MS-SLP Program

Taylor West, MA, CCC-SLP, Clinical Educator

Taylor West, MA, CCC-SLP

Taylor West is a Clinical Educator for the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences Master of Speech-Language Pathology program. She is a pediatric speech-language pathologist with experience across outpatient, private practice, school-based, and teletherapy settings. Her areas of interest in speech-language pathology include early intervention, language development, and speech sound disorders. Taylor is passionate

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Erin Beasley, MS, CCC-SLP

Erin Beasley is a speech-language pathologist specializing in pediatric speech and language therapy, diagnostics, and supporting individuals with hearing loss across the lifespan. She is dedicated to interprofessional education, collaborative practice, and mentoring future clinicians through clinical supervision.

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Anna Golombek, MS, CCC-SLP

Anna Golombek, MS, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers), is a Clinical Coordinator for the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences Master of Speech-Language Pathology program on the San Marcos, CA campus. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Music (Vocal Performance) from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Master of Science in Clinical Speech-Language

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Megann McGill, PhD, CCC-SLP

Megann McGill, PhD, CCC-SLP is a certified bilingual (Spanish-English) speech-language pathologist with more than a decade of experience in clinical practice, research and student supervision. Clinically, she has worked in acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, private practice, K-8 schools, home health and university clinics. Dr. McGill’s research centers on the use of telepractice to reduce healthcare

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Clinical Coordinator Sally Waters, MA, CCC-SLP

Sally Waters, MA, CCC-SLP

Sally Ouimet Waters is a Clinical Coordinator for the University of St. Augustine Health Sciences Master of Speech-Language Pathology program on the St. Augustine, FL campus. Her clinical experience has focused on acute care, including management of communication and swallowing needs for the ICU patient population, as well as adult outpatient rehabilitation. Her areas of

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Assistant Professor Alayna Townsend, PhD, CCC-SLP

Alayna Townsend, PhD, CCC-SLP

Dr. Alayna E. Townsend is an Assistant Professor in the Master of Speech-Language Pathology program at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences on the Dallas, TX campus. Dr. Townsend began her journey in higher education in 2015, combining her clinical experience with teaching, mentorship and service. She has spent the last 10 years

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Associate Program Director, Professor Christina Gildersleeve-Neumann, PhD, CCC-SLP

Christina Gildersleeve-Neumann, PhD, CCC-SLP

Dr. Christina Gildersleeve-Neumann has extensive experience in higher education and program leadership. Her research, clinical and teaching expertise focus on severe speech sound disorders and multilingualism, with emphasis on the assessment and intervention of childhood apraxia of speech in monolingual and multilingual individuals and typical and atypical speech development in Spanish-English bilinguals.  Dr. Gildersleeve-Neumann earned

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Professor Albert Villanueva-Reyes, EdD, CCC-SLP

Albert Villanueva-Reyes, EdD, CCC-SLP

Dr. Albert Villanueva-Reyes is a bilingual, American Speech Language Hearing Association-certified (ASHA) speech-language pathologist with more than 30 years of experience in academic, administrative and clinical areas. He has taught at several academic institutions across the United States and Puerto Rico.  He holds a master’s degree in speech-language pathology, a doctorate in teaching and curriculum

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Clinical Coordinator Claryssa (Clary) Montgomery, SLPD, CCC-SLP

Claryssa (Clary) Montgomery, SLPD, CCC-SLP

Dr. Claryssa (Clary) Montgomery joined the University in 2023 as a clinical educator and transitioned to her current position in October 2024. Her experiences as a medical speech-language pathologist (SLP) navigating the healthcare systems in Texas and New York have influenced her approach to patient care and clinical mentorship.  Dr. Montgomery’s areas of clinical expertise

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Clinical Coordinator Kathryn Flurry Mercer, MCD, CCC-SLP

Kathryn B. Flurry, MCD, CCC-SLP

With nearly three decades of experience in speech-language pathology, Kathryn Flurry has worked in a variety of adult and pediatric healthcare settings, as well as diverse educational environments. She joined the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) in 2019 and works as the clinical coordinator of the MS-SLP program on the Dallas, TX

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USAHS Associate Professor, MS-SLP Program Amanda Eaton, PhD, CCC-SLP

Amanda Eaton, PhD, CCC-SLP

Amanda Eaton, PhD, CCC-SLP specializes in adult medical speech-language pathology and is committed to advancing the education of future clinicians and the understanding of communication, cognitive and swallowing disorders in adults.  She earned her Doctor of Philosophy with a specialization in Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of Missouri–St. Louis, where she developed a foundation in

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USAHS Assistant Professor, MS-SLP Program Jie Yang, PhD, CCC-SLP

Jie Yang, PhD, CCC-SLP

Dr. Jie Yang has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in phonetics, speech science, speech-language development and speech sound disorders. She has worked as a bilingual speech-language pathologist in public schools and private clinics. Additionally, she has received a research grant from the National Science Foundation and has presented at national and international conferences.  Dr. Yang’s

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