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Texas State > College of Health Professions > Department of Communication Disorders > People > Faculty

Faculty

Maria Diana Gonzales, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Associate Professor and Chair

Maria Diana Gonzales, Ph.D., CCC/SLP, earned a doctoral degree from Ohio University in Speech-Language Pathology in 1997. She is a bilingual speech-language pathologist who holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is licensed to practice in the state of Texas. Dr. Gonzales has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in normal language development, childhood language disorders, assessment and intervention with culturally and linguistically diverse populations and second language acquisition. She has co-authored several manuscripts, written a book chapter, and presented numerous papers at state and national conferences.

Office: Health Professions Building, Room 170
Phone: 512-245-2330
Email: mg29@txstate.edu

Frances Burns, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor

Dr. Burns received her Ph.D. in Communication Disorders from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Prior to accepting a position at Texas State University- San Marcos, she completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Burns’ research interests include “identifying predictors of response to language and reading intervention” in children with specific language impairment from linguistically diverse backgrounds. She is currently conducting a study of dialect density and response to reading intervention. She has taught and co-taught courses in communication disorders at Vanderbilt University, the Medical University of South Africa, now the University of Limpopo, and Shaw University. She has co-authored several manuscripts and has presented papers at regional, state, and national conferences.

Office: Health Professions Building, Room 168
Phone: 512-245-6175

Email: frances.burns@txstate.edu

Celeste Domsch, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor

Dr. Celeste Domsch received her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, where she received a Doctoral Fellowship from the Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation. Prior to coming to Texas State, she taught at Vanderbilt, Baylor University, and The University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include lexical growth in children who are late to talk, and she is now collecting data on longer-term outcomes in this population. She has co-authored a publication on the development of C-V coarticulation, and has presented at regional and national conferences.

Office: Health Professions Building, Room 167

Phone: 512-245-6578

Email: cd23@txstate.edu

Rahul Chakraborty, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor

Rahul Chakraborty, Ph.D., received his bachelor’s degree in Speech Therapy and Audiology and his master’s degree in Linguistics, both from Bombay University, India. He earned a doctoral degree from Purdue University in 2006. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at Texas State. He has taught courses at University of Calcutta, India. His interdisciplinary research interests revolve around physiological evidence of first and second language interaction in adult bilinguals. He is the director of Speech kinematics laboratory.

Office: Health Professions Building, Room 169
Phone: 512-245-2330
Email: rc39@txstate.edu

Valarie B. Fleming, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor

Dr. Fleming received her Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from The University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include cognitive and linguistic aging in normal and disordered populations, health literacy, and variables influencing access and utilization of health services in culturally and linguistically diverse populations. Dr. Fleming teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in cognitive rehabilitation, neuroanatomy, and neurogenic language disorders. She has rehabilitative experience with adolescents and adults in acute care, sub-acute care, and outpatient settings.

Office: Health Professions Building, Room 166

Phone: 512-245-2330

Email: valarie.fleming@txstate.edu

Christine E. Fiestas, M.A., CCC-SLP
Lecturer

Christine E. Fiestas received her undergraduate degree from the University of

Vermont, her mas

ter’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and she is

currently completing her Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from UT-Austin. She is a bilingual speech-language pathologist holding the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and she is licensed to practice in Texas. Ms. Fiestas has taught undergraduate courses in speech and language acquisition, child communication disorders: assessment and intervention, and is teaching introduction to communication sciences and disorders. Her research interests are in the area of child language and narrative development with a special interest in the assessment and intervention of bilingual Spanish/English speaking children. While completing her doctoral program, she has worked in Central Texas in Early Childhood Intervention training parents and caregivers in the home to work with their children, and in the public school system at the elementary and preschool grade levels.

Anna Fox, M.A., CCC-SLP

Program Faculty

Ms. Fox has been licensed to practice speech-language pathology in the state of Texas since June 2003. She holds the certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Her specialties include early childhood intervention and bilingual (Spanish/English) assessment and intervention. Ms. Fox conducts the Hanen "It Takes Two to Talk" program for parents of children with language disorders and graduate students.

Office: Health Profession Building, Room 169
Phone: 512-245-2330
Email: af20@txstate.edu

Therese Kosary, M.S., CCC-SLP

Lecturer

Therese Kosary has been licensed to practice speech-language pathology in the state of Texas since 1987. She has taught undergraduate courses in the areas of phonetics, articulation and phonology, clinical management and aiding, service delivery and methodology. She has extensive experience working in the public schools, private practice, and with early childhood intervention programs. Ms. Kosary conducted many Hanen parent training programs in the areas of early communication skills and for families who have children in the autism spectrum range.

Office: Health Professions Building, Room 171
Phone: 512-245-2330
Email: tk02@txstate.edu

Jana Proff, M.S., CCC-SLP

Lecturer

Ms. Proff graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Communication Disorders from Texas State University in 2000 and earned a Master's degree from James Madison University in Virginia in 2002. She was awarded the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association and licensed to practice in the state of Texas. She was previously employed at McKenna Health System in New Braunfels, Texas for four years evaluating and treating adult neurogenic patients in the acute care, acute rehabilitation, home health, and outpatient settings and pediatric clients in the outpatient clinic.

Office: Health Professions Building, Room 167

Phone: 512-245-6658

Email: jh95@txstate.edu

Lori Stiritz, M.A., CCC-A

Senior Lecturer and Audiologist

Audiologist since 1983 and has been licensed in the State of Texas since 1993. Her clinical specialty is the diagnosis and treatment of auditory processing disorders. Ms. Stiritz teaches the undergraduate classes related to hearing (CDIS 3469: Introduction to Hearing Science, CDIS 4420: Audiology, CDIS 4370: Aural Rehabilitation), Neuroanatomy (CDIS 3412), and the graduate-level audiology practicum courses (CDIS 5321).

Office: Health Professions Building, Room 173
Phone: 512-245-2330
Email: ls12@txstate.edu

Renee Wendel, M.S., CCC-SLP

Lecturer and Clinic Director

Renee Wendel earned a Master's Degree from Texas State University in 1994.
She teaches advanced clinical practicum and internship in communication disorders and has extensive clinical practice in the area of adult neurogenic communication disorders.

Office: Health Professions Building, Room 101A
Phone: 512-245-8240
Email: rw18@txstate.edu