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Lesli Cleveland is a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Eastern Washington University. She joined the department in 2008.

Lesli earned a bachelor of arts degree in English from Emory University in 1992.  She completed her master of arts (2000) and a doctorate (2009) in communication sciences and disorders at Louisiana State University.

Lesli teaches courses in the areas of child language development and impairment, language and literacy, and multicultural issues.

In addition to Lesli’s administrative responsibilities, her current research interests include emergent and early literacy development and community-based teaching and learning.

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Joe Klein, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Eastern Washington University. He joined the Department in 2024.

Joe earned his doctorate in communication sciences and disorders from The University of South Alabama, Mobile, in 2005. He has been a lecturer and assistant professor at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY (2005-2010) and an assistant and associate professor at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC (2010-2024).

Joe’s areas of teaching include stuttering, child language, and research methods. Joe supervises therapy for people who stutter and is the co-director of the Successful Stuttering Management Program. His research interests include stuttering therapy and support and multicultural issues in speech-language pathology. He lives in Spokane with his wife and children.

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Doreen Nicholas is a senior lecturer who joined the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in 1995.

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My professional career at Eastern began when I transitioned from being a full-time clinical audiologist in private practice to being an audiology instructor. During my 20 years, I developed and taught several courses for the Communication Science and Disorders undergraduate program. My role as an instructor for Eastern included clinical education for the University Hearing and Speech Clinic.

As the sole clinical audiologist in the cooperative program with Washington State University, I supervised graduate students acquiring their required audiology hours in pursuit of their Certification in Clinical Competence.

To serve my profession I am proud of two separate accomplishments. First, I am a contributing author to a published textbook on Anatomy and Pathology. We are just about to complete a 2^nd edition with updated content and ancillary materials for the student and the instructor who adopts the text. Second, I was elected to be one of two members of the Washington State American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Audiology Advisory Council (AAC). I held this role for 2 consecutive 3-year terms. Even though I retired from teaching at Eastern in 2021, I hold the institution in high regard. After all, I am proud to say I am an alumnus of the very program.

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Jane Pimentel, PhD, CCC-SLP, is Professor Emerita in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Eastern Washington University specializing in neurologic communication disorders.  She has a history of presenting at ASHA and state association meetings in language and cognitive issues affecting individuals with neurologic communication disorders. She currently enjoys retirement in San Diego, CA. where she stays involved as a volunteer for the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Lindsay Williams is a Lecturer and the Offsite Placement Coordinator, who joined the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in 2008.

Lindsay received her master of arts from Washington State University in 1998 and has worked in a variety of settings including acute care hospitals, rehabilitation centers, skilled nursing facilities, and public schools. Her interests include augmentative and alternative communication and neurogenic communication disorders.

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Elizabeth Wilson-Fowler began teaching in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the fall of 2010. She received her doctoral degree from Florida State University.

Prior to coming to Eastern, she worked as a speech-language pathologist in private practice and in the public schools in Anacortes, Washington. Wilson-Fowler has assessed and treated children from 3 to 21 years of age with a range of speech and language disorders. Her area of interest focuses on school-age language and literacy.

Professor Wilson-Fowler retired in 2023.