John A. Ferraro, PhD, MS, ASHA Fellow, FAAA
Carolyn Doughty-Margaret Kemp Chairman and Professor, Hearing and Speech Department, University of Kansas Medical Center and - Co Director, University of Kansas Intercampus Program in Communicative Disorders ( both positions held since December, 1983)-
John A. Ferraro, Ph.D., FASHA, FAAA Degrees: Ph.D., Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Denver, 1972. M.S., U. Denver, Biology B.S., Southern Colorado St. College, Biology Positions: Current: Carolyn Doughty-Margaret Kemp Chairman and Professor, Hearing and Speech Department, University of Kansas Medical Center and - Co Director, University of Kansas Intercampus Program in Communicative Disorders ( both positions held since December, 1983)- Associate Dean for Research, School of Allied Health, KU Medical Center (since October, 1999) Former:- Associate Dean, School of Allied Health (1985 - 93) and Acting Dean of SAH (1992 - 1993), University of Kansas Medical Center - 1972 1974: Post Doctoral Fellow, Auditory Research Laboratory, Northwestern University (under the direction of Peter Dallos) - 1974 1981: Asst./Assoc. Professor, Speech and Hearing Science Section, Ohio State University - 1981 1983: Clinical Neurophysiologist, Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, Colorado Research/Publication/Presentation History: Over 70 publications (journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, etc.) and 150 presentations relating to the clinical applications of auditory evoked potentials/auditory physiology. -1997 textbook Laboratory Exercises in Auditory Evoked Potentials (Singular Publishing, Inc.)
- Current Grant: Improved Method of Auditory Assessment in Infants, Deafness Research Foundation. Professional Service - Substantive Change Committee of the ASHA Council of Academic Accreditation (2001 –
present)
- Vice President for Standards and Credentials, Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (2002 – 2004) - ASHA Council of Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology (1998 – 2002)- ASHA-AAA-CAPCSD Joint Ad Hoc Committee on Doctoral Education in Audiology (2001 – 2002)- ASHA Vice President for Audiology Coordinating Committee (1997 - 2000)- President (President-Elect, and Past-President) of the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (1993-1996)- Member of first ASHA Working Group on AEPs- Chaired ASHA SID #6 Sub-Committee on AEP Specifications Recent Awards: - Honors of the Council of Academic Programs in Communications Sciences and Disorders (2001). - 2002 Outstanding Honorary Alumnus, School of Allied Health, University of Kansas Medical Center. - 2003 Center for Excellence Graduate Teaching Award, University of Kansas. (ASHA Fellow – 1992)"
