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Communication Sciences & Disorders
The Communication Sciences and Disorders program at Longwood University offers small classes with individualized attention from faculty.
The curriculum offers excellent preparation for graduate school. The program has high academic standards, with a 2.75 minimum GPA for students to enter the upper level Communication Sciences and Disorders courses.
The undergraduate courses in the major and in other disciplines provide excellent preparation for students pursing a graduate program in Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology or other related field. During their last semester, students complete 25 hours of guided observation, accumulating these hours toward the clinical experience required for national certification.
- CSDS Undergraduate Students at the Career Center's "Fall in Love with the Major" program
- The National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association has an active chapter on the Longwood campus.
- The Communication Sciences and Disorders program at Longwood offers several online courses.
The Bachelor of Science degree program is a pre-professional program that provides academic training in the normal processes of speech, language, hearing, and their associated pathologies and provides the foundation for a master's degree in speech-language pathology or audiology.
Here's what Longwood graduates have to say about the Communication Sciences and Disorders program:
Choosing a college that had classes that were small was one of the best decisions that I ever made. It was wonderful to have teachers know me professionally as well as personally. My teachers genuinely cared how I was doing not only as a student, but as a person. Specifically I chose Speech-Language Pathology because I wanted to be in a profession where I could help people with one of the most basic and most important skills, communication.
~Lauren Cole, Longwood Graduate
The program at Longwood completely prepared me for my graduate work. The courses that I took at Longwood laid a very firm foundation in Communication Sciences and Disorders for me which made graduate school run much more smoothly. The teachers at Longwood were absolutely incredible. They took a personal interest in each of their students and genuinely cared about the success that we had. They went above and beyond the call of duty with helping each of us reach our goals including extra help in classes, references, assistance in applying to graduate schools, and even being there for me during and after graduate school. This is a great program that I would recommend to anyone.
~Carrie Davis, Longwood Graduate
Communication Sciences & Disorders Faculty
Lissa Power-deFur
Professor and CSDS Graduate Coordinator
Bachelor's, Masters' and Doctorate in Speech-Language Pathology (University of Virginia); Minors in Audiology and Deaf Education
Hull 257
434.395.2972/434.395.2369
powerdefurea@longwood.edu
Michele L. Norman
Assistant Professor
Bachelor's in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (Rutgers University); Masters' (University of the District of Columbia) and Doctorate (The University of Memphis) in Speech-Language Pathology
Hull 224
434.395.2341
normanml@longwood.edu
Peggy C. Agee
Assistant Professor and CSDS Undergraduate Coordinator
Master’s degree and Clinical Doctorate in Speech-Language Pathology
American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation DiCarlo Award recipient 2010
Hull 237
434.395.2722
ageepc@longwood.edu
Gayle H. Daly
Instructor & Clinical Director
Master's in Speech Pathology
Hull 222
434.395.2771
dalygh@longwood.edu
Wendy J. Pulliam
Clinical Educator/DLVE Coordinator
Bachelor of Health Sciences in Communication Disorders; Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology
434.395.2972
pulliamwj@longwood.edu
Carole Ramser
Clinical Educator
Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology (University of Virginia)
ramserck@longwood.edu
Shannon Salley
Clinical Educator /Coordinator SLP Online
Doctorate Speech-Language Pathology (Nova Southeastern University)
Hull 220
434.395.2966
salleysw@longwood.edu
Adjunct Faculty
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Dr. Filip Loncke (Augmentative Alternative Communication), University of Virginia
- Dr. Emmett Jones (Sign Language), nationally certified interpreter
- Dr. Robert Mayo (Craniofacial Anomalies), University of North Carolina - Greensboro
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Dr. Tommie Robinson (Fluency Disorders), Children's Medical Center, Washington, D.C. (ASHA 2010 President)
