August 2016 - Present | Associate Professor, San Jose State University ‐ Communicative Disorders and Sciences | |
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June 2016 - August 2016 | Professor, California State University, East Bay ‐ Communicative Sciences and Disorders | |
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June 2011 - June 2016 | Associate Professor, California State University, East Bay ‐ Communicative Sciences and Disorders | |
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July 2012 - July 2015 | Department Chair, California State University, East Bay ‐ Communicative Sciences and Disorders | |
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January 2006 - June 2011 | Assistant Professor, California State University, East Bay ‐ Communicative Sciences and Disorders | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- 2015: Nominee, CSUEB’s George and Miriam Phillips Outstanding Professor Award
- 2015: Invited Keynote Speaker, Bilingual Therapies Symposium, Saint Maarten (July 2015)
- 2014-2017: Appointed, Editor, Perspectives on Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, American Speech Language Hearing Association
- 2014: Named 2014 Lynda Campbell Memorial Lecturer, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Saint Louis University (October 2014)
- 2014: Named 2014 Oyer Lecturer, Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, Michigan State University (May 2014)
- 2013: Recipient, Award of Faculty Fellow in Diversity and Social Justice, CLASS, CSUEB
- 2013: Nominee, Diversity Award (for addressing diversity issues in the discipline), California Speech Language Hearing Association
- 2012: Recipient, National Certificate of Recognition for Significant Contribution in Multicultural Affairs, American Speech Language Hearing Association
- 2012, 2010: Recipient, Juried Award for Commitment to Diversity Issues as Course Instructor (Course: SPPA 4868 – Cultural and Linguistic Diversity), Diversity Day, CSUEB
- 2011: Faculty Sabbatical Award, California State University East Bay
- 2008: Selected Attendee, American Speech Language Hearing Association Training Institute Lessons for Success: Developing the Emerging Scientist
- 2006: Recipient, Editor’s Award for Most Meritorious Article, American Journal of Speech Language Pathology
- 2005: Recipient, Certificate of Appreciation, for Service as Chair of Multicultural Issues Board, American Speech Language Hearing Association
- 2003, 1999: Recipient, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Travel Fellowship
- 2000: Recipient, Science & Research Career Forum Fellowship, ASHA
- 2000, 1998: Nominee, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona
- 1997: Recipient, Graduate Student Research Scholarship, American Speech Language Hearing Foundation (ASHF)
- 1996: Recipient, Manohar Memorial Young Scientist Award, Best Paper in Speech Pathology, Indian Speech and Hearing Association (ISHA)
- 1994, 1995, 1996: Recipient, Government of India Scholarship for Outstanding Graduate Students, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, India
2001 | Ph.D., University of Arizona ‐ Speech Language and Hearing Sciences | |
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1996 | M.S., University of Mysore ‐ Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology | |
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1994 | B.S., All India Institute of Medical Sciences ‐ Speech and Hearing Science | |
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