Conversations In Speech Pathology

The shortage of doctoral students in CSD is nothing new. But why is it so? Why aren't more people interested in pursuing a doctorate? On today's episode, I welcome current doctoral students Martha Sherill and Charles Lenell who presented on this very topic at ASHA 2018. Martha Sherrill earned her M.C.D in Speech-Language Pathology from Auburn University in 2006, and her PhD in Speech and Hearing Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2018.  Martha practiced as an SLP in multiple medical settings and locations (e.g., acute care, sub-acute rehabilitation, home health, SNF) and her clinical specialties include aphasia, dysphagia, and cognitive-communicative disorders.  Her current line of research is focused on the use of Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) as a means of creating rich communicative environments and clinical spaces in inpatient rehabilitation facilities for adults with aphasia and other acquired cognitive-communicative disorders.  Martha will be joining the faculty of Southe