Communication Sciences & Disorders Faculty & Staff

Helen Sharp, PhD, CCC-SLP
Professor & Director, School of Communication Sciences & Disorders
helen.sharp@pacificu.edu
503-352-1432

Helen has served as the Director of the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders since August 2016 and has the pleasure of working with enormously talented faculty who are committed to student learning and to moving the field of speech-language pathology forward through research.

David K. Brown, PhD
Professor, AUD SIMLab Director (Sabbatical 2021-2022)
david.brown@pacificu.edu
503-352-2668

David Brown, PhD joined Pacific University in August 2012. Dr. Brown previously served as Director of Audiological Research at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and was also on the faculty at University of Cincinnati in Ohio. His areas of specialty include otoacoustic emissions, auditory brainstem response diagnostics, newborn hearing screening, and pediatric audiologic diagnostics, with a strong research interest in simulation technology.

Joanna Close, MS CCC-SLP
Adjunct Clinical Supervisor

Joanna Close is an adjunct clinical supervisor in the School of Communication Sciences & Disorders.

Jill Dolata
Jill Dolata, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor
dolata@pacificu.edu
503-352-1439

Dr. Jill Dolata is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Dr. Dolata is interested in the role social communication plays in early language development with particular focus in early identification, assessment of expressive language, and measurement of language outcomes in the population of children with neurodevelopmental disorders.

Caitlin Fitzgerald
Caitlin Fitzgerald, MS, CCC-SLP
Clinical Assistant Professor
caitlinf@pacificu.edu
503-352-1596

Caitlin Fitzgerald is a Clinical Assistant Professor and the Director of Clinical Education in the School of Communication Sciences & Disorders at Pacific University. She is dedicated to supporting graduate students in their development as clinicians through a community-based model that values service, collaboration, advocacy and diversity. Her clinical background is in pediatric medical settings, with a particular interest in feeding and swallowing disorders.

Peter Flipsen Jr., PhD, S-LP(C), CCC-SLP
Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders
flipsen@pacificu.edu
503-352-1455

Dr. Peter Flipsen Jr. has been at Pacific since fall 2013. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Alberta in his native Canada and then went on to receive his Master’s degree in in Speech-Language Pathology from Michigan State University. After practicing for four years as a speech-language pathologist in Fort Nelson, British Columbia (at mile 300 on the Alaska Highway), he returned to school and obtained his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is certified as a speech-language pathologist in both the United States and Canada.

Melissa Fryer, MA, CCC-SLP
Clinical Assistant Professor
fryer@pacificu.edu
503-352-1524

Melissa is pleased to serve as an Assistant Professor in the School of CSD, supervising graduate students in the delivery of speech-language services in the Pacific University Psychology and Comprehensive Health Clinics. Her professional interests include working with clients with acquired brain injury dementia, and other cognitive-linguistic challenges.

Anne E. Heassler, AuD
Assistant Professor, Year 1 Practicum Coordinator and Year 1 Advisor
aheassler@pacificu.edu
503-352-2685

Anne Heassler, AuD joined Pacific University in November 2012 as an Assistant Professor. Her areas of interest are clinical education, interprofessional practice and education, auditory rehabilitation and counseling as it applies to patient-centered care, and clinical reasoning.

Katie Lardy
Student Services Manager
katielardy@pacificu.edu
503-352-1430

Katie Lardy joins the School of Communication Sciences & Disorders as Student Services Manager after working for nine years in the Career Development Center at Pacific University as the Assistant Director and Pathways Coordinator.

Rik Lemoncello, PhD, CCC-SLP (he/him)
Professor
rik@pacificu.edu
503-352-1452

Rik Lemoncello is passionate about teaching and clinical practice in the area of adult medical speech-language pathology.

Kerry Callahan Mandulak, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor
mandulak@pacificu.edu
503-352-1464

Dr. Mandulak is an associate professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Mary Mitchell, Ph.D. CCC-SLP
Clinical Assistant Professor
mary.mitchell@pacificu.edu
503-352-1525

Mary joined the CSD faculty as an Assistant Clinical Professor in 2018. Her professional interests include clinical education, language/literacy interventions for school-age students, service delivery in school settings, collaboration, and high quality professional learning.

Amanda Stead, PhD, CCC-SLP, CHSE
Associate Professor
amanda.stead@pacificu.edu
503-352-1468

Dr. Amanda Stead is an associate professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders.  Her passion is for working with geriatric patients and issues related to stroke, dementia, end-of-life care and counseling.

Patricia Thomas, MS CCC-SLP
Adjunct Clinical Supervisor

Tricia Thomas is an adjunct clinical supervisor in the School of Communication Sciences & Disorders.

Jordan Tinsley
Jordan Tinsley, MS, CCC-SLP
Clinical Assistant Professor
jtinsley@pacificu.edu
503-352-1527

Jordan Tinsley joined the CSD faculty in 2020 as Clinical Assistant Professor. She is excited to use her background in medical speech-language pathology to help coordinate community-based student placements and to teach clinical skills to the next generation of SLPs. Jordan's professional interests include voice disorders, gender-spectrum voice & communication, head & neck cancer, and acquired brain injury.