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Dr. Albert Villanueva-Reyes, Ed.D., M.Sc., CCC-SLP

Title: Professor
Office/Address: Speech-Language Pathology Program
Department of Graduate Programs
School of Health Professions
PO Box 365067 San Juan, PR 00936-5067

Telephone: (787) 758-2525 extension 4401

Fax: (787) 756-3596

Email: albert.villanueva@upr.edu

EDUCATION:

2007 Postdoctoral Masters in Science in Clinical Research
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
School of Health Professions and School of Medicine,
San Juan, Puerto Rico

2004 Certificate in Vocology, Summer Vocology Institute
National Center for Voice and Speech, Denver Colorado & University of Iowa
Graduate courses approved (accredited by University of Iowa):

  • Principles of Voice Production

  • Instrumentation for Voice Assessment

  • Voice Habilitation

  • Voice for Performers
     

2001 Ed.D. in Teaching and Curriculum, with a specialization in Hispanic Linguistics. University of Puerto Rico, College of Education,
Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
Courses related with research:

  • Statistical Methods (3crs)

  • Design of Descriptive Studies (3crs)

  • Experimental Research (3crs)

  • Research Methods in Modern Linguistics (3crs)

  • Doctoral Dissertation (6 crs)

1991 Master in Science
Major: Speech-Language Pathology
University of Puerto Rico,
College of Health Related Professions,
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Courses related with research:

  • Statistical principles applied to research in communication disorders

1988 Thirty-six graduate credits in Puerto Rican and Caribbean Studies.
Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe,
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Courses related with research:

  • Introduction to analysis methods for thesis writing

1983 Baccalaureate in Arts
Major: Secondary Education
Minor: Spanish Language
University of Puerto Rico, College of Education,
Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:

March 1997 – December 2005
Program Chairperson
Speech-Language Pathology Program
Department of Graduate Programs
College of Health Related Professions
Medical Sciences Campus
University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico

April 2000 – September 2006 (evenings)
Clinic Director
Scottish Rite Clinic for Speech-Language and Learning Disorders
San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

TEACHING COURSES:

HLAG 6300 Basic concepts of linguistics, psicolinguistics and psicoacoustics
HLAG 6519 Problems of Articulation and Phonological Disorders
PHAL 6518 Voice Disorders
PHAL6514 Cleft Palate
HLAG 6309 Experimental Design in Speech and Hearing Sciences
HLAG 6308 Principios estadísticos aplicados a la investigación en trastornos comunicológicos

ABBREVIATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

December 1992 - Present
Professor
Speech-Language Pathology Program
Department of Graduate Programs
College of Health Related Professions
Medical Sciences Campus
University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico

October2005 - Present(Saturdays)
Vocologist
Eileen Larracuente Voice Studio
Bayamón, Puerto Rico

April 2000 - September 2006(evenings)
Speech-Language Pathologist / Clinic Director
Scottish Rite Clinic for Speech-Language and Learning Disorders
San Juan, Puerto Rico

October 2002 - July 2003
Private Practice (Voice Disordered Patients)
Torre Plaza Las Américas, Suite 811
San Juan, Puerto Rico

October 1991 - August 1992
Speech-Language Pathologist
Hospital del Maestro
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

February 1995 - Present
Consultant in Speech-Language Pathology
The Psychological Corporation
San Antonio, Texas

October 1992 - June 1993
Speech-Language Pathologist
Specialized Educational Center for Children with Learning Disabilities
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

January 1992 - June 1992
Speech-Language Pathologist
Council for Preschool Children
Head Start Division
Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

PROJECTS AND RESEARCH AREAS:

Vocal Function Following Chemoradiation and Voice Therapy for
Advanced Laryngeal Cancer
Research Project required for Post Doctoral Masters Degree in Clinical Research
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus

Project in progress

Vocal Function Following Chemoradiation and Voice Therapy for Advanced Laryngeal Cancer
Research Project required for Post Doctoral Masters Degree in Clinical Research
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
Project in progress

Linguistic characteristics of normal disfluencies of Puerto Rican Spanish-speaking preschoolers
Joint study with Prof. Edna Carlo and Ms. Rosa Irene, Speech-Language Pathologists, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Presented at 4th World Congress of Fluency Disorders
Montreal, Canada

Semantic-syntactic categories of verbs used by Puerto-Rican children within the ages of three to five years in the San Juan Metropolitan Area of Puerto Rico: Educational applications
Doctoral dissertation - May 2001

A comparative study of attention, memory, and perception processes in children
Doctoral Program, College of Education
Río Piedras Campus, University of Puerto Rico
May 1996

A study of social decision-making behaviors in Puerto Rican children with language disorders - Conducted at the Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Presented by Dr. Nicolás Linares at the Workshop on Communication Disorders & Juvenile Behaviors, at the National
Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Bethesda, Maryland
June 14-15, 1994

PROJECTS AND RESEARCH AREAS:

The Impact of Vocal Function Exercises on the Aging Voice: A Hispanics Profile; Study in collaboration with Dr. Joseph Stemple, University of Kentucky: Continued Mentoring and Career Development in Clinical Research Award. In progress.

The Voice Handicap Index: Translation, cultural adaptation and validation to the Spanish Language; Principal Investigator; Mini Pilot Project; Proposal submitted to EARDA Office, Medical Sciences Campus, UPR, for NIH Funding. Funding approval for 2009-2010. In progress

Descriptive study on voice parameters for Spanish-speaking adults Study in collaboration with Vocal Innovations Co-Investigator In progress

Influence of syntactic complexity on the stuttering of Spanish-speaking children.† Watson, J.B., Carlo, E.J.,† Villanueva-Reyes, A. & Byrd, C.†† Poster Session presented at the Sixth World Congress on Fluency Disorders, Rio de Janeiro, August 2009.

Voice Disorders in the Metropolitan Area of San Juan, Puerto Rico: Occupational Groups at Risk Presented as a Poster at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Annual Convention November 2007

Linguistic characteristics of normal disfluencies of Puerto Rican Spanish-speaking preschoolers Joint study with Prof. Edna Carlo and Ms. Rosa Irene, Speech-Language Pathologists, San Juan, Puerto Rico Presented at 4th World Congress of Fluency Disorders Montreal, Canada August 2003

Semantic-syntactic categories of verbs used by Puerto-Rican children within the ages of three to five years in the San Juan Metropolitan Area of Puerto Rico: Educational applications Doctoral dissertation – May 2001 Presented as a Poster at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Annual Convention November 2007

A comparative study of attention, memory, and perception processes in children Doctoral Program, College of Education Río Piedras Campus, University of Puerto Rico May 1996

Speech-language pathology services at a Center for persons with Mental Retardation - Conducted at the Nuevos Horizontes Center Bayamón, Puerto Rico September 1995 to December 1996

A study of social decision-making behaviors in Puerto Rican children with language disorders - Conducted at the Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Presented by Dr. Nicol·s Linares at the Workshop on Communication Disorders & Juvenile Behaviors, at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Bethesda, Maryland June 14-15, 1994

PUBLICATIONS:

Villanueva-Reyes, A., Strand, E.. Nazario, C.M. & Irizarry-Ramírez, M. (2008, Sept). Laryngeal cancer in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal, 27(3), 1-8.

Villanueva-Reyes, A. (2008, November 4). Puerto Rico: A Cultural Crossroads. The ASHA Leader, 13(15), 38-40.

Villanueva-Reyes, A. (2008, Oct). ¿Trastornos de la Voz? ¿VocologÌa? Estado dela Cuestión en Nuestra Profesión. Organización Puertorriqueña de Patología del Habla y Lenguaje, 26(1), 20-23.

Villanueva-Reyes, A. (2006, Oct). La profesión de Patología del Habla en la actualidad. Organización Puertorriqueña de Patología del Habla y Lenguaje, 24(1), 22-24.

Villanueva-Reyes, A. (2005, Sept). The Lessac-Madsen Resonant Voice Therapy. Organización Puertorriqueña de Patología del Habla y Lenguaje, 23(1), 26-30.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION:

Villanueva-Reyes, A. Voice Disorders in the Metropolitan Area of San Juan, Puerto Rico: Profiles of Occupational Groups. Submitted and accepted for publication in The Journal of Voice. In press.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Puerto Rican Association of Speech-Language Pathologists, Therapists and Audiologists
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Member

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852
Certified Member

OTHERS:

Member of the Consulting Committee for the evaluation of Institutional License Renovation of the Carlos Albizu University, Puerto Rico Higher Education
Council (2002).

Consultant in Speech-Language Pathology (Spanish Language) to the Psychological Corporation, during the revision of the manuscript of the following evaluation materials:

  • Spanish edition of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF-3)
  • Spanish edition of the Preschool Language Scale-4
  • Consultant in Speech-Language Pathology to Head Start Program from the Family Department, for the development of the Scale for Evaluating Language Skills in Spanish (1999).

    Member of the Multicultural Issues Board (MIB)
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
    Bethesda, Maryland
    January 2004 to present

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