Communication Sciences & Disorders
Helping people communicate through world-class education, research, treatment, and outreach.

Communication Sciences & Disorders
Helping people communicate through world-class education, research, treatment, and outreach.

Communication Sciences & Disorders
Helping people communicate through world-class education, research, treatment, and outreach.

Students performing sensory research.

Communication Sciences & Disorders
Helping people communicate through world-class education, research, treatment, and outreach.

Communication Sciences & Disorders
Helping people communicate through world-class education, research, treatment, and outreach.

Scholarships and Awards

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders administers a number of scholarships and awards open to undergraduate majors and graduate students. Students may also be eligible for awards from state and national agencies.

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What Makes Us Special

Outstanding Education

Our faculty educate students to become clinicians, scientists, and teachers of the future. Our top-ranked programs offer a variety of didactic and hands-on educational opportunities.

Audiology tudents studying in a classroom.

Comprehensive and Affordable Clinical Care

Our faculty and staff run the UWSHC, which offers evaluation and treatment of communication disorders. UWSHC serves Wisconsin residents across the lifespan, and offers low-cost services and partial scholarships for individuals and families in need.

Student clinician working with a client.

Real-world Research

Our faculty perform cutting-edge research that has clear health relevance. Faculty have been issued patents, created spin-off companies, and developed technology that benefits people in Wisconsin and the nation.

Dr. Michelle Ciucci in the lab.

Community Outreach

Our faculty and students provide outreach services and consulting, often at no cost, to families, school systems, and other organizations in need.

Dane County Head Start participant receives a hearing screening from one of the graduate student clinicians.

News & Events

Department News

  • Kristin Murphey, M.S., CCC-SLP

    Kristin Murphey Receives 2024 Student Mentor Award

    Congratulations to Kristin Murphey, M.S., CCC-SLP, on receiving the 2024 Student Mentor Award from the Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Association (WSHA)! Kristin is a speech-language pathologist and clinical professor in the Department of Communication …

  • Courtney Seidel, M.S., CCC-SLP

    Courtney Seidel Receives 2024 ASHA Foundation Clinical Achievement Award

    Congratulations to Courtney Seidel, M.S., CCC-SLP, for receiving the 2024 ASHA Foundation Clinical Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Association (WSHA)! Courtney is a speech-language pathologist and clinical professor in the Department …

  • Joan Kwiatkowski, M.A., CCC-SLP

    In Memoriam: Joan Kwiatkowski

    Former clinical faculty member Joan Kwiatkowski, M.A., CCC-SLP, passed away on January 9, 2025. Joan Kwiatkowski joined the UW-Madison in 1971 as a clinical faculty member in Communicative Disorders (now Communication Sciences and Disorders). During …

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