Alumni Highlights
View our alumni, their graduation year, and job placement in the table below.
For full dissertations, please visit CUNY's Academic Works for dissertations from 2014-present or the Mina Rees Library for dissertations prior to 2014.
The Graduate Center's Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness makes data available on alumni through Tableau. For Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, data shows:
- In recent years, 4-11 doctoral degrees have been awarded annually.
- The current (as of Fall 2020) median time-to-degree is 8.3 years (by graduation year) and 4.5 years (by entering cohort).
- Graduates (2003-2016) work in following job sectors: education (77%) and self-employed (15%).
Alumni are also encouraged to visit the GC's alumni community pages.
Alumni Name | Year | Current Job Title & Affiliation |
Lisa Goldin | 2021 | Cochlear Implant Audiologist, New York Eye & Ear Infirmary |
Polina Shuminsky | 2021 | |
Jaekoo Kang | 2021 | |
Taryn Malcom | 2021 | Mercy College |
Amy Vogel | 2021 | Post-Doc, New York University- Langone, MS Care Center |
Reethee Antony | 2020 | Assistant Professor; Graduate Coordinator, Misericordia University |
Deepti Wadhera | 2020 | Associate Consultant, ZS Associates |
Erin Reilly | 2020 | Assistant Professor, Molloy College |
Katherine Dawson | 2020 | |
Jungna Kim | 2020 | |
Luca Campanelli | 2020 | Associate Professor, University of Alabama |
Aviva Lerman | 2019 | Adjunct, Hadassah Academic College- Jerusalem |
Ai Mizoguchi | 2019 | Associate Professor, Maebashi Institute of Technology |
Joshua Hajicek | 2018 | Post-Doc, University of Michigan- Ann Harbor |
Micalle Carl | 2018 | |
Iris Fishman | 2017 | Director, Speech-Language-Hearing Disorders Clinic, New York University |
Jet Vonk | 2017 | Post-Doc, Columbia University |
JungMoon Hyun | 2016 | Assistant Professor, Hunter College |
Marissa Barrera | 2016 | Assistant Dean of Health Sciences; Program Director; Associate Professor, Yeshiva University- Katz School of Sciences & Health |
Catherine Castelluccio de Diesbach | 2016 | The Rye Learning Center |
Vikas Grover | 2016 | Assistant Professor; Director of Speech Perception and Production Lab, and Accent Expansion Clinic, New York Medical College |
Laura Sylvia | 2016 | Educational Audiologist/Speech Pathologist, Bergen Hearing &Speech, Inc. |
Eve Higby | 2016 | Assistant Professor, California State University- East Bay |
Sameer Ashaie | 2016 | Research Scientist |
Avanthi Paplikar | 2016 | |
Miho Sasaki | 2016 | |
Nancy Vidal | 2015 | Assistant Professor, Iona College |
Sarita Austin | 2015 | |
Talita Fortunato-Tavares | 2015 | Assistant Professor, Lehman College |
Zarabeth Waldman-DeLuca | 2015 | Assistant Professor, Southern Connecticut State University |
Karece Lopez | 2015 | Assistant Professor, St. John's University |
Youngmi Park | 2015 | |
Judith Iannotta-Milham | 2015 | Clinic Director and Assistant Professor, Mercy College. Private Practice, Excelsior Therapy |
Lee Jung An | 2015 | |
Jennifer Gerometta | 2015 | Chair; Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Iona College |
Susan Gray | 2015 | Assistant Professor, Bridgewater State University |
Maryam Naghibolhosseini | 2015 | Assistant Professor, Michigan State University |
Eric Jackson | 2015 | Assistant Professor, New York University- Steinhardt |
Nechama Eichorn | 2014 | Assistant Professor, University of Memphis |
Diana Almodovar | 2014 | Assistant Professor - Lehman College, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences |
Simon Henin | 2014 | PostDoc - City College, Biomedical Engineering |
Christne Rota-Donahue | 2014 | Assistant Professor - Lehman College, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences |
Peggy Conner | 2013 | Assistant Professor, Lehman College |
Mellissa Bortz | 2013 | Assistant prof at St. Johns University |
Yan Yu | 2013 | Associate Professor, St. John's University |
Shukralla Abdelrazeq | 2013 | |
Rebekah Buccheri | 2013 | Assistant Professor - Molloy College, Speech-Language Pathology |
Peggy S Conner | 2013 | Associate Professor and Department Chair, Lehman College- City University of New York |
Karen Garrido-Nag | 2013 | Assistant Professor - Gallaudet University, Hearing, Speech, Language Sciences |
Nicole C Sislian | 2013 | |
Carol A Tessel | 2013 | Associate professor, Albizu University |
Suzanne Eli Miller | 2013 | Associate Professor, St. John's University |
Anthea Vivona | 2013 | Clinical Educator; Adjunct Assistant Professor, St. John's University |
Dana Battaglia | 2012 | Associate Professor, Adelphi University |
Yana D Gilichinskaya | 2012 | |
Kikuyo Ito | 2012 | Kansai Gaidai University |
Sethu Karthikeyan | 2012 | Associate Professor, Pace University- College of Health Professions |
Bernadette P Kuntz | 2012 | |
Luis F Riquelme | 2012 | Associate Professor and Program Director, NY Medical College |
Director-Center for Swallowing and Speech Language Pathology, NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital | ||
Yi Ning Victor Zhou | 2012 | Speech-Language Pathologist - New York City Department of Education |
Franzo F Law II | 2011 | Post-Doctoral Fellow - University of Wisconsin-Madsion, Psychology |
Barbara O'Connor-Wells | 2011 | Associate Professor; Clinical Supervisor, Nova Southeastern University |
Kristen Victorino | 2011 | Associate Professor and Department Chair, William Paterson University |
Monica Wagner | 2011 | Associate Professor, St. John's University |
Shari Berkowitz | 2010 | Associate Professor, Mercy College |
Catherine Constable | 2010 | Speech Pathologist in Private Practice - The Rye Learning Center, Speech Pathology |
Hia Datta | 2010 | Undergraduate Program Director and Assistant Professor - Molloy College, Speech-Language Pathology |
Helen Salus-Braun | 2010 | Private Practice and Adjunct Professor - The Graduate Center, Audiology |
Deena Wechsler-Kashi | 2010 | Professor - Ono Academic College (Israel), Communication Sciences and Disorders |
Michelle Macroy-Higgins | 2009 | Associate Professor and Department Chair, Hunter College- City University of New York |
Kristen K Maul | 2009 | Assistant Professor - Gallaudet University, Speech-Language Pathology |
Baila Tropper-Epstein | 2009 | Assistant Professor - Brooklyn College, Speech Communication Arts and Sciences |
Inge Anema | 2008 | Assistant Professor - SUNY at New Paltz, Communication Disorders |
Elizabeth Ijalba | 2008 | Associate Professor; Provost's Diversity Fellow; Director of Bilingual Literacy Lab, Queens College- City University of New York |
Naama Kenan | 2008 | Assistant Professor - Ariel University, Communication Disorders |
Margaret T Shakibai | 2008 | Assistant Professor - Marymount Manhattan College, Speech Language Pathology and Audiology |
Teresa Signorelli | 2008 | President, Glenangus Media |
Puisan Wong | 2008 | Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong |
Miwako Hisagi | 2007 | Assistant Professor, California State University- Los Angeles, Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services |
Carol P Munger | 2007 | Private Practice - Speech-Language Pathologist |
Yael Neumann | 2007 | Associate Professor; Associate Chair; Program Director, Queens College- City University of New York |
Lynda J Felder | 2006 | |
Jim Tsiamtsiouris | 2006 | Assistant Professor, William Paterson University |
Nathan D Maxfield | 2005 | Associate Professor and Associate Department Chair, University of South Florida |
Liat Seiger | 2005 | Assistant Professor - Lehman College, CUNY Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences |
Rupa Balachandran | 2004 | Associate Professor and Program Director of Audiology, University of the Pacific |
Joanne E Gerenser | 2004 | Executive Director, The Eden II/Genesis Foundation |
Erika S Levy | 2004 | Associate Professor; Director of speech Production and Perception Lab, Teachers College- Columbia University |
Valeriy Shafiro | 2004 | Assistant Professor, Rush University |
Girija S Sundar | 2004 | |
Elizabeth E Galletta | 2003 | |
Pamela J Mathews | 2003 | |
Barbara Schmidt | 2003 | |
Nassima Abdelli-Beruh | 2002 | |
Cynthia L Compton | 2002 | |
Elmera Goldberg | 2002 | |
Anita B Haravon | 2002 | |
Peggy F Jacobson | 2002 | Associate Professor and Program Director - Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, St. John's University |
Jean E Jones | 2002 | |
Vardit Lichtenstein | 2002 | |
Maryrose McInerney | 2002 | |
Mara Morr | 2002 | |
Arlyne Elizabeth Russo | 2002 | |
Frances L Scheffler | 2002 | |
Amee P Shah | 2002 | |
Diane L Slonim | 2002 | |
Mira Goral | 2001 | Professor and Exec. Director (Grad Center) - Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, Lehman College and The Gradaute Center |
Doron Milstein | 2001 | |
Jo Manette K Nousak | 2001 | |
Maureen A Casper | 2000 | |
Michele B Emmer | 2000 | |
Felicia R Gironda | 2000 | |
Francis N Iglehart | 2000 | |
Linda D Jarmulowicz | 2000 | Dean - School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Memphis |
Marion Levine | 2000 | |
Angela Li Chung I | 2000 | |
Balaji Oruganti | 2000 | |
Josephine G Porrazzo | 2000 | |
Dorothy E Ross | 2000 | |
Debra A Wiener | 2000 | |
Matthew H Bakke | 1999 | |
Melanie M Campbell | 1999 | |
Sandra K Levey | 1999 | Professor Emerita, Lehman College- City University of New York |
Bethany A Mulhearn | 1999 | |
Jodi M Ostroff | 1999 | |
Maureen C Connington | 1998 | |
Cecelia Davidson | 1998 | CEO, Articulation NY LLC |
Benjamin Halberstam | 1998 | |
Laura L Koenig | 1998 | |
Christine A Kosky | 1998 | |
Klara Marton | 1998 | Professor - Communication Arts, Sciences and Disorders, Brooklyn College |
Margaret A Meth | 1998 | |
Brett A Martin | 1997 | Associate Professor and Exec. Officer (AuD) - Speech-Language Hearing Sciences and Audiology, The Graduate Center |
Kakia Chris Petinou | 1997 | |
Jan Reath Schoepflin | 1997 | |
Lynn Z Smith | 1997 | |
Jose G Centeno | 1996 | Rutgers University |
Karen L Chobor | 1996 | |
Orna Eran | 1996 | |
Margaret A Oates | 1996 | |
Areti Okalidou | 1996 | Professor, University of Macedonia |
Linda Carozza | 1995 | Associate Professor, Pace University- College of Health Professions |
Carol L Mackersie | 1995 | |
Dava E Waltzman | 1995 | |
Nancy Eng Huie | 1994 | Program Director/Hunter College |
Elizabeth An Kennedy | 1994 | |
Haralambia Kollia | 1994 | |
Larry Medwetsky | 1994 | |
Camille M Bushell | 1993 | |
Susan M Desanti | 1993 | Executive Director, Global Medical Affairs, Patient Journey Elsai Inc. |
Jan Dunn | 1993 | |
Maria B Mody | 1993 | |
Patricia S Jeng | 1992 | |
Anne Balant Campbell | 1991 | Associate Professor, State University of New York- New Paltz |
Robert A Domingo | 1991 | |
Laurie S Eisenberg | 1991 | Professor of Research, University of Southern California- Caruso |
Karen Golding-Kushner | 1991 | |
Lise R Jensen | 1991 | |
Steven H Blaustein | 1990 | |
Ronald Lewis Bloom | 1990 | |
Jonathan S Ehrlich | 1990 | |
Geraldine A Gibbia | 1990 | |
Liat Kishon-Rabin | 1990 | |
Nancy R Mahecha | 1990 | |
Elise Rosenberg-Roberts | 1990 | |
Sarita L Eisenberg | 1989 | |
Elaine F Geller | 1989 | Co-Project Director; Specialization in Early Intervention, Brooklyn College- City University of New York |
Lynn Weiss-Silver | 1989 | |
Laurie Hanin | 1988 | |
Noriko Kobayashi | 1988 | |
Deborah Jean Lynn | 1988 | |
Judith S Scheinberg | 1988 | |
Gloria Schlisselberg | 1988 | Retired Clinical Director; Professor Emerita, Mercy College |
Carole E Gelfer | 1987 | |
Sima Gerber | 1987 | |
Terry Hnath-Chisolm | 1987 | |
Robin Terry Zeller | 1987 | |
Sara Helene Basson | 1986 | |
Andrea Frances Blau | 1986 | |
Judy Firis Flax | 1986 | |
Ann D Jablon | 1986 | Professor Emerita, Marymount Manhattan College |
Ann Mary Stanton | 1986 | |
N S Viswanath | 1986 | |
Lynne L W Clark | 1985 | |
Jan Roslyn Edwards | 1985 | |
Fran K Feintuch | 1985 | |
Bonnie D Johnson | 1985 | |
Rochelle L Malinoff | 1985 | |
Tova Mor Most | 1985 | |
Susan Neva Nittrover | 1985 | |
Adrienne Rubinstein | 1985 | |
Mindy W Sirlin | 1985 | |
Lynn G Spivak | 1985 | |
Carol Sober Alpern | 1984 | |
Susan E Longtin | 1984 | |
Linda Pierce | 1984 | |
Judith Ann Rubin | 1984 | |
Marcia Klink | 1983 | |
Beth K Morris | 1983 | |
Cecile L Stein | 1983 | |
Robert A Volin | 1983 | |
Warren Waldbrand | 1983 | |
Lorain L Wankoff | 1983 | |
Carletta M Aston | 1982 | |
Martin S Harris | 1982 | |
Gale P Kaufman | 1982 | |
Patricia B Launer | 1982 | |
Paul Milner | 1982 | |
Arlene C Neuman | 1982 | |
Karen L Riedel | 1982 | |
Olga Romero | 1982 | |
Steven Hoffnung | 1981 | |
Diane Kewley-Port | 1981 | |
Laurie G Lindner | 1981 | |
Tzipora Meier | 1981 | |
Emily Ann Tobey | 1981 | |
Sharon C Goldsmith | 1980 | |
Barbara Goldstein | 1980 | |
Maris K Margulies | 1980 | |
Carole Lustig Mayer | 1980 | |
Froma P Roth | 1980 | |
Susan W Wurtzel | 1980 | |
Rachelle Abramovitz | 1979 | |
Judy Rabin Dubno | 1979 | Distinguished University Professor, Medical University of South Carolina |
Gail Bea Gurland | 1979 | |
Leonard Israel | 1979 | |
Arthur Howard Koenig | 1979 | |
Abigal P Reilly | 1979 | |
Marcia R Siebzehner | 1979 | |
Ellenmorris Tiegerman | 1979 | |
Deena K Bernstein | 1978 | |
Toni G Gold | 1978 | |
Robert Marc Goldfarb | 1978 | |
Nancy Joan Mcgarr | 1978 | |
Pamela Russel McGuire | 1978 | |
Mary Jos Osberger | 1978 | |
William Thos Rogers | 1978 | |
Donna Jean Thal | 1978 | |
Claudette D Feier | 1977 | |
Frances J Freeman | 1977 | |
Sr. Rosemary Gaffney | 1977 | |
Eva Weiss Hubschman | 1977 | |
E Klein-Konisberg | 1977 | |
George R Marcellino | 1977 | |
Antonia Branci Maxon | 1977 | |
Lorraine H Russell | 1977 | |
Nancy Zinn Schwartz | 1977 | |
Marilyn B Silver | 1977 | |
Helen J Simon | 1977 | |
Meryl Anne Wall | 1977 | |
Geraldine P Wallach | 1977 | |
Audrey E Weisberg | 1977 | |
Abraham Greenberg | 1976 | |
Joseph E Grossman | 1976 | |
Patricia Pilas Kuchon | 1976 | |
Ellen Ann Parker | 1976 | |
Frances Nash Podwall | 1976 | |
Davida R Rosenblum | 1976 | |
Elaine R Silliman | 1976 | Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida |
Barbara W Kruger | 1975 | |
Eleanor Sailor Sass | 1975 | |
Dorothy F Tillman | 1975 | |
Leonard Flum | 1974 | |
Audrey S Hoffnung | 1974 | |
Andrya Linn Ramer | 1974 | |
Irwin Ronson | 1974 | |
Milton Rosenstein | 1974 | |
Susan B Waltzman | 1974 | |
Albert Samuel Abrams | 1973 | |
Fredericka Bel Berti | 1973 | |
Stanley A Gelfand | 1973 | |
Patricia D Mitchell | 1973 | |
Barry Voroba | 1973 | |
Iris W Weinhouse | 1973 | |
Gloria Borden | 1972 | |
Joyce Buck | 1972 | |
Marc B Kramer | 1972 | Principal Consultant, Forensic Audiology Associates, NYC |
Kathleen Hester Lang | 1972 | |
Ruth D Rosenthal | 1972 | |
Leslie Schwartz | 1972 | |
Clarissa Smith | 1972 | |
Joseph Danto | 1971 | |
Jill Arion Giattino | 1971 | |
Barbara G Parkhurst | 1971 | |
Alan M Richards | 1971 | |
Myra Golda Robbins | 1971 | |
Joella Vreeland | 1971 | |
Sr. M Danwitz | 1970 | |
Shyam Mohan Khanna | 1970 | |
Lawrence J Raphael | 1970 | |
Barbara Franklin | 1969 | |
Ernest Zelnick | 1969 | |
Mildred F Zinberg | 1969 | |
Lawrence J Deutsch | 1968 | |
Frederick N Martin | 1968 | |
Thomas John Gay | 1967 |

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