Our Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) program provides broad-based instruction to prepare students to diagnose and treat a variety of hearing and speech disorders in children, the elderly, or patients who have suffered speech or hearing trauma. Our graduate degree program prepares students for the clinical practice of speech-language pathology, working with both children and adults to evaluate and diagnose disorders associated with speech, language, cognition, communication, and swallowing. 

 

• Congratulations to Haley Wheeler (a Communication Disorders graduate) for her recent feature on WKU News!  Read about her generous donation here:

  WKU Senior Provides a Stitch of Hope to the Local Community

  
  
• Congratulations to Anna McKay (a Communication Disorders graduate) for winning an award at the WKU Student Research Conference.  More information here: 2019 Student Research Conference Winners

 

• Dean Dennis George announced the College of Health and Human Services Faculty Award winners for 2018. Two award winners were from Communication Sciences and Disorders:
  • Teaching – Dr.  Leigh Anne Roden-Carrier
  • Part-Time Teaching – Ms.  April Hardison
    
    Please congratulate these individuals for their exemplary efforts in their respective categories!  Recognition by one’s peers and students is a great honor. Winning the CHHS College Award also places them in nomination for the WKU university award in their respective teaching roles. We wish them the best of luck as they move forward.  We are proud to have each of these colleagues represent us at the university level.

 

Academic Programs Offered:

Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders

Undergraduate Minor in American Sign Language Studies

Pre-SLP - Leveling Program to Provide Prerequisite Courses (entry into a graduate program)

Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (on-campus & distance learning options)

 

Our Mission:

The Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at WKU prepares students to be knowledgeable, productive and engaged leaders in professional practice. Our department provides a dynamic academic foundation to students across the globe through opportunities for lifelong learning, service and research.

 

 

 

 

Office Hours:

Monday-Friday: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM (Central Time)

Department Chair:

Richard Dressler, PhD, CCC-SLP
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Western Kentucky University
College of Health & Human Services
1906 College Heights Blvd. #41030
Academic Complex 104-C
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1030
Phone: (270) 745-6280

 

2018 KSHA Faculty & Student Presentations

 

News:

• Departmental Research Activity List
• Video: Communication Disorders Clinic
• Fall 2018 CSD Research Newsletter
• October 2017 ASL Newsletter
• Fall 2016 CSD Research Newsletter