Our Faculty

Susan D. Burgess, M.A., CCC-SLP
(207) 581-2008
Susan_Burgess@umit.maine.edu

Susan Burgess is a part time departmental lecturer and staff speech-language pathologist. She provides clinical education and supervision for graduate students at the Conley Speech, Language and Hearing Center and in off-campus settings. Her experience in the field is diverse, as she has worked with both the preschool and school-age populations in various settings as well as with adult clients in homecare, skilled nursing, and long-term healthcare facilities.  In addition to supervision work at UM, she currently provides speech therapy services for residents of a skilled and long-term care facility.

Education
M.A. 1996  University of Maine (Communication Sciences and Disorders)

Courses
CSD 222  International and National Issues of Language Usage
CSD 683  Seminar in Clinical Procedures I
CSD 684   Seminar in Clinical Procedures II
CSD 686  Clinical Practicum: Speech-Language Pathology

Association Memberships
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Maine Speech-Language-Hearing Association (International and National Issues of Language Usage; Continuing Education Committee; Member, Executive Committee)
Co-Advisor, University of Maine Chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association

Publications and Presentations
Hall, N. E., & Burgess, S. D. (2000). Exploring developmental changes in fluency as related to language acquisition: A case study. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 25, 119-141.

Burgess, S. D., Haley, J., & Riley, S. K. (1998, November). Using a systemic approach to service delivery in a mental health setting. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Antonio, TX.

Burgess, S. D., & Hall, N. E. (1997, November). A comparison of two systems for analyzing fluency and language. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.