Tag Archive for "CSD" - Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences

A CSD Student’s Perspective on Chapman’s Stroke and Parkinson’s Disease Boot Camps How interdisciplinary teamwork and client connection shape future clinicians at Crean College

November 19, 2025 by Jill Cagle | Community

Chapman University’s Stroke Boot Camp is a no-cost, two-week intensive treatment program designed for chronic stroke survivors. Students and faculty collaborate across disciplines including Communication Sciences and Disorders, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant and Pharmacy. They all work together with faculty to design programming, provide hands-on interventions, and collect meaningful clinical outcome data. The result is

CSD Graduate Student Jenna Lloyd: 2025-26 Language First Student Ambassador

April 9, 2025 by Jill Cagle | Students

We are thrilled to announce that our first-year CSD graduate student, Jenna Lloyd, has been selected for the prestigious Language First Student Ambassador Program for 2025-26! Jenna joined Dr. Zed Sehyr’s lab as a graduate student assistant last fall and has since been deeply involved in research focusing on predictive sentence comprehension in deaf and

CSD Assistant Professor Brittney Lee to Present Visionary Session at 2024 ASHA Convention

September 9, 2024 by Jill Cagle | Faculty

Brittney Lee, a CSD Assistant Professor, has been selected to present her work titled, “How prepared are speech-language pathologists to work with deaf children who use American Sign Language?”. Awarded to fewer than 5% of presentations at the 2024 ASHA convention, awardees are selected for their forward-thinking and potential to significantly impact the field by

Alumni Spotlight: (’21 M.S. Communications Sciences & Disorders & ’19 CSD Post Bacc Certificate) Melissa Francis

January 26, 2024 by Jill Cagle | Alumni

What experiences in your program were most valuable to you? I loved that my program allowed me to experience practicum hours at various sites while simultaneously learning in classes. The ability to build connections between what I am learning in the classroom and experiencing at my rotations was so valuable. During my neuroanatomy class, my

Senior Spotlight: Loura Derro (’23 MS Communication Sciences & Disorders) Crean Senior Overcomes Numerous Challenges While Completing Grad School

May 16, 2023 by Jill Cagle | Students

Loura Derro (she/they) ’23 MS has had their share of challenges these past few years, but as a testament to their character and strength they never gave up. As a 2nd generation Asian-American from a low-income background, Loura made the difficult decision to separate from a toxic family home all while dealing with a cancer

Jessie Ginsburg (MS ’13) Amplifies Voices in the Autistic Community April is Autism Acceptance Month

April 5, 2023 by Sarah Buckley | Alumni

As a speech-language pathologist, Jessie Ginsburg (MS ‘13) supports autistic kids through her speech therapy clinic, Pediatric Therapy Playhouse, and online training she offers for professionals and parents. Ginsburg asks the question, how can we as a society support autistic people by giving them what they need to be successful in this world? Ginsburg shared

CHBS Commencement 2019 A Guide for Crean College Graduating Seniors, Faculty, and Staff

March 22, 2019 by Monica Cataldo | Students

The Chapman University Commencement weekend is just around the corner and we are getting excited! We want to make sure Crean College seniors, faculty, and staff have all the essential information needed to have a hassle-free experience. Before we jump into the details, please be aware that April 15 is the RSVP deadline to participate

Alumni Spotlight: Deena Fam ’15 Communication Sciences & Disorders alumna talks to us about life as an "SLP"

October 25, 2018 by Monica Cataldo | News

CHBS: What initially drew you to the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD)? DF: I was originally drawn to the field of speech-language pathology (SLP) from a personal experience in which I observed a clinician working her hardest to help a patient communicate after a severe stroke. This experience was at Mission Hospital over

1st Annual Health Science Research Day Held at the Rinker Campus

April 13, 2016 by Molly Fitzpatrick | News

The Rinker Health Science Campus held its first annual Health Science Research Day on April 7, bringing together graduate student and alumni research from inter-professional programs. Presented research from Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences programs included Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) and Physical Therapy (DPT) , along with the School of Pharmacy.

FRIENDS Who Stutter, Annual Conference Chapman to host Saturday, March 19

February 17, 2016 by Molly Fitzpatrick | Events

Chapman University and Crean College will host its annual FRIENDS Who Stutter one-day conference on Saturday, March 19, 2016 from 9:30am-4:30pm on campus in Orange, California. This is a family-oriented, one-day conference designed around individual workshops for children, teens, and adults who stutter. Parents and speech-language pathologists are encouraged to attend. Second-year Communication Sciences