College Park building at California State University, Fullerton.
Why is teaching important today?
“Teaching is important to give students a strong theoretical base and provides them with the latest evidence to make meaningful differences in the lives of individuals who may benefit from our services.”
Lisa holds three core beliefs :
Teaching is critical, not only to her own scholarly activities, but central to future generations of speech-language pathologists.
Bridging research and practice is for the ultimate benefit of our clients/students/patients.
Through shared and respectful interactions, a truly civil society can prosper. This is realized through respectful discourse with peers and students at every level of inquiry and within an environment that fosters creativity and independent thought.
Lisa strives to serve as an exemplary model of a modern academician through active integration of practical experience and applied research. Over her twenty-eight years as a practicing speech-language pathologist, she served in roles such as clinical and academic mentor and speech department manager. The critical interactions inherent in these roles allowed her to model excellent communication and clinical acumen in a variety of settings. When she worked with interns in the clinical environment, she helped transfer their knowledge from the classroom into their clinical practice. She demonstrated both compassion for clients, and passion for teaching. This skill resulted in consistently receiving high student evaluation scores in the area of “instructor’s ability to motivate student learning”.