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My name is Holly Rusch and I am a second year graduate student and NSSHLA Speech and Language President. Currently I work in Jon Miller's SALT office at the Waisman Center as well as at Paisans as a Bartender. I am extremely active with community service, love the outdoors, and enjoy spending time with my friends and family. My main areas of professional interest are with early childhood, voice disorders, and swallowing disorders.
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Becky Toothaker
My name is Becky Toothaker and I am Historian for the UW Madison chapter of NSSHLA. I am an undergrad majoring in Communicative Disorders and Psychology. I am particularly interested in child language disorders. I look forward to becoming a more active member of NSSHLA as I move into grad school.
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Maia Braden
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Sarah Virlee
My name is Sarah Virlee. This year I am the NSSHLA newsletter editor. I am in my senior year at Madison and currently work for the Wisconsin Early Autism project and have since June of 2004. At this time, I am undecided about whether I will be going into Speech-Language Patholgy or Audiology. Also, I love tennis, running, and music.
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Ericka Wendorf
I am originally from Fort Atkinson, WI. I hope to be a Speech-Language Pathologist for children, either in a school or hospital setting. Besides speech pathology, I'm interested in running and the local music scene. Until I graduate, I hope to continue working with children with autism throug Integrative Developmental Services and working with the International Undergraduate Admissions office.
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Karen Musiak
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My name is Rachel Hopp and I am a senior at UW Madison. For the Spring 2006 semester I am in charge of NSSLHA presentations and maintaining the website. My undergraduate major is Communicative Disorders but I also study Spanish and hope to become an SLP or Audiologist who works with Spanish speaking individuals with hearing loss.
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Michael Chial, who is older than dirt, is a Professor of Audiology at UW-Madison. He earned a bachelor's degree from Mankato State College (now Minnesota State University), as well as MA, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in communicative disorders from UW-Madison. His teaching and research are in the areas of hearing science, technical calibration and standards, occupational hearing conservation, forensic audiology, and quantitative assessments of clinical decision-making.
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Michelle Quinn earned a B.A degree in Psychology and English from the University of Notre Dame where she appreciated faculty commitment to creating and sustaining a learning community. Michelle earned her M.A degree in speech pathology from the University of Iowa.
After clinical work in hospital, school, consultant and private practice settings, she came to UW-Madison in 1991 to be a clinical instructor in the area of aural (re)habilitation. Her current clinical interests include communication modality options, technology options and consulting on behalf of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Also, a language stimulation preschool has invigorated her love for this age learner. She has served for five years as a NSHLA advisor, and is delighted to witness the active service commitment and leadership that has developed over the years.
Outside of professional interests, Michelle enjoys Irish music venues, car trips, creative writing, and conversation with friends and family.
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