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Communication Sciences & Disorders Faculty

Amy Vashlishan Murray
Assistant Professor (2009)
B.A., College of Holy Cross; Ph.D., Harvard University

Dr. Vashlishan is a molecular biologist with research and teaching interests at the intersection of genetics, neurobiology, and public understanding of science.  Her current laboratory work utilizes genetic approaches to explore how neurons can adjust their activity in response to changes in the environment, leading to alterations in behavior.  A member of the National Association and Science Writers and theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Sciences, she also maintains a scholarly focus on the communication and impact of science. She has worked in exhibit development at the Boston Museum of Science and was a former director of the non-profit public science education program and seminar series Science in the News at Harvard Medical School.


Full Time Faculty

Daniel Kempler, Chair and Professor

Cynthia Bartlett, Graduate Program Director and Associate Professor

Amit Bajaj, Associate Professor

Timothy Edgar, Graduate Program Director for the Health Communication Program and Associate Professor

Belinda Fusté-Herrmann, Assistant Professor

Ruth Grossman, Assistant Professor

Jon Honea, Scientist-in-Residence

Vinoth Jagaroo, Associate Professor

David Luterman, Professor Emeritus


David Maxwell, Professor

Eileen McBride, Scholar-In-Residence

Tracy McLaughlin-Volpe, Assistant Professor

Alisa Morgan, Faculty-In-Residence

Wyatt Oswald, Assistant Professor
On Leave

Mark Parker, Assistant Professor

Eiki Satake, Associate Professor

Amy Vashlishan Murray, Assistant Professor

Julie Volkman, Assistant Professor

Part Time Faculty
Maria Armour
Cathy Bakkensen
Thomas Bicki
Keiko Brynildsen
Carol Cayer-Meade
Laura Glufling-Tham
Wende Grass
David Kociemba
Lisa Lavoie
Rochelle Lipschultz
Betsy Micucci
Joe Moran
Benjamin Papandrea
John Pirone
Marnie Reed
Richard Shupert
Thomas Smithyman
Sandra Cohn Thau
Nancy Vincent
Carol Zurek
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