Clinical Linguistics: PhD Student, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA

Institution/Organization: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Department: Communicative Disorders Web Address: http://speechandlanguage.louisiana.edu/

Level: PhD Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics Communicative Disorders / Clinical Linguistics Description: PhD Assistantships are available for the start of Fall 2008 (mid-August) or for Spring (January) 2009. All tuition fees and a stipend for living expenses will be paid. Candidates with good GRE scores (or those about to take GRE) should contact PhD Coordinator for more details (Dr John Tetnowski). Please attach a current CV with GRE and GPA scores. Candidates from the US should have a Master's degree in Communication Disorders or a Master's or honors bachelor degree in Linguistics. Candidates from outside the US can apply if they have a good honours bachelor degree in Speech-Language Therapy if that is the qualifying level for the profession. See website for details about the doctoral program in Applied Language and Speech Sciences. Supervision is offered in all areas of language and speech disorders but not in audiology. For a Fall 2008 start, candidates should contact us immediately. Overseas applications are welcome, but should aim for the January 2009 start because of time needed to process these. Alternate contacts: Head of Department, Dr Nancye Roussel (ncroussel@louisiana.edu); Director of Research Center, Dr Martin J. Ball (mjball@louisiana.edu). Application Deadline: 02-Nov-2008 Web Address for Applications: http://gradschool.louisiana.edu/

Contact Information: Dr John Tetnowski tetnowski@louisiana.edu Phone:+1 337 482 6721