Dana Kovarsky
Dr. Dana Kovarsky is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Communicative Disorders where he teaches courses in language and culture, language development, research methods, and the structural analysis of language. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas in Austin.
As an ethnographer of communication disorders, his research has focused primarily on the analysis of clinical discourse. Over the years, his work has been funded by the United States Department of Education and other sources.
His first co-edited book, Constructing (In)competence: Disabling Evaluations in Clinical and Social Interaction, appeared in 1999, and his second, Diagnosis as Cultural Practice, was published in 2005. He has published numerous articles, served as a guest editor for topical issues of selected journals, and presented his work in national and international venues.
He is currently Co-Director of the Gateway Café, a community-based project that provides social support to adults with traumatic brain injury.
Selected Publications
Guest Editorships:
Simmons-Mackie, N., & Kovarsky, D. (2009). Engagement in clinical practice. Seminars in Speech and Language, 30, (1), 1-56.
Kovarsky, D. (2007). Explorations in clinical discourse. Topics in Language Disorders, 27, (1), 1-88.
Kovarsky, D. (2007). The construction of identity in discourses of illness. Communication and Medicine, 4, (1), 51-115.
Kovarsky, D. (2001). Alternative measures for evaluating treatment outcomes. Topics in Language Disorders, 22, (1), 1-95.
Articles:
Kovarsky, D., Curran, M., & Zobel Nichols, N. (2009). Laughter and communicative engagement in interaction. Seminars in Speech and Language, 30, (1), 27-36.
Kovarsky, D. (2008). Representing voices from the life-world in evidence-based practice. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 43, 47-57.
Kovarsky, D., Shaw, A., & Adingono-Smith, M. (2007). The construction of identity during group therapy among adults with traumatic brain injury. Communication and Medicine, 4,(1), 53-66.
Kovarsky, D., Kurtzer-White, E., & Maxwell, M. (2004). Stories of origin in the identification of hearing loss among neonates. Seminars in Hearing, 25, (4), 319-332.
Kovarsky, D., Culatta, B., Franklin, A., & Theadore, G. (2001). "Communicative participation" as a way of facilitating and ascertaining communicative outcomes. Topics in Language Disorders, 21, (4), 1-20.
Courses Taught- CMD 274 Communication Processes
- CMD 375 Language Development
- CMD 492 Special Problems
- CMD 493 Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Communicative Disorders
- CMD 504 Research Methods
- CMD 598 Special Problems
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Welcome to spring semester, 2012!
Keep watching for an announcement about our first meeting of our local chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA) in 2012. Our first meeting of the academic year was held Tuesday, September 20th in the Galanti Lounge of the Carothers Library and was attended by over 100 undergraduate and graduate students! We greatly appreciated the participation of members of the Rhode Island Speech and Hearing Association's board who facilitated one of our discussion sections. At our upcoming meeting we will be voting on new by-laws and learning about plans for the spring semester.
For those of you who attended the talk given by Dr. Lynne E. Hewitt, Bowling Green State University, titled "Supporting Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Post-secondary Education" on Monday, October 17th, here is a URL that will take you to Dr. Hewitt's web site. Copy and paste the address to your browser then look for the highlighted link to her presentation on her page if you want to print yourself a copy of her slides: http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/cdis/page36445.html.
Check out our updated table of graduate student student outcomes: PRAXIS examination, graduation, and employment rates by linking to:
Why CMD at URI? - Communicative Disorders - University of Rhode Island
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