Chair

Johanna Boult
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Director, Speech-Language Pathology Master’s Program
Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, CCC-SLP
Phone: (409) 880-7881
Email: jweddleboult@lamar.edu

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Faculty

Abigail Dueppen
Director of Vocology
Instructor
Student Advisor
Phone: (409) 880-8176
Email: adueppen@lamar.edu

Anna Jilla
Jo Mayo Endowed Assistant Professor
of Audiology
Phone: (409) 880-7591
Email: ajilla@lamar.edu

Connie Howard
Doctor of Audiology Externship Coordinator
Tenured Associate Professor of Speech and
Hearing Sciences
Phone: (409) 880-8803
E-mail: connie.howard@lamar.edu

Erin S. Burns
Audiology In-house Clinic Director
Associate Graduate Faculty of
Speech & Hearing Sciences
Chair/LU Doctor of Audiology Admissions
Phone: (409) 880-8281
Email: esburns@lamar.edu

Heather Reading
Off-site Clinical Coordinator for the
Doctor of Audiology Program
Clinical Supervisor, Clinical Instructor
Phone: (409) 880-8177
Email: heather.reading@lamar.edu

Jamie H. Azios
Associate Professor
Phone: (409) 880-8174
Email: jamie.azios@lamar.edu

Karen Whisenhunt Saar
Assistant Professor
Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist,
CCC-SLP
Phone: (409) 880-8338
Email: kwsaar1@lamar.edu

Lilian Felipe
Associate Chair/Doctor of Audiology Prgm
Phone: (409) 880-7900
Email: lfelipe@lamar.edu

Raul Prezas
Associate Professor
Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist,
CCC-SLP
Phone: (409) 880-8172
Email: rprezas@lamar.edu

Staff

Alexandra Simeonides-Bernard
Administrative Coordinator
Phone: (409) 880-8338
Email: alexandra.simeonides@lamar.edu

Tammy Frederick
Administrative Coordinator
Phone: (409) 880-8171
Email: tsoniat@lamar.edu

Contact Us

Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
Lamar University
Speech and Hearing Building
P.O. Box 10076
Beaumont, TX 77710

Phone: (409) 880-8338