Young Kim

Associate Professor Graduate program director Areas of Expertise: Occupational therapy, aging, ethical issues in practice, chronic fatigue in adults including people with cardiac, neurological, and physical conditions, non-pharmacological rehabilitation intervention improving activity participation in people with chronic cardiac conditions

Patrick Briley

Clinical ResearcherDepartment of Communication Sciences and DisordersCollege of Allied Health Sciences Phone: 252-916-0021 Email: brileypa@ecu.edu Website: https://communications-disorders.ecu.edu/about/faculty-staff/patrick-briley/ Areas of expertise: Stuttering

Kathrin Rothermich

Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Communication Sciences and DisordersCollege of Allied Health Sciences Phone: 401-318-8991 Email: rothermichk17@ecu.edu Website: https://communications-disorders.ecu.edu/about/faculty-staff/kathrin-rothermich-phd/ Areas of expertise: Social communication including sarcasm, irony and lying, Parkinson’s disease, second language learning/bilingualism, speech perception, cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, individual differences in language perception based on personality, age and culture, mental health

Emily K. Brewer

Teaching Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Communication Sciences and DisordersCollege of Allied Health Sciences Phone: 252-744-6145 Email: brewere14@ecu.edu Website: https://communications-disorders.ecu.edu/about/faculty-staff/emily-brewer/ Areas of expertise: Speech-language pathology, hearing loss in children, cochlear implants, listening and spoken language, early language development, aural rehabilitation, auditory habilitation

Heather Harris Wright

Professor and Associate Dean for ResearchDepartment of Communication Sciences and DisordersCollege of Allied Health Sciences Phone: 252-744-6088 Email: wrighth@ecu.edu Areas of expertise: Aphasia, cognitive impairments, adult language disorders, aging, assessment and treatment for aphasia, TBI and dementia