Membership Committee

Dr. Megan Majoue is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at Louisiana State University Health Science Center (LSUHSC). She earned her Doctor of Audiology degree from LSUHSC New Orleans in 2011. She spent the first several years of her career at the VA Medical Center in New Orleans as the vestibular program coordinator and member of the interdisciplinary polytrauma care team. She has also served as an adjunct faculty member at both Xavier University of Louisiana and LSUHSC. She currently teaches Medical Audiology, Basic Vestibular Testing and Rehabilitation, Advanced Vestibular Assessment, Tinnitus Management and Aural Rehabilitation in the Doctor of Audiology Program. Her interests include vestibular assessment, adult audiologic assessment and amplification, tinnitus management, and clinical research. She supervises students in the faculty practice clinic at LSUHSC and at University Medical Center. She also oversees the audiology training program for the Pediatric Medical Residents at LSUHSC.

Dr. Kimberly Ward is an Associate Professor of Audiology in the School of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of Southern Mississippi. She teaches multiple graduate level courses in the doctoral program, provides direct service provision and supervision of students for diagnostic evaluations, amplification fittings and verification, and cochlear implant evaluations and subsequent programming. Kim has is a recipient of the Mississippi Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Honors  of the Association Award as well as the MSHA Clinical Achievement Award.

Maya Reynolds Clark, Ph.D, CCC-SLP, CDE® has focused her career on multicultural issues that impact communicative interactions as well as encounters in education and healthcare.  Her primary teaching, clinical, and scholarship interests include: Cultural, linguistic and socio-economic factors in communication and cognition, Implicit Bias, Compassion Fatigue in health professions, Health disparities, and Social cognitive theory. She also serves as a national consultant and trainer in the areas of leadership, diversity, communication, and social engagement.

Rachel Glade is a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist, who completed her doctoral degree with an emphasis in Rehabilitation, Research, and Education. She is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas. She teaches courses and provides clinical supervision for graduate and undergraduate student clinicians in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program. In 2018, was elected President-Elect of the ArkSHA and started her 3-year commitment in January of 2019. Rachel began serving as the Program Director for the Communication Sciences and Disorders Program in July of 2019 and began her term as the Director of the Honors Program for the College of Education and Health Professions in July of 2022. Additionally, Rachel is the proud mother of two little boys and is happily married to her husband Andrew.

Dr. Nia I. Johnson is an accomplished Speech-Language Pathologist with over 20 years of experience in clinical practice and academia. She currently serves as the Assistant Program Director and Assistant Clinical Professor at Northeastern University in Charlotte, NC, where she is instrumental in launching and managing the new Masters of Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) program. Dr. Johnson's career is marked by her dedication to education, research, and clinical excellence in speech-language pathology. Dr. Johnson has been involved in several research projects, including studies on interprofessional education and the effectiveness of simulation in speech-language pathology training. She has also edited publications such as the South Carolina Speech, Language, and Hearing Association's newsletter. Dr. Johnson has served on numerous committees and panels, including the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders and the National Black Speech Language Hearing Association. She has also been a reviewer and content expert for various educational and professional organizations. Dr. Johnson is actively involved in community service and professional volunteerism, serving as a co-advisor for student associations, an ambassador for professional organizations, and a reviewer for academic competitions and grants.

Through her extensive experience and commitment to the field, Dr. Nia I. Johnson has significantly contributed to the advancement of speech-language pathology education and practice.

Professor Kristina Kelley has been a practicing medical speech-language pathologist since 2005 and holds a M.A. in Speech Pathology from the University of North Texas and a B.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Texas at Austin.  Kristi has a clinical neuro-based background treating a variety of diagnoses ranging from speech and language disorders and dysphagia to cognitive linguistic impairments related to brain injury, neurogenic disorders, stroke, and SCI. Professor Kristina has been involved in adjunct teaching at Baylor University since 2019 and has integrated her clinical expertise into the academic classroom. Additionally, Professor Kristina teaches Neuromotor Speech Disorders and Aphasia for Yeshiva University. Kristina is currently an ASHA site visitor for the Council on Academic Accreditation and is on the Membership Committee with Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CAPSCD). She loves supporting students in the learning process and to see new clinicians be successful entering into the field of speech-language pathology. 

Chenell Loudermill, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a Clinical Professor and Director of Clinical Education in Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) at Purdue University where she oversees and provides clinical education in speech-language pathology. She serves and the SLHS Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Health and Human Sciences Dean’s Fellow for Faculty Success and Empowerment. Chenell obtained her Master of Science and doctoral degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She has over twenty years of experience, thirteen of which were obtained working as a speech-language pathologist in the public schools before moving to higher education. Chenell has expertise in assessment and treatment of language-based literacy disorders such as dyslexia as well as treating individuals with social interaction and communication difficulties such as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Other interests include leadership, administration and supervision in speech-language pathology, culturally responsive practices and pedagogy and interprofessional education and practice. Chenell teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in clinical practice and literacy. She also co-leads the Purdue Literacy Education and Practice Project (Purdue-LEaPP) and is the Project Director for an Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) personnel development program grant. Chenell is also a member of the National Black Association for Speech, Language and Hearing (NBALSH).

Vannesa Mueller, Ph.D, CCC-SLP is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso.  Her academic and research interests focus on augmentative and alternative communication from no-tech sign use and gestures to high-tech speech generating devices.  

Maggie Sudimack, MA, CCC-SLP, CLC, is the director of clinical education and an instructor in the Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Program at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS). Sudimack received her master’s from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a fellowship specializing in autism spectrum disorders and other neurodevelopmental differences. She received her bachelor’s with honors as a double major in communicative disorders and psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before joining ATSU, she began her career in Massachusetts in early intervention. Sudimack then worked in elementary and middle schools, private practice, and an outpatient pediatric hospital when she moved to Arizona. She served as clinic director and led a large team of occupational and speech therapists in a private practice.

She also is a volunteer with Feeding Matters and is a member of the executive board of the Arizona Speech-Language Hearing Association as the recording secretary. Sudimack is a certified lactation counselor (CLC) and is owner of Lactation & Language. She conducts home evaluations and visits in the East Valley for speech/language, feeding, and lactation. Her primary interests are in early language development, infant feeding, and pediatric feeding disorder.