Clinical Assistant Professor/Clinical Assistant Director
Baylor University
Laredo, Texas, United States
Dr. Melissa Garcia recently joined the Baylor University Online CSD Graduate Program.
For the past fifteen years, she has been the faculty advisor for the National Student Speech-Language Hearing Association-TAMIU Chapter and for the past seven years, she has been the faculty advisor for the Students for Global Communication-TAMIU Chapter. She has developed and taught nine study abroad courses, six in Belize, and one in India, Costa Rica, and Asia (Japan, China, and Thailand). The focus of her scholarship is advocating for culturally and linguistic diverse populations, fostering cultural competence, addressing health and educational inequities, international service-learning and linking academic knowledge to clinical practice in undergraduate students. She is the past president of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)-Hispanic Caucus. She serves on the ASHA SIG 14 committee, the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Distance Education Task Force and University Committee. She serves on the APCSLH International Advisory Committee. She has presented at the local, state, national and international levels. Most recently she presented at the Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association state convention, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention, in Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Guangzhou, China; and Belize City, Belize. In 2015, she was named the College of Education Teacher of the Year, TAMIU Global Scholar and received the School Bell Award for outstanding teaching and service in higher education. In 2018, the Texas Higher Education Board recognized her for her program in Belize. She was one of five Star Awards Finalist for “Service-Learning at Home and Abroad”.
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Friday, February 24, 2023
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM