Faculty
The Certificate of Pre-SLP program is taught by faculty members in the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences, in the College of Health and Human Development. For detailed information on the faculty members who teach in these programs, please see the M.S. Communicative Disorders and Sciences faculty list.
Additional Instructors in the Certificate of Preparation for Advanced Studies Speech-Language Pathology (Certificate of Pre-SLP):
Kristine Cho
Lecturer, Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences
CD 442: Speech Science
Reed Elliott, M.A., CCC-SLP
Lecturer, Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences
CD 415: Speech & Language Development
Reed Elliott is a specialist in the area of speech, reading and writing instruction. He is an associate professor for the Communication Disorders and Sciences Department of California State University at Northridge, where he specializes in children's language development.
Professor Elliott has served people with communicative handicaps all his adult life. During the past 35 years he worked primarily with children and young adults with mental retardation and autism, adolescents with mental illness, and young men and women imprisoned because of severe criminal behavior. In addition, he has worked as a speech/language pathologist in private practice and as a consultant to group homes serving people with developmental disabilities. He has received grants and awards for research and program development, has published numerous scientific papers, co-authored a self-help book with psychologist Tom Prinz, and developed educational software programs used both in primary and secondary grades throughout California. He is a frequent presenter and panelist at conferences and training seminars, has served on the Ventura County Mental Health Advisory Board, and has been honored by the California Department of Developmental Services, the California Youth Authority, and the California State University at Northridge. Recently he was named a Fellow of the South Coast Writing Project at the University of California in Santa Barbara.
SuHyun Jin
Professor, Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences
CD 410: Hearing Science
CD 445: Audiometry & Hearing Conservation
Delia Karahalios, Au.D., CCC-A
Lecturer, Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences
CD 446: Auditory Habilitation
Delia Karahalios is honored to serve as the Chief of Audiology for the Department of Veterans Affairs at the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System. Dr. Karahalios received her B.A. and doctoral degree from the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. She has been named a Clinical Program Specialist in Tinnitus Management and Vestibular Disorders by the Veterans Affairs Professional Standards Board, and serves as a Tinnitus and Vestibular provider for VA Greater Los Angeles. Dr. Karahalios’s commitment to the interdisciplinary management of Veterans with auditory and vestibular disorders extends to her academic and professional presentations. She has presented as an invited faculty member on topics such as “Auditory & Vestibular Disorders in the Blast Injured Veteran”, Assistive Technology for the Hearing Impaired”, and “Central Auditory Processing Disorders”. Dr. Karahalios leads the Aural Rehabilitation classes for Greater Los Angeles, and is currently part of a VA IRB approved study focusing on CAPD and cognition. Delia trains and supervises 4th year doctoral externs, and has been teaching as a member of the CSUN Communication Disorders and Sciences team for 7 years. She is proud to be part of the education of the future of the CDS field.
Gail W. Lew
Lecturer, Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences
CD 450: Fluency and Disorders of Fluency
Christine Strike-Roussos, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences
CD 451: Phonology & Articulatory Disorders
CD 469A: Diagnostic Methods in Communication Disorders
Dr. Strike-Roussos is a Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences where she serves as the Coordinator for Stateside MS Graduate Admissions for the department, the Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee and a graduate academic advisor. She currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in diagnostic methods and articulation/phonological disorders for the State-side and Distance Learning programs.
She received her BA and MA degrees in Communicative Disorders from Northwestern University, and her PhD. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Indiana University, Bloomington with a dual emphasis in speech-language pathology clinical education and speech sound disorders in children. Dr. Strike-Roussos is a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist. She had a 10-year clinical career prior to beginning doctoral study. She worked in public school and hospital settings where she focused on the assessment and treatment of children with communication disorders. She also has extensive experience supervising students’ clinical experiences.
Dr. Strike-Roussos enjoys working with students to help them develop critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills. She enjoys collaboration with Dr. Yu in the CSUN Speech Language & Science research lab, and admires the intelligence, energy and creativity of the student researchers.
Dana Tappen, SLPD, CCC-SLP
Lecturer, Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences
CD 405: Phonetics
Dr. Tappen is has been an owner of a private practice since 2009. Her areas of specialties include providing diagnostic, treatment, and parent training services to children and their families with a variety of communication disorders. She provided presentations in the topics of social language deficits and social behavior mapping at professional conferences such as the California Speech, Language Hearing Association and Global Social Thinking Provider’s Conference.
Elizabeth G. Weber, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor, Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences
CD 462: Language Disorders I
Elizabeth Weber has worked clinically with children who have language disorders across a variety of diagnostic populations since 1989. She brings an educational background and experience to her classes. Dr. Weber earned a Ph.D. Linguistics from UCLA. She also has a master’s degree in communicative disorders from CSUN and an M.A. in Philosophy from Queens College, City University of New York. Dr. Weber provides students with the basic knowledge and analytic techniques needed to assess and provide intervention for children with language disorders. Her experience includes a private practice working with children with diagnoses of specific language impairment, language/learning disability, autism and phonological disorder. She also co-leads social communication groups provided through the UCLA Family Support Program.
