Gordon W. Blood, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Board-Certified Fluency Specialist
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 1978
Professor and Department Head
- Contact Information
- 308D Ford Building
- The Pennsylvania State University
- University Park, PA 16802
- Phone: 814-865-3177
- Fax: 814-863-3759
- f2x@psu.edu
- Courses Taught
- CSD 100, (GHA) Preventing Vocal Abuse
- CSD 101, (GHA) Preventing Hearing Loss
- CSD 444, Introduction to Organic Disorders of Speech and Language
- CSD 542, Stuttering
- CSD 597A, Rural Issues: SLPs in the Educational Setting
- CSD 597B, Speech, Language, and Literacy
- CSD 597C, PRIDE Seminar
- CSD 597E, Multicultural Issues in Communication Disorders
- CSD 597F, Technology, Reading, and Children with Communication Disabilities in Schools
- Research Interests
- Social aspects (self-concept, perceived communicative competence, stigma, etc.) of fluency and fluency disorders in adolescents and adults; auditory dysfunction in children and adults who stutter; speech, language, and literacy disorders in children in the schools; perceptions of individuals with communication disabilities; job stress of SLPs in rural and urban areas.
- Examples of Collaborative Projects
- Social Aspects of Stuttering. Currently work is being completed on how adolescents who stutter deal with bullying behavior, stigma-related issues, and overall adjustment. A cohort of sixty-five adolescents is being studied on a number of dimensions related to self-esteem, anxiety, coping, and co-occurring communication and non-speech-language disabilities. Adults who stutter are also being examined for stress, attention, and auditory problems as they relate to social and communicative competence.
- Project MOSAIC (Multiplying Opportunities for Services and Access for Immigrant Children) Dr. Gordon Blood and Dr. Ingrid Blood received funding from the US Department of Education for a new comprehensive preservice master’s level training program for Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) to provide high quality, evidenced based services to children from immigrant circumstances who are English language learners (ELL) with communication and language disabilities, especially in rural areas. Immigrant children who are ELL are the largest growing student population in the US and their needs are currently not being met. This project will also alleviate the current and predicted shortages of SLPs. The project will offer unique academic courses, on-line seminars, interdisciplinary assessments and teaming, capstone research experiences, and field placements in rural and impoverished areas.
- Recent Publications
- Boyle, M. P., Blood, G. W., Blood, I. M. (in press). Effects of perceived causality on perceptions of persons who stutter, Journal of Fluency Disorders.
- Blood, G. W., Mamett, C., Gordon, R., & Blood, I. M. (in press). Written Language Disorders: Speech language pathologists' training, knowledge and confidence. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools.
- Blood, G. W., Blood, I., Kreiger, J., O’Connor, S., & Qualls, C. D. (2009). Double jeopardy for children who stutter: Race and coexisting disorders. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 30(3), 131-141.
- Betz Roth, I., Blood, G. W., & Blood, I. M. (2008). University students' perceptions of preschool and kindergarten children who stutter. Journal of Communication Disorders, 41, 259–273.
- Blood, I. M., Cohen, L., & Blood, G. W. (2008). Job burnout in educational audiologists: The value of work experience.Journal of Educational Audiology, 14, 7–13.
- Blood, I. M., Cohen, L., & Blood, G. W. (2007). Job burnout, geographic location, and social interaction among educational audiologists. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 105, 1203–1208.
- Blood, G. W., Blood, I. M., Maloney, K., Weaver, A., & Shaffer, B. (2007). Exploratory study of children who stutter and do not stutter on a visual attention test.Communication Disorders Quarterly, 28, 145–153.
- Blood, G. W., Blood, I. M., Maloney, K., Meyer, C. & Qualls, C. D. (2007). Anxiety levels in adolescents who stutter. Journal of Communication Disorders, 40, 452–469.
- Blood, G. W. & Blood, I. M. (2007). Preliminary study of self-reported experience of physical aggression and bullying of boys who stutter: Relation to increased anxiety. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 104, 1060–1066.
- Blood, G. W. & Blood, I. M. (2007). Job burnout in educational audiologists: D-E-S-E-R-V-E Better. Educational Audiology Review, 24 (3).