[ SLH Clinic ]

Faculty and Staff

Full-time Faculty
Cheri S. Carrico
Marjorie M. Goodban
Vicki Jay

Clinic Staff
Kathryn (Frank) Basco
Carol Foote
Danielle Kos
Carol McGuinn
Laura Nicky
Julie Prato
Julie Shuert
Sharon Brown Sweeney
Steven Wolinsky

 
Full-time Faculty

Cheri S. Carrico, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor, Communication Arts & Sciences Department; Director, Elmhurst College Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, Clinical Supervisor, NSSLHA Adviser
B.S., Northern Michigan University; M.A., Western Michigan University; Ph.D., Northwestern University; CCC, Speech-Language Pathology
Dr. Carrico is a full-time professor, director of the Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, co-advisor to the Elmhurst College chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and mentor for the speech-language pathology students involved in service learning. She joined the Elmhurst College faculty during the fall of 1996 and was appointed director of the Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic in 1997. Prior to coming to Elmhurst College, she worked as an assistant professor at Bowling Green State University, as a clinical supervisor at Northwestern University, and as a speech-language pathologist in various hospitals, home care and mental health settings, and in private practice. 

She teaches courses in language development across the life span, clinical methods and diagnostic procedures in speech-language pathology, children at-risk from birth to five, pediatric motor speech and feeding disorders, and preschool language stimulation. Dr. Carrico also has supervised and instructed the speech-language pathology students who participate in educational experiences in Jamaica, as well as students conducting treatment in the Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic.

Her research interests have focused on children at-risk for speech language and feeding difficulties, particularly those with Cornelia deLange Syndrome and those prenatally exposed to cocaine, as well as the effects of airplane noise as it relates to children's performance on school-related tasks.

She has presented numerous papers at international, national and state conferences, including annual conventions of ASHA, the Illinois and Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing National Associations, Perinatal Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cornelia deLange Syndrome Foundation, and the National Council on Undergraduate Research. One of her papers was an invited presentation at ASHA. In 1999 she received the NSSLHA Advisor Honors and became a member of the Clinical Advisory Board of the Cornelia deLange Syndrome Foundation. In 2003, she became a member of the Scientivic Advisory Council of the International Cornelia deLange yndrome Foundation. She received the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2001. She also has received several clinical and research grants.

Dr. Carrico has publications in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Proceedings of the Greenwood Genetics Center, National Council on Undergraduate Research, and Interdisciplinary Health Care Teams.

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Marjorie M. Goodban, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences; Head, Speech-Language Pathology Program
B.A., Kansas State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign; Sabbatical, Northwestern University; CCC, Speech-Language Pathology
Dr. Goodban is a full-time professor and head of the program in speech-language pathology. After having served as director of the Clinic for 23 years, she resigned in 1997 and continues as head of the speech-language-pathology program.

Dr. Goodban teaches course work in intercultural communication and fluency disorders. Her current primary research interest is communication development in children with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) and she has presented numerous papers and seminars in Europe and the United States on this topic. Her video tapes demonstrating therapy procedures with children with this syndrome are requested by individuals and groups from numerous countries. She serves as the speech-language advisor to the CdLS Foundation. Dr. Goodban has presented numerous papers at various conferences and has published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, the Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, the Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, and Language Speech and Hearing in Schools Journal. The Arlt-Goodban norms for articulation, co-developed by Dr. Goodban, are used exclusively in some states.

From 1990 to 1996, Dr. Goodban was one of the nominees for Woman of the Year in DuPage County. She is an alumna of Elmhurst College. Prior to working at Elmhurst College, she was a research associate at the University of Illinois and the clinic director of a VA Hospital Speech Clinic.

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Vicki Jay, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Associate Director, Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, Faculty, Elmhurst College Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic.
B.A., Elmhurst College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Dr. Jay has worked in a variety of settings, primarily as a pediatric speech pathologist. She has taught previously at the University of Illinois in Urbana and at several local junior colleges. She teaches coursework in neurology, audiology, aural rehabilitation and language development and disorders. Dr. Jay has presented at several ASHA and ISHA conventions. Areas of interest include language delays in children 0-3 years of age.

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Kathryn (Frank) Basco, M.A., CCC-SLP
Clinic Instructor, Elmhurst College Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic.
B.A., University of Wisconsin–Madison; M.A., Northern Illinois University
Mrs. Basco is currently in private practice serving children ages birth to three. Kathryn has worked with children and adults in both hospital and outpatient clinic settings. Her areas of interest include pediatric head trauma rehabilitation, feeding disorders, and developmental apraxia.

Carol Foote, M.S., CCC-SLP
Instructor, Communication Arts and Sciences
B.S., Elmhurst College; M.S., Rush University
Mrs. Foote has been a speech-language pathologist in acute care and rehabilitation hospitals with on-site student supervision since 1986. Currently she teaches courses in speech-language pathology at Elmhurst College.


Danielle Kos, M.S., CCC-SLP
Clinical Instructor, Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic.
B.S., Elmhurst College; M.S., Saint Xavier University
Ms. Kos works as a speech-language pathologist at Neuqua Valley High School.


Carol McGuinn
Instructor, Communication Arts and Sciences
B.A., Governor's State University
Mrs. McGuinn is the instructor for sign-language courses at Elmhurst College.
 

Laura Nicky, M.S., CCC-SLP
Clinical Instructor, Elmhurst College Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic.
B.A., Elmhurst College; M.S., Illinois State University
She has worked as a speech-language pathologist in an elementary school, and now works full-time at Elmhurst College. Ms. Nicky is also co-advisor to the Elmhurst College Chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association.


Julie Prato, M.A., CCC-SLP
Instructor, Communication Arts and Sciences; Clinical Instructor, Elmhurst College Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic.
B.A., Elmhurst College; M.A., Central Michigan University
Ms. Prato is currently in private practice.


Julie Shuert, M.S., CCC-SLP
Instructor, Communication Arts and Sciences, Clinical Instructor, Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic. 
B.S., M.S., Eastern Illinois University
Ms. Shuert works as a speech-language pathologist at Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare.


Sharon Brown Sweeney, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Instructor, Communication Arts and Sciences
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Dr. Sweeney teaches speech sciences at Elmhurst College. Her work experiences include teaching at Rush University and treatment in private practice. Dr. Sweeney has published in Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, First Language, and Applied Psychological Linguistics.


Steven Wolinsky, Au.D
Instructor, Communication Arts and Sciences
B.S., M.A., Northern Illinois University; Au.D., University of Florida–Gainesville
Dr. Wolinsky teaches the audiology courses at Elmhurst College. He Wolinsky is also employed at Chicago Hearing Services.

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