DENISE TUCKER VITA 2017

CURRICULUM VITA

Denise A. Tucker, PH.D.

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2705 Cottage Place, Greensboro, NC 27455
Phone: 336.256.2004 Email:

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Audiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (May, 1993)

●DISSERTATION: The Development of Middle, Late, and Cognitive Auditory Evoked Potentials in Humans

●MINORS: Neuroscience and Statistics

Masters of Communication Disorders, Brigham Young University, Provo (April, 1981)

Bachelors of Science, Brigham Young University, Provo (August 1979)

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

My professional profile includes working ten years as a clinical audiologist in a University Medical Center and 24 years as an Audiology University Professor in the Academy.

TEACHING

●24 years of teaching undergraduate and graduate courses at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD)

●Expertise in teaching live and online courses for over ten years

CLINICAL EXPERTISE

●35 year’s experience as a Clinical Audiologist

●Work experience in two Medical School Hospitals, the UNCG University Speech and Hearing Center, and private practice

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

●Research interests include: Tinnitus and Hyperacusis; Auditory Processing Disorders; Biopsychosocial Group Aural Rehabilitation Therapy for Adults with Cochlear Implants

DOCTORAL EDUCATION
JOINED UNCG FACULTY 1993
TENURED 2004 / Doctoral Education
•Helped create and establish CSD PhD Doctoral program in 2007
•Service as CSD DGS PhD 2007 to 2013
•Launched IDEALL CSD PhD program with WCU in January 2016.
•Presented on need for Part-Time doctoral education in CSD
•Led grant writing team for submission of Project Deliver Personnel Training Grant to US Department of Education for funding IDEALL CSD, Feb 2017,
•Chaired 5 CSD PhD doctoral committees
•Served as CSD DGS 2016 to present
•Other Teaching:
•Taught CSD UG courses 1993-Present
•Taught Masters Audiology courses from 1993 to 2005
•Taught CSD PhD courses fro 2007 to Present
CLINICAL AND HEARING RESEARCH
UNCG AUDIOLOGY CLINIC 1993-2007
BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL RESEARCH 2000-PRESENT / Clinical and Hearing Research:
•Received 11 external grants.
•Received two external large grants that expanded Audiology (hearing) clinical services at UNCG to a full-time clinic.
•Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust Grant, 1997, $191,540. Audiology clinic with full time Audiology Clinical Educator. Began Hearing Dispensing at UNCG in XXX.
•Congressional Earmark, sponsored by Congressman Howard Coble, 2000, $181,010. Established the UNCG Tinnitus Clinic, 1st Tinnitus clinic in North Carolina.
•Established Cochlear Implant Connections, Bio-psychosocial Group Aural Rehabilitation group. Presented CIC research nationally and internationally
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Held multiple service positions in the CSD Department, Schools of HHP and HHS, and University
1993 to present / University Service:
•School of HHS Faculty Assembly Chair
•School of HHS Faculty Assembly Chair
•Secretary of the UNCG Faculty Senate
•UNCG Faculty Senator
•UNCG Restructuring Committee
•UNCG External Review Committee
•UNCG IRB Committee
•School of HHP G Sams (Service) Committee Chair
LEADERSHIP
CSD Department Chair
2013-2016
CSD Director of Graduate Study
2016 to present
CSD Director of Doctoral Study
2007-2013 / CSD Department Chair:
•Served on the School of HHS Chairs Council
•Developed two CSD Differential Tuition proposals approved by General Administration, increasing Department resources.
•Developed CSD Strategic Plan
•Instituted CSD Department Executive Committee
•Led CSD Department in needed renovations of UNCG Speech and Hearing Center space.

TEACHING AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

POSITIONS HELD

●Director of Graduate Study, CSD, (August 2016-present)

●Department Chair, School of HHS (August 2013 – August 2016)

●Director of Doctoral Study (September 2007 – June 2013)

●Associate Professor (May 2004 – present)

●Assistant Professor (August 1998 – May 2004)

●Visiting Assistant Professor (August 1994 – July 1998)

●Lecturer (August 1993 – July 1994)

CLASSES TAUGHT

●Undergraduate courses include CSD 334-Introduction to Audiology, CSD 557-Pediatric Aural Rehabilitation, and CSD 250-Concepts of CSD, CSD 495- Special Topics in CSD (Co-taught with Dr. Alan Kamhi, a course for seniors) and CSD 557 Pediatric Aural Rehabilitation (Live, then Hybrid-Distance)

●Graduate teaching included courses for the Masters of Audiology: CSD 574- Diagnostics in Audiology, CSD 576- Audiology Clinic Practicum, CSD 611- Hearing Aids, CSD 620-Auditory Evoked Responses, CSD 622-Medical Audiology, and CSD 624-Pediatric Audiology, CSD 605 Central Auditory Processing Disorders, (1993 – 2005)

●Doctoral courses include: CSD 780 Independent Study; CSD 790 Directed Research; CSD 799 CSD Dissertation; CSD 760 Advanced Doctoral Seminars with CSD Ph.D. Audiology Students in topic areas that included: Auditory Evoked Potentials, Tinnitus, The Human Auditory System, and mentored Independent Study courses for CSD doctoral students taking CSD or HHS Grant Writing and Best Practice in Teaching courses.

PRESENTATIONS ON TEACHING

●Presentation: Lily South Conference, “The Interactive Teaching Portfolio” (2011)

●Presentation: UNCG School of HHP Brown Bag Luncheon, “Use of WIKIs in Teaching” (2008)

●Presentation: Lily South Conference, “Facilitating Learning Through Humor” (2007)

●Workshop: UNCG Speaking Intensive Center, “Use of Small Groups in College Teaching” (2007)

DOCTORAL STUDENT MENTORING

●Doctoral Committee member for CSD Ph.D. student Dr. Ashley Frazier for her final defense. She graduated in May 2017.

●Doctoral Committee member for CSD Ph.D. student Dr. Charles Pudrith for his final defense. He graduated in May 2017.

●Doctoral Committee member for CSD Ph.D. student Dr. NileshWashnick for his final defense. He graduated in May 2017.

●Doctoral Committee Chair and faculty mentor for Amit Tayade, international Audiology doctoral student from India. Amit has completed his written and oral exams and is currently working on his dissertation.

●Doctoral Committee Chair and faculty mentor for Dr. MarwaAbdrabbou, international Audiology doctoral student from Egypt. Marwa is currently working on completing her coursework and is preparing to take her written and oral exams.

●Doctoral Committee Chair and faculty mentor for Dr. Ola Alsalman. Directed her through her dissertation proposal defense Jan 22, 2014 with her data acquisition, completed May 8, 2014. She is currently working at University of Texas Callier Center in Dallas, Texas.

●Doctoral Committee Chair and faculty mentor for CSD Ph.D. student Dr. Mohsin Shaikh. Directed his preparation for an International APD study in India in Summer 2014 and for his preparation for his written and oral exams in Fall 2014. Worked with him on preparation on a journal manuscript, submitted May 2014 and the presentation of two researcher’s APD posters at a national and international meeting. Dr. Shaikh graduated in May 2015 and is currently working at the University of Hawaii.

●Doctoral Committee member for CSD Ph.D. student Dr. Leslie Weaver Johnson’s dissertation defense Feb 5, 2014. Dr. Leslie Weaver Johnson graduated May 2014 and currently works for the UNC Hospitals. She teaches two adjunct classes for our UNCG CSD SLP Masters program each year.

●Doctoral Committee member for CSD Ph.D. student Dr. Carrie Stacie for her proposal defense February 5, 2014. Dr. Stacy works in Virginia at Longwood College.

●Doctoral Committee member for CSD Ph.D. student Dr. Jamila Minga. Dr. Minga currently works at North Carolina Central.

●Committee member for CSD Ph.D. student Dr. Ishan Bhatt for his final defense. He graduated in December 2013 and is currently working in Arizona.

MENTORING OF SLP MASTERS STUDENT RESEARCH

●Served at faculty mentor of 4 SLP graduate student research projects. These projects were:

○Brainmapping of auditory evoked responses in home-schooled teens with reading disorders

○Survey of UNCG music students regarding tinnitus perception

○Two studies on hearing disorder (tinnitus) in African American students.

INVITED LECTURES

  1. Tucker, D.A. Tinnitus management. Invited lecture to the Greensboro Hearing Loss Association, February 2009.
  2. Tucker, D.A. Tinnitus management. Invited 8-hour workshop at the North Dakota Speech and Hearing Association (NDSLHA), October 2008.
  3. Tucker, D.A. Tinnitus management. Invited workshop at the Southeast Regional Institute on Deafness (SERID), Asheville, North Carolina, October 2005
  4. Tucker, D.A. Tinnitus management. Invited lecture to the Speech and Hearing Association of Virginia (SHAV), Charlottesville, Virginia, March 19, 2005.
  5. Tucker, D.A. Tinnitus management. Invited lecture to Au.D. students at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, October 29, 2004.
  6. Tucker, D.A. Trends in tinnitus management. Invited lecture at the Fifth Annual Innovations in Clinical Communication Sciences Conference, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 16, 2004.
  7. Tucker, D.A. UNCG model for tinnitus management. Invited presentation as part of a Pre-Conference workshop entitled, “Managing the Tinnitus Patient,” American Academy of Audiology National Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, April 2, 2003.
  8. Tucker, D.A. The role of sound therapy. Invited presentation as part of a Pre-Conference workshop entitled, “Managing the Tinnitus Patient,” American Academy of Audiology National Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, April 2, 2003.
  9. Tucker, D.A. Tinnitus and insomnia. Invited lecture as part of a Pre-Conference workshop entitled, “Managing the Tinnitus Patient,” American Academy of Audiology National Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, April 2, 2003.
  10. Tucker, D.A. Managing the tinnitus patient. Invited workshop presentation at the Mississippi Speech and Hearing Association, Jackson, Mississippi, April 5, 2002.
  11. Tucker, D.A. Tinnitus management. Invited Presentation given at the 47th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Speech, Hearing, and Language Association, Wilmington, North Carolina, March 30, 2001.
  12. Tucker, D.A. Tinnitus update. Invited presentation at the North Carolina Association for Hearing Rehabilitation, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, April 6, 2001.
  13. Tucker, D.A. Central Auditory Processing Disorders. Invited three-hour workshop presentation to speech-language pathologists and audiologists in the Rockingham County School District, sponsored by AHEC, October 1996.

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

●Nominated for the School of HHS Teaching Excellence Award (2013)

●Nominated for the UNCG Teaching Excellence Award (2010)

●North Carolina Speech Language Hearing Association (NCSHLA) Public Information Award, given for outstanding promotional campaign of the UNCG Tinnitus Clinic (2005)

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RESEARCH

My clinical hearing research interests include: Central Auditory Processing Disorders, Auditory Evoked Responses, Neuroscience, Chronic Tinnitus and Hyperacusis, Cochlear Implantation in Late-Deafened Adults, Biopsychosocial Group Aural Rehabilitation Therapy, and CSD Doctoral Education.

GRANTS

(FUNDED): ELEVEN FUNDED PROPOSALS

TOTAL = $409,696

  1. American Tinnitus Association(Jan, 2014): Co-sponsor doctoral dissertation grant with CSD PhD Student Ola Alsalman. $10,000
  2. UNCG Teaching and Learning Center Grant (2005). Funding obtained to travel to the VIIITH International Tinnitus Seminar in Pau, Fance.” $1,400
  3. CTEP grant (July, 2001): Funding obtained from the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro for purchase of computer and therapy software for children with Central Auditory Processing disorders and reading problems. $3,853
  4. Congressional Earmark award(December, 2000): Grant proposal for congressional earmark money to fund the creation of the UNCG Tinnitus Center for Tinnitus Retraining therapy. Funds were obtained from the Human Resources and Services Administration for renovation of clinic space, creation of Tinnitus counseling room, and purchase of new scientific equipment. Mr. Howard Coble, US House of Representatives, supported project. $181,010
  5. CTEP grant (April, 2000); Funding obtained for the purchase of Data Projector and Lap Top Computer to Enhance Teaching in Public Schools in Speech-Language Pathology Externship Sites and University Audiology Instruction. $1,800
  6. CTEP Grant (April, 1999): Funds were awarded to purchase a new computer and clinical therapy software for student therapy room 304. $2,430.44
  7. Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (February, 1999): Grant proposal submitted October 1998 to continue to support the publicity/travel needs of the “Learning to Hear Project.” Specifically, travel funds will be used to send Audiology clinic supervisors to a Tinnitus Retraining Therapy seminar. $5,600
  8. UNCG Advancement of Curriculum and Teaching (ACT) grant (December, 1998): Funds were awarded to attend the fifth International tinnitus Seminar in Cambridge England. $2,200
  9. Learning to Hear Project(July, 1997): A grant for seed money to fund an Aural Rehab clinic at the UNCG Speech and hearing center. Funded by the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust. $191,540
  10. Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (October, 1997): Grant proposal to provide funds for publicity for the Learning to Hear Project. $7,500
  11. UNCG Computer Technology Education Program (CTEP) Grant (December, 1996): Purchase of a new computer and clinical instruction software for the UNCG audiology clinic. $2,372

ADDITIONAL GRANTS: FOURTEEN SUBMITTED PROPOSALS

TOTAL = $8,229,772

  1. US Department of Education: Tucker D.A., Compton, M.V., Mayo R., Ogletree W., Hooper C, Frazier A. (2015) Project DELIVER: Doctoral Education Leadership in Communication Sciences and Disorders: An Innovative Essential Resource. US Department of Education grant proposal to fund the IDEALL CSD program with Western Carolina University. $1,237,197. Pending
  2. US Department of Education: Tucker D.A., Compton, M.V., Mayo R., Ogletree W., Hooper C, Frazier A. (2015) Project IDEALL CSD (PICSD): Inter-Institutional Doctoral Education Arrangement for Learning and Learning in Communication Sciences and Disorders. US Department of Education grant proposal to fund the IDEALL CSD program with Western Carolina University. $1,225,743. Not Funded. Will resubmit December 2016.
  3. UNCG Regular Faculty Grant (September 2013): Tucker, D.A. & Michel, G., Hormone Regulation of Tinnitus in Humans. Submitted, not funded.
  4. R15 GOV-National Institutes of Health (NIH) (2012; Submitted: Tucker, D.A. & Compton, M.V., R15: Cochlear Implant Connections: The Feasibility of a Group Bio-Psychosocial Therapy Approach for Late Deafened Adults With Cochlear Implants. $300,000.
  5. R15 GOV-National Institutes of Health (NIH) (2010, Original proposal; not submitted): Tucker, D.A. & Compton, M.V., R15: Cochlear Implant Connections: The Feasibility of a Group Bio-Psychosocial Therapy Approach for Late Deafened Adults With Cochlear Implants. $300,000.
  6. The Future Fund (2010; Year 1 of 2): Tucker, D.A. & Compton, M.V., Cochlear Implant Connections. Submitted, not funded.
  7. The Future Fund (February 2009): Funding sought for the Cochlear Implant Connections clinical research program. Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Mary V. Compton. Funds would be used to develop research protocol and R21 grant application for Fall 2009. Also funds will be used to pay for 5 cochlear implant patients to have Aural Rehabilitation therapy in Fall 2009. $8,500.
  8. R15: Cochlear Implant Connections (2009): Tucker, D.A., Compton, M.V., & Dudley, W. NIH grant. First draft of this R15. Tabled for 2012 submission. $300,000.
  9. Advancement in Teaching and Learning (ATL) grant(October, 2008): Funding sought for travel to International meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to attend the XXI meeting of the International Evoked Response Audiology Study Group (IERASG). Funding to help support teaching and research in brain mapping of patients with brain injury. $6,000
  10. R01 application (Fall 2007): Sensory and genetic factors related to chronic tinnitus. R01 collaborative grant application with UNC-Chapel School of Dentistry and Pain Clinic. $3,710,218
  11. Tucker DA, Gansneder B, Martin W, and Ferguson J. R15-Use of Personal Listening Devices and Hearing Disorders in College Students. R15 grant proposal prepared over summer 2006 and submitted Fall 2016. This grant was multi-institutional (UNCG, University of Virginia, and Oregon Health Sciences University. Submitted to NIH. Not funded.
  12. NIH R03 Proposal (June, 2005): Use of Personal Listening Devices and Hearing Disorders in College. $150,000
  13. Congressional Earmark Proposal (December, 2002): Congressional earmark grant proposal resubmitted to US Congress for funding of UNCG Tinnitus Center. $501,903
  14. Congressional Earmark Proposal (May, 2001): Congressional earmark grant proposal submitted to US Congress for funding of UNCG Tinnitus Center. Selected by the House of Representatives but not funded due to 2002-2003 Federal Budget constraints. $490,21

PUBLICATIONS

POST-TENURE (SINCE 2004)

  1. Shaikh MA, Fox-Thomas L, Tucker D. (2017). Maturational changes in ear advantage for monaural word recognition in noise amount listener with central auditory processing disorders. Audiology Research, Volume 7:157, pages 1-5.
  2. Alsalman, O., Tucker, D.A., and Vanneste, S. (2016) Salivary Stress-Related Responses in Tinnitus: A Preliminary Study in Young Male Subjects with Tinnitus. Frontiers In Neuroscience, Volume 10, Article 338.
  3. Shaikh, M., Tucker, D. A., and Fox-Thomas, L. (2016). Impact of different cutoff criteria on the rate of (central) auditory processing disorders diagnosis using the central test battery. Audiology Research, Volume 6: 258, pages 40-43.
  4. Bhatt, I. Phillips, S.L., Richter, S.J., Tucker, D.A., Lundgren, K., Morehouse, R.C., Henrich, V.C. (2016) A polymorphism in human estrogen-related receptor beta (ESRRβ) predicts audiometric temporary threshold shift. International Journal of Audiology, Volume 55, page 571-579.
  5. Tucker, D.A., Compton, M.V., Mankoff, L., Labban, J., Dudley, W. (2016) Self-Perceived Biopsychoscocial Needs of Late-Deafened Adults with Cochlear Implants: Implications for Aural Rehabilitation. Journal of the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology (JARA). Volume XLVII, pages 26-47.
  6. Tucker, D. A., Compton, M.V., and Mankoff, L. (2012). Twenty-first century trends in adult aural rehabilitation. Communique (North Carolina Speech and Hearing Association).
  7. Tucker, D.A., Compton, M.V., and Mankoff, L. (2012). Cochlear implant connections: Aural rehabilitation strategies for late deafened adults (LDAs) with cochlear implants. Communique (North Carolina Speech and Hearing Association).
  8. Tucker, D.A., Compton, M.V., Mankoff, L., and Rulison, K. (2011). Cochlear implant connections: A biopsychosocial aural rehabilitation program for late deafened adults with cochlear implants. Perspectives-ASHA.
  9. Tucker, D.A., Compton, M.V., Mankoff, L., and Alsalman, O. (2011). Cochlear implant connections: Facilitating the rehabilitation journey. The ASHA Leader.
  10. Galpin, J., Ettnier, J., Tucker, D. (2009). The relationship between Frontal Brain Asymmetry and Exercise Addiction. Journal of Pyschophsysiology, 23(3): 133-142.
  11. Compton, M.V., Tucker, D.A., and Flynn, P.F. (May 2009). Preparation and perceptions of speech language pathologists working with children with cochlear implants. Communication Disorders Quarterly.
  12. Tucker, D.A., Phillips, S.L., Clayton, W.A., Royster, E., Todd, A.D. (2005). The effect of silence on tinnitus perception. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surgery, 132(1), 20-24.

BEFORE TENURE (MAY 2004)

  1. Tucker, D.A., Dietrich, S., Harris, S., and Pelletier, S. (March 2002). The effects of stimulus rate and gender on the auditory middle latency response. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 13(3), 143-152.
  2. Pynchon, K., Tucker, D.A., Barrett, K., and Herr, D. (1998). Area under-the curve measures of the auditory middle latency response (AMLR) from birth to early adulthood. American Journal of Audiology, 7(2), 45-49.
  3. Tucker, D.A., Dietrich, S., McPherson, D., and Salamat, M. (May 2001). The effect of stimulus intensity level on AMLR brainmaps in human adults. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 12, 223-232.
  4. Sykes, S., Tucker, D.A., and Herr, D. (1997). Aural Rehabilitation Experience offered to Audiology Students in ASHA Accredited Training Programs, Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 7:83-91.
  5. Tucker, D.A. and Ruth, R. (1996). The effects of age, signal level, and signal rate on auditory middle latency responses. The Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 7(2), 83-91.
  6. Hall, J.W. and Tucker D.A. (1989). Applications of multimodality sensory evoked responses in the pediatric intensive care unit. Neurotrauma: Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Related Issues, 3, Butterworth Publishers, Stoneham, Massachusetts.
  7. Hall, J.W. and Tucker, D.A. (1988). Auditory brainstem response in the evaluation of peripheral versus central nervous system dysfunction in the pediatric intensive care unit. Seminars in Hearing, 9(1), 47-60.
  8. Hall, J.W. and Tucker, D.A. (1988). The auditory brainstem response in acute brain injury.Clinical Atlas of Auditory Evoked Potentials,Grune and Straton Inc., Orlando, Florida.
  9. Hall, J.W. and Tucker, D.A. (1986). Sensory evoked responses in the intensive care unit. Ear and Hearing, 7(4), 220-232.
  10. Hall, J.W. and Tucker, D.A. (1985). Auditory evoked responses in traumatic head injury. The Hearing Journal, 38, 23-29.

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