SDSU/UCSD Doctoral program 2012

[Beverly Wulfeck]

DOCTORAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO JOINT
DOCTORAL PROGRAM (JDP) LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS

Program Directors:  Vic Ferreira (UCSD) and Beverly Wulfeck (SDSU)

APPLICATION DEADLINE for FALL, 2012:  JANUARY 20, 2012

To obtain admission information and to download our application for Fall
2012 visit our website at:
http://slhs.sdsu.edu/phdmain.php

The doctoral program in Language and Communicative Disorders is designed
to educate a new generation of scientists who are interested in applying
research skills to the disorders.  Our interdisciplinary program, the only
program of its kind in California, provides training in normal (spoken and
signed) language, language disorders, multilingualism, and in the neural
bases of language learning, use, and loss.  It is designed to educate a
new generation of scientists who are interested in applying
state-of-the-art research skills to the study of communicative disorders. 
We are very proud of our program, students and faculty.  Our doctoral
program ranked fourth on the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index rankings
compiled by Academic Analytics and released by The Chronicle of Higher
Education in 2007.  The National Research Council (NRC) ranked our
doctoral program among the top ten in the nation in their most recent
rankings (2010).  The majority of our graduates hold faculty positions in
universities or research scientist positions in labs here in the US and
abroad.

GOALS:
1. To provide doctoral training in the study of language and communicative
behavior with an interdisciplinary focus that integrates state-of-the-art
knowledge from the fields of communicative disorders, cognitive sciences,
neurosciences, psychology and linguistics represented by the expertise of
core faculty from SDSU and UCSD.
2. To prepare professionals, educated in the interface between behavioral
and cognitive neuroscience methodologies, who will provide critical
leadership in research and health services.
3. To prepare Ph.D.-level scientists in the field of language and
communicative disorders to serve as faculty in university programs and
scientists in a variety of settings to carry out much-needed research on
the processes of language development, disorders, assessment and
intervention.
4. To prepare researchers to carry out much-needed research in
communicative behavior and disorders in bilingualism.

ASHA CLINICAL CERTIFICATION:
Although this is a research Ph.D. program, doctoral students wishing to
obtain academic preparation for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in
Speech-Language Pathology may do so concurrently with their doctoral
studies as our program is accredited by the Council on Academic
Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA).  We also
have a means for students wishing to complete their CFY while enrolled in
our program.

RESOURCES AND SUPPORT:
In fall 2008 our program at SDSU moved into a new clinical, research, and
academic building with state-of-the-art Speech-Language and Audiology
clinics, wonderful high-tech labs, and great new instructional facilities.
These resources, combined with the outstanding facilities at UCSD,
provide doctoral students with the best possible training environment. 
Several different funding sources are used to support doctoral students
including program scholarships, Graduate assistantships, in-state and
out-of-state fee support, and faculty grants.  Our NIH doctoral training
grant “Neurocognitive Approaches to Communication Disorders” was just
renewed for five years of funding (http://slhs.sdsu.edu/phdgrant.php). 
This funding, along with other institutional and grant funding, provides
us with resources to support our doctoral students.  Contact Dr. Lew
Shapiro (shapiro at mail.sdsu.edu) for more information regarding this
training grant.

ASHA CONVENTION 2011:
Doctoral faculty will be attending ASHA in San Diego in November. 
Interested students planning on attending are invited to contact us and
meet us at the Graduate Fair November 17-18, 2011.

SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, California 92182-1518
Telephone: (619) 594-6775
phdlancd at mail.sdsu.edu

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