Department Head of CSD, Assistant Professor
Hardin Simmons University
Abilene, Texas, United States
Becky Saterbak is a speech language pathologist with 25 years of experience. She attended Baylor University in Waco, TX. She graduated with honors with a B.A. in Communication Sciences and Disorders in 1992. She returned to graduate school in speech-language pathology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where she graduated with distinction in 1996.
Ms. Saterbak secured employment at the University of Missouri following graduation where she worked on a large team of allied health professionals in adult neurogenic rehabilitation. During her time at the University of Missouri, she secured a grant from the Roger S. Williams Foundation to pursue research within her area of passion. Ms. Saterbak is a co-investigator on the paper, Treatment of Dysarthria Using the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument Following Traumatic Brain Injury (2002).
After a move to the Houston area, Ms. Saterbak continued working full-time as a speech-language pathologist first in a community rehabilitation center, however she soon found her way back to working with individuals with TBI at the Transitional Learning Center. During this time, Ms. Saterbak started speaking at state and national conferences on topics ranging from augmentative-alternative communication to using music therapy techniques in the rehabilitative process.
In 2017, Ms. Saterbak made the jump into academia when she accepted the department head position in the Communication Sciences and Disorders department at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, TX. As an assistant professor, she teaches a variety of undergraduate academic and clinical courses.
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Friday, February 24, 2023
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM