clinical Instrumentation, Fundamentals of Audiology Assessment, Hearing and Speech Science, and Special Topics in Audiology. She has been recognized as an ASHA Fellow.
Full-Time Faculty

2176 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-7356
boylem@montclair.edu
Mary Boyle, professor, received a PhD from Northwestern University. Her research interests include: aphasia, word-finding problems in aphasia, and neurogenic communication disorders. She teaches courses including: Language Disorders of Adults I and II, and Motor Speech Disorders.

2168 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-7303
boylemi@montclair.edu
Michael Boyle is an Associate Professor and serves as the Graduate Program Director of the Master’s program in Speech-Language Pathology. He received a PhD from Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include: the psychosocial aspects of stuttering (e.g., stigma, self-efficacy, quality of life, communicative participation). He teaches courses including: Fluency Disorders, Research in Speech-Language Pathology, Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing Mechanisms.

2174 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-7355
hitchcocke@montclair.edu
Elaine Hitchcock, associate professor, received a PhD from New York University. Her research interests include: the developmental aspects of phonology as well as visual biofeedback techniques for diagnosis and treatment of speech sound disorders. She teaches courses including: Diagnosis in Speech-Language Pathology, Speech and Hearing Science, and Voice Disorders. She is a certified speech-language pathologist with more than 20 years of clinical experience.
2180 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-7946
kimsub@montclair.edu
Subong Kim, assistant professor, received a PhD from University of Iowa His research interests include: the development of physiological and psychophysical measurements sensitive enough to capture individual noise tolerance and sensitivity to speech-cue distortions induced by noise-reduction processing in hearing aids, and has linked them to individual perceptual outcomes. He teaches courses in Auditory Anatomy and Physiology, Instrumentation, Diagnostics II – Evoked Potentials, and Neurophysiology for Hearing, Language and Speech.

2178 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-4036
mcinerneym@montclair.edu
Maryrose McInerney, associate professor, received a PhD from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. She teaches courses including: Basic Hearing Aid Technique and Fitting, Clinic Lab: Basic Hearing Aid Technique and Fitting, Directed Research I, II and III, Hearing Science, Pediatric Audiology, and Special Topics in Audiology.

2182 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ
973-655-8526
sylvanl@montclair.edu
Lesley Sylvan is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Montclair State University. Dr. Sylvan is a certified speech-language pathologist with over 12 years of clinical experience working with school-aged children both in public school and private clinical settings. She completed a Master’s degree in educational policy and management as well as a Doctorate degree in human development and education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

2186 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-4031
wambacqi@montclair.edu
Ilse Wambacq, associate professor, received a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research interests include neurophysiologic (ERP) correlates of speech perception in difficult listening situations across the lifespan. She has published research articles on this topic in professional journals such as Ear and Hearing, Cognitive Brain Research and the International Journal of Audiology. She teaches courses including Directed Research I, II and III, Research Methods, Speech-Language Pathology for Audiologists, and Speech Perception.
Part-time faculty

2167 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ
973-655-3940
lazarusro@montclair.edu
Robbie Lazarus is a certified speech-language pathologist and a part-time instructor in the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at Montclair State University. She works as a research supervisor in the Clinical Biofeedback Laboratory, providing direct supervision and project management for visual biofeedback intervention studies. She received her B.A. from the University of Michigan, an M.A. from American University and an M.A. from Montclair State University.
Emeritus Faculty

Joseph S. Attanasio, PhD, CCC-SLP
Professor Emeritus
attanasioj@montclair.edu

Sarita Eisenberg, PhD, CCC-SLP
Professor Emeritus
eisenbergs@montclair.edu
Clinical Staff
Clinical Staff


2152 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-7367
destephanr@montclair.edu

2166 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-3940
dittelmanj@montclair.edu

2162 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-7359
mogilaf@montclair.edu

2160 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-7364
papask@montclair.edu

2161 1515 Broad Street, NJ
973-655-7076
rooneya@montclair.edu

2164 1515 Broad Street, NJ
973-655-3404
weitze@montclair.edu
Support Staff
Support Staff

2003 1515 Broad St, Bldg B, 2nd Floor, Bloomfield, NJ
973-655-3934 – Hearing and Balance Clinic
973-655-6917 – Speech-Language Pathology Clinic
greenj@montclair.edu
Julie Green is the Assistant Clinic Manager for the Center for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. Julie assists with daily operation of the clinic. Her duties include: patient communication, patient scheduling and follow up; creating and maintaining patient records, processing of all incoming hearing aids.

2195 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-7752
kueblerj@montclair.edu

2003 1515 Broad St, Bldg B, 2nd Floor, Bloomfield, NJ
973-655-3934 – Hearing and Balance Clinic
973-655-6917 – Speech-Language Pathology Clinic
mazureks@montclair.edu

2003 1515 Broad St, Bldg B, 2nd Floor, Bloomfield, NJ
973-655-3934 – Hearing and Balance Clinic
973-655-6917 – Speech-Language Pathology Clinic
weissmanj@montclair.edu
Advisors
Advisors

2168 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-7303
boylemi@montclair.edu
Michael Boyle is an Associate Professor and serves as the Graduate Program Director of the Master’s program in Speech-Language Pathology. He received a PhD from Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include: the psychosocial aspects of stuttering (e.g., stigma, self-efficacy, quality of life, communicative participation). He teaches courses including: Fluency Disorders, Research in Speech-Language Pathology, Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing Mechanisms.

2183 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-4232
verderosad@montclair.edu

2186 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield
973-655-4031
wambacqi@montclair.edu
Ilse Wambacq, associate professor, received a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research interests include neurophysiologic (ERP) correlates of speech perception in difficult listening situations across the lifespan. She has published research articles on this topic in professional journals such as Ear and Hearing, Cognitive Brain Research and the International Journal of Audiology. She teaches courses including Directed Research I, II and III, Research Methods, Speech-Language Pathology for Audiologists, and Speech Perception.