Editors

Nancye Roussel [+–]

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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Nancye Roussel is an associate professor and Head of the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She completed her master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology in 1986 and the PhD in Speech Science in 1992, with both degrees from LSU. She has over twenty years of experience teaching at the university level in the areas of voice, swallowing and motor speech disorders as well as neurophysiology and communication science. Prior to receiving her PhD she worked as a speech language pathologist in public school, private practice and hospital settings. Her research interests include the use of instrumental analysis, primary acoustic analysis and the description of voice and speech disorders. She is also currently involved in a line of research using eye-tracking technology to describe the process both novice and experienced clinicians use to view and interpret videofluoroscopic studies of swallowing.

Christina Samuelsson [+–]

Linköping University

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Christiana Samuelsson graduated as a speech language pathologist (SLP) in 1989 and as a master in SLP in 1999 at Gothenburg University. She received her PhD in Speech and Language Pathology from Lund University. Clinically, she has worked in general speech pathology including work with all speech and language dianoses at Vasterviks sjukhus from 1989 to 2003. Her current position is associate professor of Speech and Language Pathology at Linköping University. Her research mainly concerns how people with communicative disabilities interact and use language, with a specific focus on prosody. In addition to this, she is involved in research related to language and cognitive development in children with hearing loss and different types of hearing aids, e.g. cochlear implants.

As communication disorders are the main focus of studies within the field of clinical linguistics, it seems logical to merge the two areas for a new book series from Equinox. A central aim of this innovative Series is to extend the major themes within these two fields, as well as to promote interdisciplinary research across traditional lines of inquiry. The Series will aim to address the many different categories of communication disorders explored through a variety of investigative and research traditions. Coherence among books in the Series will be achieved through their common concern with communication disorder and it´s impact on the everyday life. Submissions within the Series may address both theoretical dsicriptions of communication disorders and the practical implications of these theories as well as intervention studies. High quality edited collections and research monographs will be considered. The Series Editors and the publisher welcome proposals from as wide a range of sources as possible, from both younger scholars and more experienced academics engaged in project research. The Series will particularly encourage joint authorship involving language/communication researchers and professional practitioners.