Consulting Editors

Brad Stach

Brad Stach, PhD, (Editor-in-Chief), is Director of the Division of Audiology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, of the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Stach has served in audiology leadership positions in Houston, Washington, D.C., Palo Alto, Halifax, and St. Louis. He has also held faculty appointments at the Baylor College of Medicine, Georgetown University, Stanford University, Dalhousie University, Washington University of Saint Louis, and Wayne State University, among others. Dr. Stach is the author of a number of books, book chapters, and articles and is an editorial consultant for several professional journals. He was a founding board member of the American Academy of Audiology and has served as its President and the Chair of its Foundation Board of Trustees. Dr. Stach received an M.A. from Vanderbilt University Hospital and a Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine.

Bre Myers

Bre Myers, AuD, (Associate Editor) is co-owner of Berks Hearing Professionals, a comprehensive audiological practice in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. She earned her Master's degree in Audiology from Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA. She completed her clinical doctorate in Audiology at Salus University, Elkins Park, PA. Dr. Myers is also an adjunct faculty and onsite clinical supervisors at Salus University. Her main area of expertise is vestibular assessment and rehabilitation. She is author of The Vestibular Learning Manual, Plural Publishing (2011). She has presented at several state and national conferences. Dr. Myers is also active on her state academy's board of directors, where she has served as secretary and is currently President Elect.

Virginia Ramachandran

Virginia Ramachandran, MSW, AuD, PhD, (Associate Editor) is an education and training specialist at Oticon, Inc. She also serves as an adjunct instructor at Wayne State University and Western Michigan University. Her professional leadership services have included serving on the executive board of the American Academy of Audiology, serving on the board of directors of the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education, and serving as president of the Michigan Academy of Audiology. Dr. Ramachandran is coauthor of the Basic Audiometry Learning Manual, Second Edition, Professional Communication in Audiology, and Clinical Audiology: An Introduction, Third Edition from Plural Publishing.

Glen M. Tellis

Glen M. Tellis, PhD, CCC-SLP, F-ASHA, a Board-Certified Fluency Specialist, is a professor and chair of the Speech-Language Pathology Department at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania. He completed his doctorate at The Pennsylvania State University in 1999 and has over 24 years of experience, including teaching anatomy and physiology courses. His research interests encompass fluency disorders, dysphagia, multicultural issues, research designs, treatment efficacy research, advanced digital technology, and clinical outcomes. Dr. Tellis frequently presents nationally and internationally on near infrared spectroscopy and hemoglobin concentration in the brain. He has published extensively and is a best-selling author of numerous textbooks. Dr. Tellis has continuously received externally funded grants for his research. A few of his professional achievements include serving as the past president of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association, chairing ASHA’s Academic Affairs Board, receiving the Honors of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and becoming an ASHA Fellow.

Jeannette D. Hoit

Jeannette D. Hoit, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Arizona and a speech-language pathologist. She is also a member of the core faculty of the national program for teaching Survival Skills and Ethics. She is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, past-President of the American Association of Phonetic Sciences, and has received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Health and Human Services, San Diego State University. Dr. Hoit's research focuses on speech physiology, with particular emphasis on normal aging and development, neuromotor speech disorders, and respiratory function and dysfunction, including ventilator-supported speech and speaking-related dyspnea. Dr. Hoit has a long history of editorial experience with over 20 journals, including her role as Editor of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

Raymond D. Kent

Raymond D. Kent, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Communicative Disorders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research has included topics in speech science, speech development in children, and speech disorders in children and adults. He currently works with Dr. Houri K. Vorperian on a project involving acoustic and anatomic imaging studies of the vocal tract in typically and atypically developing individuals. In addition to more than 150 journal articles, book chapters, and reviews, he has authored or edited 16 books, most recently Clinical Phonetics, 4th edition (with L. D. Shriberg), The MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders, Building a Research Career (with C. Ludlow), and Assessment of Speech Motor Disorders (with A. Lowit). He has served as Editor of the Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, Associate Founding Editor of Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, and Associate Editor for Motor Speech Disorders for Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica. Dr. Kent received the Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 1994 and was awarded the Docteur Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate) from the Faculte de medecine, Universite de Montreal, in 1995. He is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the Acoustical Society of America, and the International Phonetics Association.

Leonard L. LaPointe

Leonard L. LaPointe, PhD, received his bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Colorado. He is a Francis Eppes Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Communication Science and Disorders at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Dr. LaPointe has served invited visiting professorships in Australia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, and also lectures worldwide. Dr. LaPointe has authored or co-authored 5 books, 35 book chapters, more than 80 journal articles, and presented more than 400 papers, lectures, or invited workshops in the United States, the former Soviet Union, several countries in Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, and the South American countries of Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil. He has received the Honors of the Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Academy of Neurological Communication Disorders and Sciences, and the Clinical Career Award from the Florida Society of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists. His books published by Plural include Brain-Based Communication Disorders, Movement Disorders in Neurologic Disease, and Paul Broca and the Origins of the Brain.

Robert (Bob) McKinney

Robert (Bob) McKinney, MA, CCC-SLP, is the lead Speech-Language Pathologist at the Sweetwater Union High School District. His caseload includes adolescents and adults with a range of disabilities, and he heads the district's Culturally/Linguistically Diverse Assessment team. He is on the part-time faculty at SDSU, where he supervises graduate students in the clinic and teaches undergraduate Phonetics. He also teaches and trains teachers at UCSD's English Language Institute. He holds an M.A. in Communicative Disorders, an M.A. in Education/TESOL, and an M.A. in International Relations. Bob is active in the California Speech-Language Hearing Association and has served on its board of directors.

Thomas Murry

Thomas Murry, PhD, is Professor of Speech Pathology in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Loma Linda University. He received his PhD from the University of Florida and his post-doctoral training from the Communication Sciences Laboratory, University of Florida. Dr. Murry has distinguished himself as a scientist, clinician, and educator in the areas of voice and swallowing. He serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of The Voice Foundation, the Advisory Board of the International Association of Phonosurgery, and on the scientific advisory board of the Pan European Voice Congress. His early research in voice science encompassed a wide range of voice related topics, including underwater communication systems, laryngeal cancer, performer's voice disorders, and laryngeal neuropathologies. His current research interests include voice disorders and issues in performers' voices and neurolaryngology. Dr. Murry has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles in national and international scientific journals and has presented over 500 lectures at conferences throughout the world. He has authored or edited 12 books on voice, speech, and swallowing and has contributed numerous chapters to various scientific texts and web sites. He received the Honors of ASHA in 2010, the highest level of distinction for that organization.

Jean L. Blosser

Jean L. Blosser, EdD, CCC-SLP is President of Creative Strategies for Special Education, an organization that provides consulting and training services to schools, departments of education, universities, and businesses interested in reframing and improving school-based services for students with disabilities. Throughout her career, she has focused on researching, developing, and implementing innovative and effective school-based services. Jean is passionate about creating systems that ensure special educators and speech-language therapists are providing outcomes-based, educationally relevant services.

Dr. Blosser received her BS in Hearing and Speech Sciences at Ohio University and her MA in Speech Pathology at Kent State University. Assuming a faculty position at The University of Akron changed her career path and set the stage for her future clinical, teaching, management, research, and mentoring endeavors. She completed her EdD in Higher Education at The University of Akron in 1986 with a focus on preparing professionals for employment. Throughout her tenure at The University of Akron, she transitioned to roles as Professor, Director of the Speech and Hearing Center, Director of the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Associate Provost. Her teaching, clinical supervision, and research focused on improving service delivery in schools with an emphasis on collaboration with education partners and families. Throughout her career she has mentored hundreds of aspiring school-based SLPs, encouraging them to be innovative, to coach and to collaborate with their education partners, and to make their services educationally relevant and meaningful to children so they can participate and succeed in their classrooms.

She has been named Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the American Council on Education, and the Ohio Speech and Hearing Association. She has authored numerous books, articles, clinical materials, and resources for related services professionals, teachers, and parents, including the textbook School Programs in Speech-Language Pathology: Organization and Service Delivery, Sixth Edition and Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Proactive Intervention, Third Edition with Plural Publishing.

Joshua K. Harrower

Joshua K. Harrower, PhD, BCBA-D, is the Lawton Love Distinguished Professor of Special Education in the Department of Teacher Education at California State University, Monterey Bay. He coordinates the special education credential programs and the certificate program in behavior analysis. Dr. Harrower received his doctoral degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has more than 20 years of experience conducting research, working with school districts, and directing state and federally funded projects in the delivery of professional development, as well as preservice preparation of education personnel in the area of evidence-based instruction and behavior supports for students with autism spectrum disorder. His grant writing has resulted in more than $5 million in funding for personnel development and school climate transformation projects. Dr. Harrower's primary areas of scholarly interest include positive behavior interventions and support, autism spectrum disorder, applied behavior analysis, and pivotal response treatment.

Brenda Smith

Brenda Smith, DMA, is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she teaches studio voice, singer's diction and vocal pedagogy. She is the 10th annual winner of the Van Lawrence Award, a fellowship given by the Voice Foundation and the National Association of Teachers of Singing in recognition of achievements in voice science and pedagogy. A frequent clinician, Dr. Smith has presented her work on vocal health, choral singing, the aging voice, and voice science at music education conferences throughout the United States and Europe. With Dr. Robert T. Sataloff, MD, DMA, Dr. Smith is the author of Choral Pedagogy and the Older Singer (2012) and Choral Pedagogy (2006). Both textbooks, uniting vocal pedagogy, choral conducting and voice science, are published by Plural Publishing. Dr. Smith is the author of Cantare et Sonare: A Handbook of Choral Performance Practice, published by Hinshaw Music (2006). She is active in the Voice Foundation and serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Voice. Dr. Smith holds degrees from Westminster Choir College and the University of Maryland. She has served on the voice faculty at Westminster Choir College, Dickinson College, and Rowan University.

Karen Brunssen

Karen Brunssen is Associate Professor of Music at the Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where she teaches voice and is Co-Chair of Music Performance. She is a frequent teacher, clinician, and adjudicator for organizations, colleges, and universities throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Presentations chronicle how changes in respiration, vibration and resonance impact realistic, age appropriate expectations for singing throughout a lifetime. She has done teaching residencies at Cambridge University, returns regularly to teach at the Zürcher Sing-Akademie in Switzerland, and taught at the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Italy, the Castleton Music Festival, and Dorian Opera Theatre. She is currently President-Elect of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, served as a Master Teacher for the NATS Intern Program, was 2016 NATS National Conference Program Chair, Governor of the Central Region, President of Chicago Chapter NATS, and is a member of the American Academy of Teachers of Singing. Her singing career spanned over 30 years throughout the US and Europe. She received her undergraduate degree from Luther College and has done graduate work at Yale University and Kent State University. In 2013 she was presented with the Weston Noble Award by Luther College.

Valerie Trollinger

Valerie Trollinger, MM, DME, is an Associate Professor of Music at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and Adjunct Associate Professor at Drexel University College of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology. Her research work has focused mainly on child voice pedagogy, child voice development, vocal health issues in teachers, and more recently, laryngeal functions and issues in wind instrumentalists. Her degrees are from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (Bloomington). In addition to being a professionally-trained singer, she is a professional bassoonist, and has performed with a number of ensembles including the Philadelphia Orchestra and the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra. She has published in music education journals and has presented research at international and national conferences concerned with music education and instrumental training. She has coauthored several chapters for Professional Voice, Science and Art of Clinical Care (4th Edition) with Dr. Robert Sataloff and continues to collaborate with medical colleagues in research on various areas of vocal health.

Michael S. Benninger

Michael S. Benninger, MD, is the Chairman of the Head and Neck Institute at The Cleveland Clinic and is a Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Benninger has been actively involved in the leadership of regional, national, and international medical organizations including the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), the American Laryngologic Association (past-President), the Voice Foundation, the International Association of Phonosurgeons (President-elect), the American Rhinologic Society (past-President) and the Sinus and Allergy Health Partnership (Chairman). He is the former Editor-in-Chief of the journal Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the largest peer-reviewed journal in the world for that specialty, and has served on the Residency Review Committee for Otolaryngology and the Medical Advisory Board for WebMD.

Dr. Benninger has authored or edited several books, including The Singer's Voice, Techniques of Botulinum Toxin Injections in the Head and Neck, Classics in Rhinology, and two editions of The Performer's Voice, all published by Plural. He is a graduate of Harvard University and received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and completed his residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Robert T. Sataloff

Robert T. Sataloff, MD, DMA, FACS, is Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Academic Specialties, Drexel University College of Medicine. He is also Adjunct Professor in the departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Temple University and on the faculty of the Academy of Vocal Arts. Dr. Sataloff is also a professional singer and singing teacher, and he served as Conductor of the Thomas Jefferson University Choir over a period of nearly four decades. He holds an undergraduate degree from Haverford College in Music Theory and Composition, graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, received a Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice Performance from Combs College of Music; and he completed his Residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and a Fellowship in Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery at the University of Michigan. Dr. Sataloff is Chairman of the Boards of Directors of the Voice Foundation and of the American Institute for Voice and Ear Research. He has also served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of Graduate Hospital; President of the American Laryngological Association, the International Association of Phonosurgery, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; and in numerous other leadership positions. Dr. Sataloff is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Voice, Editor-in-Chief of Ear, Nose and Throat Journal, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Case Reports in Medicine, Associate Editor of the Journal of Singing, and on the editorial boards of numerous otolaryngology journals. He has written over 1,000 publications, including 42 books. His medical practice is limited to care of the professional voice and to otology/neurotology/skull base surgery.

Yvonne Chan

Yvonne Chan, MD, FRCSC, is an assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Toronto. Dr. Chan finished her otolaryngology residency training at the University of Toronto and subsequently completed a rhinology fellowship with Dr. Fred Kuhn at the Georgia Nasal and Sinus Institute. Dr. Chan obtained her medical degree and a Master of Science degree in the area of molecular genetics and molecular biology from the University of Toronto. During her medical training, she authored more than a dozen peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Chan's subspecialty interests include rhinology and advanced endoscopic sinus surgery. She authored the chapter "Endoscopic Frontal Sinusotomy" in Dr. David Kennedy's book Rhinology: Diseases of the Nose, Sinus, and Skull Base. She is a co-editor of the book Health Care Reform Through Practical Clinical Guidelines: Ear Nose Throat. Most recently, she is the associate editor for the world-renowned textbook K. J. Lee's Essential Otolaryngology, 10th Edition, in which she also authored a chapter entitled "The Nose, Acute and Chronic Sinusitis."

Justin S. Golub

Justin S. Golub, MD, MS is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery and Vice Chair of Faculty Development at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He attended Emory University School of Medicine, residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle, and fellowship in neurotology at the University of Cincinnati. He obtained a masters in biostatistics at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. He is the author of more than ninety peer-reviewed research publications and has co-edited several books, including the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Clinical Reference Guide with Dr. Raza Pasha and the Otolaryngology Surgical Instrument Guide. Dr. Golub has an NIH-funded research program investigating the brain effects of age-related hearing loss. He has lectured internationally and his research has been reported in The New York Times and The Washington Post. He is also a leading pioneer in minimally invasive endoscopic ear surgery. Clinically he is interested in optimizing treatment of age-related hearing loss and improving outcomes using endoscopic ear surgery.