Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty
Erica Ellis, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor and Interim Chair
Phone/Ext: (323) 343-4691
eellisr@calstatela.edu
Office: KH B106-D
Dr. Ellis received her Ph.D. in Language and Communicative Disorders from San Diego State University and UC San Diego. Her areas of expertise are language delays and disorders in young children, predictors of language outcomes, and parent coaching and intervention strategies.
Alaina Bassett, Ph.D., Au.D., CCC-A
Assistant Professor
Phone/Ext: (323) 343-4693
abasset@calstatela.edu
Office: KH B119 and off-Campus at the Hearing & Balance Center at Alhambra
Dr. Bassett received her Ph.D. in Communication Disorders and her Au.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her areas of expertise are vestibular assessment and treatment.
Nancy J. Cohick, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor
Phone/Ext: (323) 343-4757
ncohick@exchange.calstatela.edu
Office: KH B106-C
Dr. Cohick received her Ph.D. in Speech Pathology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her area of expertise is adult neurogenic disorders, including traumatic brain injury, aphasia, and dysphagia.
Miwako Hisagi, Ph.D., Au.D.,CCC-A
Associate Professor and Director of the Doctor of Audiology (AuD) Program
Phone/Ext: (626)382-0262
mhisagi@calstatela.edu
Office: Off-Campus at the Hearing & Balance Center at Alhambra
Dr. Hisagi received her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from The University of New York (CUNY) - The Graduate Center and her Au.D. from the University of Connecticut. Her areas of expertise arepsychoacoustics, speech science, amplification, geriatric audiology, and audiologic rehabilitation.
Peter Ivory, Ph.D., CCC-A
Professor, Graduate Advisor of the Doctor of Audiology (AuD) Program, and Director of Clinical Operations, Hearing & Balance Center at Alhambra
Phone/Ext: (626) 382-0264
pivory@exchange.calstatela.edu
Office: Off-Campus at the Hearing & Balance Center at Alhambra
Dr. Ivory is the AuD Program Director. He received his Ph.D. in Speech Pathology and Audiology from the University of Kansas. His areas of expertise are audiology and genetics.
Mary Kubalanza, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Associate Professor
Phone/Ext: (323) 343-4756
mkubala@calstatela.edu
Office: KH B106-A
Dr. Kubalanza received her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her area of expertise is language and literacy development.
Ian Morton, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Associate Professor
Phone/Ext: (626) 382-0261
imorton3@calstatela.edu
Office: KH B106-B
Dr. Morton received his Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Vanderbilt University. His area of expertise is complex syntax in children with language disorders.
Chandan Suresh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone/Ext: (626) 382-0263
csuresh@calstatela.edu
Office: Off-Campus at the Hearing & Balance Center at Alhambra
Dr. Suresh received his Ph.D. in Audiology from Purdue University. His areas of expertise are electrophysiology and hearing science.
Gabriela Simon-Cereijido, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor (Retired)
Outstanding Professor Awardee 2023-2024
gsimonc@exchange.calstatela.edu
Dr. Simon-Cereijido received her Ph.D. in Language and Communicative Disorders from San Diego State University and UC San Diego. Her areas of expertise are bilingual child language disorders and the education and preparation of bilingual professionals in the field of communication disorders.
Clinical Faculty
Paula Horner, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Lecturer and Robert L. Douglass Speech & Language Clinic Director
Phone/Ext: (323) 343-4753
Paula.Horner@calstatela.edu
Dr. Horner is the Director of the Robert L. Douglass Speech-Language Clinic. She received her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Ohio State University. Her areas of expertise are high-risk infants and toddlers, autism, and augmentative and alternative communication.
Margaret Winter, M.S., CCC-A
Lecturer and Director of Clinical Education, AuD Program
Phone/Ext: (626) 382-0265
mwinter6@calstatela.edu
Ms. Winter is the Director of the Cal State LA Hearing and Balance Clinic. She received her M.S. in Communicative Disorders from the University of Redlands. Her areas of expertise are pediatric audiology and implantable auditory devices.
Staff
Administrative Support Coordinator
Phone/Ext: (323) 343-4699
ComD@calstatela.edu
Lecturers
Lecturers
Lecturers share office space at KH B109-D. For Lecturer office hours, please see the Office Hours Information Board located across from KH B106.