Donna Geffner, Ph.D., Professor and Program Director in the
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has earned
many accolades during her 42-year teaching career. The most recent
of these was the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (ASHA) Honors of the
Association Award, presented to her on November 16 at ASHA’s annual
convention in Atlanta, GA.
ASHA’s highest achievement, the Honors of the Association Award,
is reserved for members who have produced an outstanding body of
work that has contributed to improving the quality of life of the
hearing and/or speech impaired. “I am so thankful to receive this
award,” said Dr. Geffner. “I appreciate being recognized by my
profession.”
Dr. Geffner was acknowledged by ASHA for her many contributions,
including creating St. John’s University’s undergraduate and
graduate Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology programs and
launching the pioneering
Speech and Hearing Center on the Queens, NY, campus.
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