Clinical Education Committee

Christi Masters, M.S., CCC-SLP is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University. She provides clinical education to graduate students and her primarily areas of clinical practice are early intervention and pediatric stuttering. She also teaches Introduction to Communicative Disorders course at the undergraduate level.

Prachi Bengeri, M.S., CCC-SLP is the Clinical Director and Assistant Professor at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Prachi has clinical experience in outpatient and in home services, primarily with young children. Her areas of expertise and interest are clinical education, autism spectrum disorders, early childhood speech and language, and executive functioning in children. Specifically, Prachi is interested in studying and exploring clinical educator preparation in graduate programs. Prachi currently serves on the Clinical Education Committee in CAPCSD.

Catherine Fabian’s primary clinical interests lie in the functional neurology of individuals’ peripheral and central auditory systems and in assessing and treating the impact of injury, illness, and noise exposure on hearing and auditory processing. She is experienced with assessing and treating auditory dysfunction in children, managing tinnitus, performing central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) evaluations, measuring and controlling noise exposure, and providing rehabilitation through auditory training and device fitting for children and adults.

Dr. Fabian has worked as a private practitioner, educational audiologist, and clinical research audiologist. Her work includes developing CAPD assessment and therapy programs and performing multidisciplinary research, assessment, and treatment of auditory and vestibular dysfunction following brain injury. She also directed Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program for a large regional health system.

She strives to consolidate her professional expertise and passions into her teaching and practice to expand the reach of audiology and its specialties in order to increase early identification and management of hearing loss and other auditory disorders. Dr. Fabian is an instructor for Clinical Practice and Vestibular Evaluation and Management.

Dr. Hodson McLean joined the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences at UNC in 2021. She is the clinical education coordinator for audiology graduate program. She enjoys teaching students in the classroom and clinic environment. She has experience in educational audiology and pediatric audiology and has a particular interest in the complex listening needs of teens and tweens.

Dr. Hodson McLean is a licensed audiologist in the state of North Carolina. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-A) from the American Speech, Language Hearing Association (ASHA).

Dr. Steven Moates is a Clinical Associate Professor and the Clinical Program Director for the online graduate program in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. He also serves on the Robbins College Interprofessional Education Committee and is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CSHE). Dr. Moates completed his Bachelor of Arts in Communication Science and Disorders at Auburn University at Montgomery, his Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Montevallo and a Clinical Doctorate of Speech-Language Pathology (SLP.D.) at Nova Southeastern University. 

Prior to coming to Baylor University, Dr. Moates was the Director of Clinical Education at Samford University in Birmingham, AL., and the Clinical Externship Coordinator at the University of Montana in Missoula, MT. He also has 15 years of experience in a school setting in the state of Georgia.  

Dr. Moates’ research has focused on the perceived effectiveness of supervisory behaviors and supervisory attitudes towards the supervision of speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs) in the schools and perceived effectiveness of various conflict management styles in clinical education. He is currently researching the perceived clinical self-efficacy of online graduate students over the course of their clinical program.

Andy Clare, M.S., CCC-SLP, CBIS, is the Assistant Director of Clinical Education for the George Washington University Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences. He currently serves as the chair of the CAPCSD Clinical Education Committee. His clinical areas of expertise include Dysphagia, Aphasia, Cognitive-Linguistic Disorders and Aural Rehabilitation. He teaches classes in Dysphagia, Aural Rehabilitation and Clinical Methods. His research interests center on refining clinical education processes for students and supervisors in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Mandie began as Director of Professional Development for CAPCSD in June 2023. Her professional background includes managing meetings, events and conferences in a destination management company, nonprofit organization, city government agency, and two professional associations, in both professional and volunteer capacities.

In 2010, she joined Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and began serving as a volunteer with the North Florida Chapter. Mandie served on the Board of Directors, and worked with other Florida chapter leaders on a statewide committee for the state's regional conference. She earned her Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) professional designation through the Events Industry Council in 2014 and recertified in 2019 and 2024. She is a member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE).

Outside work, Mandie enjoys spending time with her husband and their two teenagers. The McKenzies live in Jacksonville, FL. She loves reading, watching true crime shows, creating table settings, and cheering on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.