Audiology Faculty & Staff

Faculty members at the School of Audiology are highly regarded teachers, audiologists, and researchers who bring diverse backgrounds and multi-faceted interests to the AuD program.

Wendy D. Hanks, PhD
Director, School of Audiology
whanks@pacificu.edu
503-352-2697

Wendy D. Hanks, PhD is the Director of the Pacific University School of Audiology.

Lisa Marie Davis Bell, AuD
Assistant Professor and Year 2 Internship Coordinator
LisaDavisBell@pacificu.edu
503-352-2686

Lisa Marie Davis Bell, AuD is an Assistant Professor of Audiology. After completing her externship at a private practice audiology clinic in Christchurch, New Zealand, Dr. Bell moved to Oregon and gained experience in private practice audiology and ENT clinics.  Dr. Bell now resides in Utah.

Shelly Boelter, AuD
Assistant Professor
Shelly.Boelter@pacificu.edu

Dr. Shelly Boelter joined the team at Pacific University in 2020.  She specializes in adult amplification and total communication systems.  She understands each patient is unique and should have a customized hearing plan developed around their individual needs and lifestyle.

David K. Brown, PhD
Professor, AUD SIMLab Director
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.

Beth Buehler
Administrative Specialist, School of Audiology
beth.buehler@pacificu.edu
503-352-2657

Beth graduated with a BS in Business and Merchandising from Baker University in Baldwin City, KS in 1992. She worked in Hotel Event Management for many years before landing in Forest Grove School District where she most recently worked in their business office. She joined the School of Audiology team in November of 2018.

Abbye M. Callender, AuD
Clinic Director & Staff Audiologist of Pacific EarClinic
Abbye.Callender@pacificu.edu
503-352-2661

Abbye M. Callender, AuD is an Audiology professor who has worked with patients in New Mexico, Colorado, and now Oregon, and has a passion for helping foster the next generation of audiologists.

Curtis Hartling
Curtis Hartling, AuD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pacific EarClinic
503-352-2662

Curtis Hartling is Clinical Audiologist and Clinical Assistant Professor at Pacific EarClinic in Hillsboro, Oregon. Curtis has a background in research and clinical audiology. Clinically, Curtis specializes in diagnostic audiometry, fitting hearing aids, and hearing conservation for musicians.  

 

Anne E. Hogan, PhD
Associate Professor
aehogan@pacificu.edu
503-352-2696

Anne E. Hogan, PhD is an Associate Professor of Audiology who joined Pacific University in 2013. She worked clinically in North Carolina at a major medical center prior to pursuing her doctorate.  Her research has focused on foundational study towards improving delivery of vestibular rehabilitation therapy, and she is eager to extend that research through multidisciplinary collaborations in the College of Health Professions and beyond.

M. Samantha Lewis, PhD, CCC-A
Associate Professor, Academic Education Lead
SLewis@pacificu.edu
503-352-3611

M. Samantha Lewis, PhD, Associate Professor of Audiology joined Pacific University in July 2017, after having spent almost 15 years engaged in auditory research.

Maria Lopez
Medical Billing Specialist, Pacific EarClinic
mlopez@pacificu.edu
503-352-3630

Maria is originally from Anaheim, California and moved to Oregon in 2006. She is a certified professional biller and coder and has worked in the medical field for several specialties since 2007. Maria began her career with Pacific University in 2016 accepting a position with the Pacific EarClinic. In her downtime, she loves to spend time with her husband and two dogs, Jessie and Sid, as well as exploring the great outdoors in the state of Oregon.

Amelia Muniz
Patient Care Coordinator, Pacific EarClinic
Amelia.M@pacificu.edu
503-352-2692

Amelia Muniz is the Patient Care Coordinator for the Pacific EarClinic.

Carmel Nicol
Carmel Nicol
Assistant Director of Graduate and Professional Admissions
carmelnicol@pacificu.edu
503-352-7226

Carmel Nicol is the Assistant Director of Graduate and Professional Program Admissions and is the Audiology Admissions Counselor. Carmel is a Pacific University Bachelor of Social Work '16 and Master of Social Work '17 alumna. Carmel has worked within the healthcare and education settings in her career and has found admissions gives her the perfect balance of her passions counseling healthcare students. In her role, she counsels prospective students to become the most competitive applicants for the program, leads current student ambassadors, and works with the audiology admissions committee. 

Leigh G. Schaid, AuD
Associate Professor
lgschaid@pacificu.edu
503-352-2688

Leigh G. Schaid, AuD is an Assistant Professor of Audiology. Dr. Leigh Schaid joined Pacific University in June 2014.  Dr. Schaid previously worked as a research audiologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio.  Dr. Schaid also has experience working in a private audiology practice, as well as in a medical office setting.

Trent Westrick, AuD
Associate Professor, Year 3 Externship Coordinator
trent.westrick@pacificu.edu
503-352-2694

Trent Westrick, AuD joined Pacific University in 2014. His interests include adult audiologic diagnostics, amplification, cerumen management, and psychosocial aspects of hearing impairment. Dr. Westrick completed a bachelor’s degree in Communication Disorders at the University of Minnesota and a Doctor of Audiology degree at The Ohio State University.

Marcin Wróblewski, AuD, PhD, CCC-A
Assistant Professor
marcin@pacificu.edu
503-352-2451

Marcin Wróblewski, AuD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Audiology and the Secretary for the College of Health Professions. He completed his graduate studies at the University of Iowa and Boys Town National Research Hospital, where he also worked as a research audiologist before joining Pacific University in 2017. He has been engaged in auditory research since 2003, with overarching focus on identifying barriers to communication and strategies to help overcome them. His broad research experience and expertise spans the areas of the developmental effects of speech recognition in classrooms, perception of loudness, auditory evoked potentials, hearing aids and cochlear implants, middle ear and inner ear mechanics, auditory processing disorder, and bilingualism.