Charles M. Runyan, Ph.D.

Professor, Graduate Coordinator

Education:

  • Ph.D. Purdue University, 1976
  • M.A. University of Kentucky, 1972
  • B.A. Grove City College, 1962

    • Current Teaching Assignments:

  • CSD 316 - Organic Speech Disorders
  • CSD 415 - Introduction to Stuttering and Neuromotor Disorders
  • CSD 524 - Evaluation and Treatment of Swallowing Disorders
  • CSD 631 - Processes and Disorders of Speech Fluency
  • CSD 651 - Disorders of Speech Resonance

    • Honors - Awards

  • Golden Key Honor Society's Golden Apple Teaching Award, 1995-96
  • College of Integrated Science and Technology Distinguished Teacher Award, 1995-96
  • Fellow, Speech and Hearing Association of Virginia, 1993
  • Fellow, American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, 1988

    • Recent Publications:

    Runyan, C.M. & Runyan, S.E. "Therapy for School Age Stutterers: An update on the Fluency Rules Program." In Stuttering and Other Disorders in Fluency. Richard F. Curlee, Editor, Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. N.Y. 1993.

    Runyan, C.M. & Runyan, S.E. "A Fluency Rules Therapy Program for Young Children in the Public Schools." Reading on Research in Stuttering. Charles E. Healey, Editor, Longmum, Inc., 1991.

    Runyan, C.M., Gaines, N.D., & Meyers, S.C. "A Comparison of Young Stutterers Versus Stuttered Utterances on Measures of Length and Complexity." Journal of Speech and Hearing Research pp.34, 37-42, 1991.

    Runyan, C.M., Bell, J.N., & Prosek, R.A. "Speech Naturalness Ratings of Treated Stutterers." Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders. pp. 55, 434-438, 1990.
     

    Recent Presentations:

    Runyan, C.M., & Runyan, S.E., Treatment Models: Using the Fluency rules in Public Schools American Speech and Hearing Association Convention, Seattle, WA, 1996.

    Runyan, C.M., Office Hours: Questions and Answers About Stuttering Treatment American Speech and Hearing Association Convention, Seattle, WA, 1996.

    Runyan, C.M., Healey, E.C., Adams, M.R., & Runyan, S.E., Outcome and Competency Based Education for Courses in Fluency Disorders. American Speech and Hearing Association Convention, Orlando, FL, 1995.

    Runyan C.M. & Hammett, L. A. An Intensive Fluency Therapy Program in the Public Schools. Presented at the Speech and Hearing Association of Virginia Conference, Norfolk, VA, March 1995.

    Runyan, C.M. & Runyan, S.E. Fluency Rules and Current Therapy Techniques for Public School Application. Miniseminar presented at the American Speech and Hearing Association Convention. New Orleans, LA, 1994.

    Runyan, C.M. & Kern, M. Perceptual Judgements of Voice Onset Patterns by Untrained Graduate Clinicians. Presented at the American Speech and Hearing Association Convention. New Orleans, LA, 1994.

    Runyan, C.M., Meyers, S.C., & Prosek, R.A. Naturalness of Speech Production in Treated Preschool Stutterers. Paper presented to the American Speech and Hearing Association Convention, Seattle, WA, 1990.
     

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    Last Reviewed: 3 March 1999
    Information Publisher: Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders
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