Constance Dean Qualls, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

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Ph.D., University of Memphis, TN, 1998
Associate Professor

Professor and Chair, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Buffalo State College - SUNY

Formerly the Professor-in-Charge of the Graduate Program, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Penn State University

Research Interests

Research Interests include the interrelations between aspects of language (e.g., figurative language, reading, comprehension) and other cognitive skills (e.g., memory, reasoning, speed of processing, stress, strategy use) in normally aging older adults and in individuals with aphasia, dementia, right hemisphere damage, and traumatic brain injury. Also, speech-language pathologist service delivery practices to children from diverse backgrounds.