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Smart, Jane, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

     Assistant Professor of Instruction

      Office: PCD 4021H

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Jane Smart, PhD, CCC-SLP joined the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders as an adjunct instructor in 2017, and as a full-time instructor in 2018. Dr. Smart’s research interests include speech perception, pediatric aural and language habilitation, phonology, vocabulary acquisition, and Cued Speech. Her pedagogical focus is integrating experiential and interactive opportunities with course content to foster student learning and engagement, and to prepare future clinicians to support the communication needs with diverse client populations. Dr. Smart’s clinical experience includes working with children in early intervention, private practice, and school-based environments. She has provided mentorship and supervision for Speech-Language Pathology graduate students, and currently mentors undergraduate students who support USF’s International Teaching Assistants. Dr. Smart is a certified beginning instructor of Cued Speech. She teaches workshops and participates in cueing-related community outreach through her work with USF’s Cued Speech Initiative.  

Education
Ph.D, Communication Sciences and Disorders University of South Florida 2019
M.S, Speech Language Pathology University of South Florida 2007
B.A, Communication Sciences and Disorders University of South Florida 2005

Teaching

  • SPA 6559 | Augmentative and Alternative Communication
  • SPA 6320 | Aural Rehabilitation Across the Lifespan
  • SPA 6324 | Aural Rehabilitation: Children
  • SPA 6505 | Language Phonology Diagnostic Practicum
  • SPA 6505 | Advanced Clinical Practicum
  • SPA 5204 | Advanced Clinical Phonology
  • SPA 6805 | Research Processes in Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • SPA 6571 | Ethical Practical Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • SPA 4901 | Research Methods in Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • SPA 4321 | Introduction to Audiologic Rehabilitation
  • SPA 3112 | Applied Phonetics in Communication Disorders
  • SPA 3101 | Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism
  • SPA 3011 | Introduction to Speech Science
  • INT 4490 |Cued Speech
  • IDH 4970 |Honor’s Thesis

 

Recent Scholarly Activity

  • ASHA Teaching Symposium on Foundational CSD Science Courses, 2021, American Speech Language Hearing Association
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate, 2021, University of South Florida Muma College of Business
  • Smart, J., & Frisch, S. A. (2015). Top-down influences in perception with spectrally degraded resynthesized natural speech. Poster presented at the 170th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Jacksonville, FL. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 138(3), 1810.
  • Smart, J., & Frisch, S. A. (2014). The Ganong effect in clear and distorted conditions with resynthesized natural stimuli. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.