Faculty and Staff

Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty


Gabriela Simon-Cereijido

Gabriela Simon-Cereijido, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Department Chair and Professor
Outstanding Professor Awardee 2023-2024
Phone/Ext: (323) 343-4697
[email protected]
Office: KH B117

Dr. Simon-Cereijido received her Ph.D. in Language and Communicative Disorders from San Diego State University and UC San Diego. Her areas of expertise are bilingual child language disorders and the education and preparation of bilingual professionals in the field of communication disorders.


Alaina Bassett

Alaina Bassett, Ph.D., Au.D., CCC-A
Assistant Professor
Phone/Ext: (323) 343-4693
[email protected]
Office: KH B119 and off-Campus at the Hearing & Balance Center at Alhambra 

Dr. Bassett received her Ph.D. in Communication Disorders and her Au.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her areas of expertise are vestibular assessment and treatment. 


Nancy Cohick

Nancy J. Cohick, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor
Phone/Ext: (323) 343-4757
[email protected]
Office: KH B106-C

Dr. Cohick received her Ph.D. in Speech Pathology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her area of expertise is adult neurogenic disorders, including traumatic brain injury, aphasia, and dysphagia.


Erica Ellis

Erica Ellis, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Associate Professor
Phone/Ext: (323) 343-4691
[email protected]
Office: KH B106-D

Dr. Ellis received her Ph.D. in Language and Communicative Disorders from San Diego State University and UC San Diego. Her areas of expertise are language delays and disorders in young children, predictors of language outcomes, and parent coaching and intervention strategies.


Miwako Hisagi

Miwako Hisagi, Ph.D., Au.D.,CCC-A
Associate Professor and Director of the Doctor of Audiology (AuD) Program 
Phone/Ext: (626)382-0262
[email protected]
Office: Off-Campus at the Hearing & Balance Center at Alhambra

Dr. Hisagi received her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from The University of New York (CUNY) - The Graduate Center and her Au.D. from the University of Connecticut. Her areas of expertise arepsychoacoustics, speech science, amplification, geriatric audiology, and audiologic rehabilitation.


Peter Ivory

Peter Ivory, Ph.D., CCC-A
Professor, Graduate Advisor of the Doctor of Audiology (AuD) Program, and Director of Clinical Operations, Hearing & Balance Center at Alhambra
Phone/Ext: (626) 382-0264
[email protected]
Office: Off-Campus at the Hearing & Balance Center at Alhambra

Dr. Ivory is the AuD Program Director.  He received his Ph.D. in Speech Pathology and Audiology from the University of Kansas.  His areas of expertise are audiology and genetics.


Mary Kubalanza

Mary Kubalanza, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Associate Professor
Phone/Ext: (323) 343-4756
[email protected]
Office: KH B106-A

Dr. Kubalanza received her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her area of expertise is language and literacy development.


Ian Morton

Ian Morton, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor
Phone/Ext: (626) 382-0261
imorton3@calstatela.edu
Office: KH B106-B

Dr. Morton received his Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Vanderbilt University. His area of expertise is complex syntax in children with language disorders. 


Chandan Suresh

Chandan Suresh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone/Ext: (626) 382-0263
[email protected]
Office: Off-Campus at the Hearing & Balance Center at Alhambra

Dr. Suresh received his Ph.D. in Audiology from Purdue University. His areas of expertise are electrophysiology and hearing science.

 

Clinical Faculty


Paula Horner

Paula Horner, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Lecturer and Robert L. Douglass Speech & Language Clinic Director
Phone/Ext: (323) 343-4753
[email protected]

Dr. Horner is the Director of the Robert L. Douglass Speech-Language Clinic. She received her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Ohio State University. Her areas of expertise are high-risk infants and toddlers, autism, and augmentative and alternative communication.


Margaret Winter

Margaret Winter, M.S., CCC-A
Lecturer and Director of Clinical Education, AuD Program
Phone/Ext: (626) 382-0265
[email protected]

Ms. Winter is the Director of the Cal State LA Hearing and Balance Clinic.  She received her M.S. in Communicative Disorders from the University of Redlands. Her areas of expertise are pediatric audiology and implantable auditory devices.

 

Staff


Loriann Overlin
Administrative Support Coordinator
Phone/Ext: (323) 343-4699
[email protected]

Jesus Perez
Administrative Support Assistant
Phone/Ext: (323) 343-4754
[email protected]

Lecturers


Lecturers
Lecturers share office space at KH B109-D. For Lecturer office hours, please see the Office Hours Information Board located across from KH B106.