A History of Speech – Language Pathology

CURRICULUM VITAE

Judith Felson Duchan

Emeritus Professor, University at Buffalo 
Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences 

1 Gates Circle, Apartment 601 
Buffalo, NY 14214-1130 
Phone: 716-836-1363  
E-Mail: jaduchan@gmail.com 

Education 
Academic Work Experience 
Visiting Appointments 
Awards and Honors 
Publications 
 

Education: 

  • Ph.D. Speech-Language Pathology, University of Illinois, 1973 
  • M.A. Psychology, The Ohio State University, 1963 
  • B.S. Speech Pathology, The Ohio State University, 1960  

Academic Work Experience 

  • State University of New York College at Buffalo, 1973-1978 
  • State University of New York at Buffalo, 1978 to 2000 
  • Emeritus, University at Buffalo, June, 2000 

Visiting Appointments 

  • Sydney University, Australia, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, 2005 
  • City University of London, England, Department of Clinical Communication Studies, 1999-2000 
  • University of Toronto, Canada, Department of Medical Science, 1995-2000 
  • University of Amman, Jordon, Center for Phonetic Studies, 1993 
  • Tel Aviv University, Israel, Department of Communication Disorders, 1990 
  • CUNY Graduate Center, New York, Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences, 1988-1989 
  • Harvard School of Education, l982 

Awards and Honors: 

  • Inaugural Cadre of Advisers in Childhood Language Disorders, ASHA, 2002 
  • Board Recognized Specialist in Child Language, ASHA, 2/2002-1/2008 
  • Fellow of the American Speech-Hearing-Language Association, 1983 
  • Distinguished Achievement Award, New York State Speech and Hearing Association, 1991 
  • Clinical Achievement Award, New York State Speech and Hearing Association, 1994 

Publications: 

Books 

  • Byng, S., Duchan, J., Pound, C. (Eds.). (2007). Aphasia therapy file II. London, UK: Psychology Press. 
  • Duchan, J. & Kovarsky, D. (Eds.) (2005). Diagnosis as cultural practice. Hawthorne, NY: Mouton De Gruyter Publishers. 

Chapters 

  • Duchan, Judith & Felsenfeld, Susan (2020). Professional issues: A view from history. In M. W. Hudson & M. DeRuiter (Eds.) Professional issues in speech-language pathology and audiology (5th ed.) (pp. 57-82). San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing, Inc. 
  • Duchan, Judith (2009). The conceptual underpinnings of John Thelwall’s elocutionary practices.  In S. Poole (Ed.). John Thelwall: Radical romantic and acquitted felon (pp. 139-145).  London: Pickering & Chatto. 
  • Byng, S. & Duchan, J. (2007). Introduction: Describing therapies for aphasia. In S. Byng, J. Duchan & C. Pound (Eds.). The aphasia therapy file II, (pp. 1-13). London: Psychology Press. 
  • Byng, S., & Duchan, J. (2007). A framework for describing therapies and discovering their whys and wherefores. In S. Byng, J. Duchan & C. Pound (Eds.) The aphasia therapy file II, (pp. 231-277). London: Psychology Press. 
  • Duchan, J & Kovarsky, D. (2005) Introduction. In J. Duchan & D. Kovarsky (Eds.). Diagnosis as cultural practice (pp. 1-13). Hawthorne, NY: De Guryter Publishers. 
  • Duchan, J. (2005). The cultural practices of speech-language pathology in America over the last century. In J. Duchan & D. Kovarsky (Eds.). Diagnosis as cultural practice (pp. 201-222). Hawthorne, NY: De Gruyter Publishers. 
  • Duchan, J. (2004). The foundational role of schemas in children’s language and literacy learning. In C. A. Stone, E. Silliman K. Apel & B. Ehren (Eds.), Handbook of language and literacy: Development and disorders (pp. 380-397). NY: Guilford Press. 
  • Kagan, A. & Duchan, J. (2004). Consumers’ evaluation of aphasia services. In J. Duchan & S. Byng (Eds.) Challenging aphasia therapies (pp. 158-172).London: Psychology Press. 
  • Byng, S. & Duchan, J. (2004) Challenging aphasia therapies. In J. Duchan & S. Byng (Eds.) Challenging aphasia therapies (pp. 8-18). London: Psychology Press. 
  • LPAA Project Group (2001) Life participation approaches to aphasia. In R. Chapey (Ed.) Language intervention strategies in aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders. Forth edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippicott, Williams & Wilkins. (with R. Chapey, R. Elman, A. Kagan, J. Lyon, N. Simmons Mackie) 
  • Duchan, J. (1999). Reports written by speech-language pathologists: The role of agenda in constructing client competence, In D. Kovarsky, J. Duchan & M. Maxwell, Constructing (in)competence, (pp. 223-244) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum 
  • Duchan, J., Maxwell, M. & Kovarsky, D. (1999). Evaluating competence in the course of everyday interaction. In D. Kovarsky, J. Duchan & M. Maxwell, Constructing (In)competence, (pp. 3-26) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum 
  • Segal, E. & Duchan, J. (1996). Interclausal connectives as indicators of structuring in discourse. In J. Costermans & Michel Fayol (Eds.) Processing interclausal relationships (pp. 95-119). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. 
  • Hosenfeld, C. Duchan, J. and Higginbotham, J. (1995). Deixis in persuasive texts written by bilinguals of differing degrees of expertise. In J. Duchan, G. Bruder & L. Hewitt (Eds.), Deixis in narrative: A cognitive sience perspective. Hillsdale, NJ: Earlbaum. 
  • Costello, A. Bruder, G., Duchan, J. Hosenfeld, C. (1995). In J. Duchan, G. Bruder & L. Hewitt (Eds.), Deixis in narrative: A cognitive science perspective. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. 
  • Duchan, J. (1994). Approaches to the study of discourse in the social sciences. In R. Bloom, L. Obler, S. DeSanti, J. Erlich (Eds.) Discourse studies in adult clinical populations. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. 
  • Duchan, J. (1994). Pragmatics intervention for gestalt-style learners. In J. Duchan, R. Sonnenmeier, & L. Hewitt (Eds.) Pragmatics: From theory to practice. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 
  • Duchan, J. (1991). Everyday events: Their role in language assessment and intervention. In T. Gallagher (Ed.). Pragmatics of language: Clinical practice issues. San Diego: Singular Publishing Group, 43-98. 
  • Duchan, J. (1988). Assessing communication: Problems and suggested solutions. In N. Lass, L. McReynolds, J. Northern, and D. Yoder (eds.) Handbook on speech, language and hearing, Philadelphia, Pa.: B. C. Decker, Inc. 
  • Duchan, J. (1987). Functionalism: A perspective on autistic communication. In D. Cohen and A. Donnellan (eds.) Handbook of autism and atypical development, N.Y.: Wiley. 
  • Duchan, J. (1987). Perspectives for understanding children with communicative disorders. In P. Knoblock (ed.) Understanding exceptional children and youth, N.Y.: Little Brown, 163-199. 
  • Duchan, J. (1986). Language intervention through sensemaking and fine tuning. In R. Schiefelbusch (ed.) Language competence: Assessment and intervention, San Diego, Ca.: College Hill Press, 187-212. 
  • Duchan, J. (1983). Language processing and geodesic domes. In T. Gallagher and C. Prutting (eds.), Pragmatic issues: Assessment and intervention, Baltimore, Md.: University Park Press, 83-100. 
  • Duchan, J. and Katz, J. (1983). Language and auditory processing: Top down plus bottom up. In E. Lasky and J. Katz (eds.), Central Auditory Processing Disorders, San Diego, Ca.: College Hill Press, 31-45. 
  • Duchan, J. (1983). Recent advances in language assessment: The pragmatics revolution. In R. Naremore (ed.), Recent advances in language sciences, San Diego, CA: College Hill Press, 147-180. 
  • Duchan, J. (1982). The elephant is soft and mushy: Problems in assessing children’s language. In N. Lass, L. McReynolds, J. Northern, and D. Yoder (eds.) Speech, language, and hearing, Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 741-760. 
  • Duchan, J. (1980) Interactions with an autistic child. In H. Giles, Robinson, W., and Smith, P. (eds.) Language: Social psychological perspectives, N.Y.: Pergamon, 255-259. 
  • Oliva, J., Lindner, R., and Duchan, J. (1978). Kinesic, intonational, and semantic aspects of two word utterances of a one year old normal child. In F. Peng and W. von Raffler Engle, (eds.), Language acquisition and developmental kinesics, Hiroshima, Japan: Bunka Hyron, 33-35. 

Refereed Articles 

  • Duchan, J. & Hewitt, L. (2023). How the charter members of ASHA responded to the social and political circumstances of their time. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Published on line, March 10, 2023. https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00273 
  • Duchan, J. F. (2020). Diagnosogenic thinking in speech-language pathology and some viable alternatives. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 9, 2, 215-234. 
  • Pound, C.; Parr, S.; Duchan, J.; Barrow, R. & Byng, S. (2010) Working from a modus operandi: Themes, changes, and parallels in research and clinical practices, Aphasiology, 24, 4, 435-448, DOI: 10.1080/02687030902875759   
  • Duchan, J. (2009). The early years of speech-language and hearing services in US schools. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools. Published on line, September 15, 2009. 
  • Duchan, J. (2009). Engagement: A concept and some possible uses.  Journal of Communication Disorders, 30, 1, 11-17. 
  • Duchan, J. (2008). Dialectal prescriptivism and diversity in late 19th and early 20th Century America.  Communicative Disorders Review, 2, 2, 103-112. 
  • Pound, C., Duchan, J., Penman, T., Hewitt, A., & Parr, S. (2007). Communication access to organisations. Aphasiology, 21, 23-38. 
  • Duchan, J. (2007). Undermining unfair constraints imposed by language standards. Topics in Language Disorders, 27, 74-83. 
  • Duchan, J. (2006). Providing a place in the new history of disabilities for communication access. Disability Studies Quarterly, Spring, 26, 2, 6-9. 
  • Duchan, J., Jennings, M., Barratt, R., Butler, B. (2006). Communication access to the arts. Topics in Language Disorders, 26, 210-220. 
  • Stathopoulos, E. & Duchan, J. (2006). History and principles of exercise-based therapy: How they inform our current treatment. Seminars in Speech and Language, 27, 227-235. 
  • Duchan, J. (2006). How conceptual frameworks influence clinical practice: Evidence from the writings of John Thelwall, a 19th-century speech therapist. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 41, 735-744. 
  • Duchan, J. (2006). The phonetic notation system of Melville Bell and its role in the history of phonetics. Journal of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, 30, 14-17. 
  • Duchan, J., (2005). The phonetically-based speech therapy methods of Alexander Graham Bell. Journal of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, 29, 70-72. 
  • Duchan, J. (2004). Maybe audiologists are too attached to the medical model. Semiinars in Hearing, 25, 347-354. 
  • Byng, S., Cairns, D. & Duchan, J. (2002). Values in practice and practising values. Journal of Communication Disorders, 35, 89-106. 
  • Duchan, J. (2002). What do you know about the history of speech-language pathology and why is it important? ASHA Leader, Dec 24, 7, 23, 4-29. 
  • Duchan, J. & Black, M. (2001). Progressing toward life goals: A person-centered approach to evaluating therapy. Topics in Language Disorders, 22, 1, 37-49. 
  • Duchan, J., Calculator, S., Sonnenmeier, R., Diehl, S. & Cumley, G. (2001) A framework for managing controversial practices. Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 32, 133-141. 
  • Kagan, A., Black, S., Duchan, J., Simmons-Mackie, N. & Square, P. (2001). Training volunteers as conversation partners using “Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia” (SCA): A controlled trial, Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 44, 3, 610-623. 
  • Pound, C., Parr, S., Duchan, J. (2001). Using partners’ autobiographical reports to to develop, deliver, and evaluate services in aphasia. Aphasiology, 15, 477-493. 
  • LPAA Project Group. (2000). Life participation approach to aphasia: A statement of values for the future. ASHA Leader, 5, 4-6.
  • Yew, E., Duchan, J., & Higginbotham, J. (1998). A comparative analysis of character referencing in English and Chinese story books written for children: Implications for literacy acquisition. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing, 3(3), 179-180. 
  • Duchan, J. (1998). Describing the unusual behavior of children with autism, Journal of Communication Disorders, 3, 93-112. 
  • Duchan, J. (1997). A situated pragmatics approach for supporting children with severe communication disorders, Topics in Language Disorders, 17, 1-18. 
  • Kovarsky, D. & Duchan, J. (1997). The interactional dimensions of language therapy, Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 28, 297-307. 
  • Janzen-Wilde, L. Duchan, J. & Higginbotham, J. (1995). Successful use of facilitated communication with an oral child, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 38(3), 658-676. 
  • Hewitt, L. & Duchan, J. (1995). Subjectivity in children’s fictional narratives, Topics in Language Disorders, 15, 1-15. 
  • Duchan, J. (1994). Two approaches to research in child language. Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 25, 48-51. 
  • Hewitt, L., Duchan, J. & Segal, E. (1994). Structure and function of verbal conflicts among adults with mental retardation, Discourse Processes, 16, 525-543. 
  • Higginbotham, J. Sonnenmeier, R., and Duchan, J. (1993). The impact of technology on facilitated communication. Technology and Disability, 2, 68-78. 
  • Duchan, J. (1993). Clinician-child interaction: Its nature and its potential. Seminars in Speech and Language, 14, 325-333. 
  • Duchan, J. (1993). Issues raised by facilitated communication for theorizing and research on autism, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 36, 1108-1119. 
  • Duchan, J., Meth, M., & Waltzman, D. (1992). “Then” as an indicator of deictic discontinuity in adults’ descriptions of a film. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 35, 1367-1375. 
  • Segal, E., Duchan, J., and Scott, P. (1991). The role of interclausal connectives in narrative structuring: Evidence from adults’ interpretations of simple stories, Discourse Processes, 14, 27-54. 
  • Duchan, J. (1989). Assessing communication of hearing-impaired children: Influences from pragmatics, Rehabilitative Audiology, 21, 19-40. 
  • Duchan, J. (1989). Assessing attunement from the language learner’s point of view. Seminars in Speech and Language. 
  • Duchan, J. and Weitzner-Lin, B. (1987). Nurturant-naturalistic intervention for language impaired children: Implications for planning and tracking progress, ASHA, 29, 45-49. 
  • Duchan, J. (1986). Learning to describe events, Topics in Language Disorders, 6, 27-36. 
  • Stathopoulos, E., Duchan, J., Sonnenmeier, R., and Bruce, N. 1986). Intonation and pausing in deaf speech, Folia Phoniatrica, 38, 1-12. 
  • Duchan, J. (1984). Clinical interactions with autistic children: The role of theory, Topics in Language Disorders, 4, 62-71. 
  • Duchan, J.(1983). Autistic children are noninteractive: Or so we say, Seminars in Speech and Language, 4, 53-61. 
  • Duchan, J. and Palermo, J. (1982). How autistic children view the world, Topics in Language Disorders, 3, 10-15. 
  • Prizant, B. and Duchan, J. (1981). Functions of echolalia in autistic children, Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 46, 241-249. 
  • Weitzner-Lin, B. and Duchan, J. (1980). Using movement to differentiate patterns of interaction and situational understanding in the verbal productions of a 2 1/2 year old child, Sign Language Studies, 113-122. 
  • Duchan, J., Stengel, M. and Oliva, J. (1980). A dynamic phonological model derived from the intonational analysis of a jargon aphasic patient, Brain and Language, 9, 289-297. 
  • Duchan, J. (1980). The effect of cognitive bias in children’s early interpretations of locative commands, Language Sciences, 2, 246-259. 
  • Duchan, J. and Lund, N. (1979). Why not semantic relations? Journal of Child Language, 6, 243-253. 
  • Duchan, J. and Siegel, L. (1979). Diagnostic and therapy techniques based on children’s incorrect responses to locative commands, Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 10, 99-103. 
  • Duchan, J. and Oliva, J. (1979). Using intonation to determine psycholinguistic structuring of a child’s early multisyllabic utterances, Language Sciences, 1, 26-34. 
  • Duchan, J., Oliva, J., and Lindner, R. (1979). Performative acts defined by synchrony among intonation, verbal, and nonverbal systems in a one and a half year old child, Sign Language Studies, 22, 75-88. 
  • Lund, N. and Duchan, J. (1978). Phonological analysis: A multifaceted approach, British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 13, 119-126. 
  • Duchan, J. (1978). Face to face interactions in interactionally noncompetent persons, Sociolinguistic Newsletter, 9, 33-35. 
  • Duchan, J. and Baskervill, D. (1977). Response of black and white children to the Grammatic Closure Subtest of the ITPA, Language Speech and Hearing Services in the Schools, 8, 126-132. 
  • Duchan, J. and Erickson, J. (1976). How normal and retarded children at the one and two word stage understand different semantic relations in different verbal contexts, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 19, 767-776.  

Invited articles: 

  • Duchan, J. (2009). Speech disorders.  In Susan Burch (Editor) Encyclopedia of American Disability History (pp. 853-854). NY: Facts on File, Inc. 
  • Duchan, J. (2009). Access and accessibility.  In Susan Burch (Editor) Encyclopedia of American Disability History. (pp. 5-7). NY: Facts on File, Inc. 
  • Duchan, J. & Leahy, M. (2008). Hearing the voices of people with communication disabilities. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 43, Supplement 1, pp. 1-4. 
  • Balandin, S & Duchan, J. (2007). Communication: Access to inclusion. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 32, 4, 230-232. 
  • Byng, S. & Duchan, J. (2005). Social model philosophies and principles: Their applications to therapies for aphasia. Aphasiology, 19, 906-922.. 
  • Duchan, J. (2002). What do you know about the history of speech-language pathology? And why is it important? ASHA Leader, 7, 4-5 & 29. 
  • Duchan, J. (2001). Impairment and social views of speech-language pathology: Clinical practices re-examined. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 3, 1, 37-45. 
  • Duchan, J. (2001). Reply: Social and impairment approaches viewed in a forest and in the shadows of a city street. Australian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 3,1, 73-76. 
  • Duchan, J. (2000). Assessing socially situated participation, a way of integrating communication and social assessment approaches. Seminars in Speech and Language, 21, 205-213. 
  • Duchan, J. (2000). What would Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby think of speech therapists in America? https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/history-of-cds/3247-2/ Article published in Royal College Speech Language Therapy Bulletin, London, UK, May, 2000. 
  • Duchan, J. (1999). Facilitated Communication, what’s the point? Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 
  • Biklen, J. & Duchan, J. (1994). “I am intelligent”: The social construction of mental retardation, Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 19, 173-184. 
  • Duchan, J. (1993). My life before and after facilitated communication, Clinical Connection. 
  • Duchan, J. (1986). Emotional disturbance: A blind spot for speech- language pathologists. Clinical Connection, 1, 5. 
  • Duchan, J. (1985). Autistic behavior–Deviant or different? Australian Journal of Human Communication Disorders, 13, 3-8. 
  • Duchan, J. (1981). Language errors aren’t just mistakes: They’re puzzles for us to solve. The Forum, 7, 8. 

Issue Editor: 

  • Leahy, M. & Duchan, J. (Eds.) (2008). Hearing the voices of people with communication disabilities. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. Vol 43, Supplement 1. 
  • Balandin, Susan & Duchan, Judith (2007). Communication: Access to Inclusion. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 32, 4. 
  • Duchan, J. (Ed.) (2006). Communication access: Models and methods for promoting social inclusion. Topics in Language Disorders, 26, #3. 
  • Duchan, J. (Ed.) (1982) Communication problems of autistic children: The role of context, Topics in Language Disorders, 3.