Dr. Centeno has worked extensively as a bilingual
speech-language pathologist in New York City. His research and
publications focus on examining the theoretical and professional
bases that support the services for monolingual Spanish/bilingual
Spanish-English speakers with aphasia, a large clinical population
in the United States. Dr. Centeno’s areas of concentration include
morphosyntactic expressive impairments in monolingual
Spanish/bilingual Spanish-English speakers with aphasia, the
clinical application of bilingualism principles to aphasia
management in Spanish-English bilinguals, and issues in service
delivery in culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) aphasia
programs.
Dr. Centeno brings a multidisciplinary understanding to the
assessment and intervention of communication disorders in CLD
contexts, especially in Hispanic individuals with aphasia in the
United States, as evidenced by two recent published works: an
edited volume (Communication Disorders in Spanish Speakers:
Theoretical, Research, and Clinical Aspects, 2007, with R. T.
Anderson and L. K. Obler) and a special journal issue on
communicatively-impaired minority adults (Seminars in Speech
and Language, August 2009, with K. Kohnert).
Dr. Centeno, a frequent invited presenter at national and
international conferences, has participated in state, national, and
international professional committees on multicultural issues in
communication disorders. He is a member of various professional
organizations, including the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association (ASHA), Academy of Aphasia, Academy of Neurologic
Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS).
Educational Background
B.S., University of Guelph (Canada), Biology
M.A., Hofstra University, Speech-Language Pathology
Ph.D., City University of New York, Speech and Hearing
Sciences/Neurolinguistics
Research
Areas of Specialization
- Expressive morphosyntactic skills in bilingual Spanish-English
speakers with aphasia
- Assessing speech-language pathology services for culturally and
linguistically diverse adults in neurorehabilitation (funded by the
Office of Multicultural Affairs, American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association)
Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
St. John’s Hall, Room 344
Queens campus
Tel: (718) 990-2629
Fax: (718) 990-2078
centenoj@stjohns.edu