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Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences

Administration

  • Melanie L. Matthies
    Chair, Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
    617-353-1983
    matthies@bu.edu
  • Michelle Mentis
    Program Director, MS in Speech-Language Pathology
    617-353-7480
    mmentis@bu.edu
  • Kristine Strand
    Program Director, BS in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
    617-353-7539
    ksushi@bu.edu

Faculty

Where marked (*) joint appointment with other Boston University schools or colleges.

  • Guenther, Kidd, Waters Professors
  • Kiran, Matthies Associate Professors
  • Arunachalam, Stepp Assistant Professors
  • Langmore*, Mentis Clinical Professors
  • Cox*, Gavett, Parris, Strand Clinical Associate Professors
  • Dix, Hoover, Howland Clinical Assistant Professors
  • Caplan Adjunct Professor
  • Hillman Adjunct Associate Professor
  • Oppenheimer, Sanders Adjunct Clinical Associate Professors
  • Bunting Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Raade Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • Costello, Delhorne, DiGrande, Howard, Lindsay, Larson Lecturers
  • Mason, Perkell Senior Research Scientists

Programs/Degrees Awarded:

  • Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences BS
  • Speech-Language Pathology MS, CAGS, PhD
  • Audiology PhD

BU Sargent College offers a full range of courses and programs for students interested in speech, language, and hearing sciences and their associated disorders. The undergraduate curriculum features studies in normal communication processes and introductory studies in speech-language pathology and audiology. Many students with undergraduate degrees in speech, language, and hearing sciences pursue graduate professional training for careers as speech-language pathologists or audiologists. Other students choose a wide variety of career directions after graduating from our programs, including, but not limited to, education, research, medicine, public health, and law. This unusually broad range of careers from a single discipline is possible because the basic processes of communication are fundamental to every area of human endeavor.

The Speech-Language Pathology program is fully accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). The Master of Science program enables students to fulfill the requirements for professional certification by ASHA in speech-language pathology and prepares them to obtain Massachusetts state licensure and/or a teacher license. Advanced graduate studies and doctoral programs are provided for those seeking additional professional training and research skills.

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