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Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral Program
About the Faculty
RHB
Program
Director
Research interests: Postural and functional considerations in the treatment
and rehabilitation of lower extremity injury
RHB Director
of Graduate Studies
Research interests: Spinal cord injury
University of Kentucky
Associate Dean of Research
Charlotte Peterson, Ph.D., Joseph Hamburg
Endowed Professor
Research Interests:
elucidation of cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling skeletal
muscle structure and function.
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Research interests:
Literacy development and intervention for at-risk children; intervention
for school-age language disorders
RHB Department Chair
Research interests: Alternative and augmentative communication strategies;
early intervention
Division Directors
Research interests: Alternative and augmentative communication strategies;
early intervention
Research interests: Rehabilitative clinical outcomes in the older population
Research interests: Postural and functional considerations in the treatment
and
rehabilitation of lower extremity injury
Other Program Faculty
Research interests: Understanding
the effects that movement-related somatosensation or externally-generated
afference may have on central nervous system processes of perception,
sensorimotor control and proprioception in the oral facial system of humans
Gilson J. Capilouto, Ph.D.,
CCC-SLP, ATP,
Communication Science Disorders
Research interests:
AAC performance measures, narrative
discourse performance across the lifespan for persons with and without
neurological disorders and risk factors for language development in
children born prematurely.
Research interests: School-based practice; early
intervention outcomes; pediatric service delivery models; inclusive
education
Robert A. (Tony) English, Ph.D., PT, Physical Therapy
Research interests: clinical functional
outcomes testing in people with chronic degenerative conditions.
Emphasis on middle aged people.
Research interests: Communication disorders in
aging; speech and voice
science
Research Interests: Investigating
the underlying cellular mechanisms of
skeletal muscle atrophy in general and sarcopenia in particular.
Research interests: Speech development; disordered speech in children;
dialect development.
Research interests: Communication
supports for self-determination for individuals with developmental
disabilities; Pediatric communication disorders in students with
severe/multiple developmental disabilities
Research interests: Health care
delivery system; relationship-centered care
Research interests: Soft tissue healing; outcomes assessment; knee and
shoulder; articular cartilage
Research interests: Post-stroke speech and language disorders; communication
disorders following head injury
Research interests: Clinical trials; efficacy of PT intervention
Research interests: Laryngeal,
respiratory, and resonance compensations in the presence of laryngeal
pathology; the efficacy of voice therapy
Research interests: Motor activation patterns related to rehabilitation of
the upper extremity
Research interests: the impact of cognitive deficits on communication in
individuals with acquired brain injury; the validity of treating
attentional deficits as a means for improving proficiency of conversational
discourse in this population
Eastern Kentucky University
Occupational Therapy Program Faculty
Department Chair
Colleen Schneck, SC.D., OTR/L,
FAOTA
Research interests: Child development, sensory processing, visual perceptual
skills, school-based practice
Other Program Faculty
Onda Bennett, Ph.D., OTR/L
Research
interests: Mental health; instruction and curriculum design
Anne Blakeney, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA
Research
interests: Socio-cultural basis of health beliefs and behaviors and the
effect of poverty on the human occupations.
Lynnda Emery, Ed.D., OTR/L
Research interests: Instructional improvement; evaluation of functional
performance; outcomes research related to instruction
Dana Howell, Ph.D., OTD, OTR/L
Research interest: Qualitative research, interdisciplinary education,
quality of life of rural seniors, and adult physical dysfunction and
rehabilitation
Ruth A. Huebner, Ph.D., OTR/L
Research interests: Autism and severe development delay; brain injury;
psychosocial aspects of disability
Research interests: Play, environmental interactions, maternal work, video
methods
Sharon B. Shasby, Ed.D.,
OTR/L, BCP, FAOTA
Research interests: School-based practice, sensory processing, early
intervention outcomes, autism
Ann Shordike,
Ph.D., OTR/L
Research interests: Holistic practice, history, traditions, and cultural
aspects of health and healing; mental health and community mental health
practice
Peggy Wittman,
Ed.D., OTR/L, FAOTA
Research interests: Quality of
life in rural communities, especially as related to occupational performance
of citizens; phenomena of using animal assisted therapy with persons with
autism and Asperger's Syndrome; and outcomes of a community-built
occupational therapy practice in a rural area.
Institutional Partners
Communication Disorders Program Faculty
Elizabeth G. Blodgett,
Ed.D., CCC-SLP, Murray State University
Research interests: Phonological assessment and intervention; child language
assessment and intervention
Jo-Ann Hammons, Ph.D.,
CCC-SLP, Murray State University
Research interests: Treatment outcomes in fluency disorders
Frank M. Kersting, Ed.D.,
CCC-SLP, Western Kentucky University
Research interests: Emergent literacy; technology applications; intervention
protocols for children with language disorders
Creighton Miller, Ph.D.,
Murray State University
Research interests: Speech and hearing sciences; computer and internet
applications; research methods; instrumentation
Pearl Payne, Ph.D.,
CCC-SLP, Murray State University Research interests: Early identification of stuttering; efficacy of early
intervention models for children who stutter; relationships between language
and the onset and development of stuttering
Sharon Hart, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Murray State University
Research interests: The effectiveness of using
communication-centered intervention to facilitate phonological learning
in young children
Adjunct Faculty
Cale Jacobs PhD, ATC, Athletic Training, Lexington Clinic
Research interests:
Timothy Hewitt
Research interests:
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Equal Opportunity University