currently teaches Voice Disorders, Speech
Education (Non-Categorical), University of
Dr. Danielle Apugo is a
Science, Sociolinguistics, and Phonetics cours-
the District of Columbia, and endorsements
Louisiana native and
es in the graduate and undergraduate curric-
in Intellectual, Learning and Emotional dis-
joins the UDC family as
ula. In addition, Dr. Ramos-Pizarro is a clin-
abilities. With over 29 years of instructional
an Assistant Professor of
ical supervisor in the Voice Care Clinic, part
and transition work experience at the elemen-
Urban Education in the
of the Speech and Hearing Clinic affiliated
tary, secondary and university levels, she taught
College of Arts and Sci-
with the UDC program. The Voice Care Clin-
in the District of Columbia, Prince George’s
ences (CAS). Prior to
ic provides free voice assessment and treat-
County and Fairfax County Public Schools.
joining UDC, Apugo was with the University
ment services to children and adults with
She has taught a variety of graduate and un-
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’ s School of Education,
voice disorders in the UDC community as well
dergraduate courses at UDC since 2013, in
where she taught in the Department of Ad-
as the District of Columbia, Maryland and
areas such as special education, adult education
ministrative Leadership’s Urban Educational
Northern Virginia. The Clinic also specializ-
transition, and human development, and
Administration program. Dr. Apugo has a
es in the communication needs of individuals
worked as a Visiting Professor in 2014. Dr.
wealth of K-12 experience within the urban
in transition (transgender).
Miles served as an Employer Representative
educational landscape throughout different
Dr. Ramos-Pizarro is a graduate of the
on the Marriott Bridges from School to Work
and highly diverse regions of the United States.
University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Ph.D.
Project, TransCen, Inc. She continues to
She has been awarded the “Early Career Edu-
in Voice Science. She also has a Master’s degree
volunteer her services with the Going Places
cator of Color Leadership Award” by the Na-
from the University of Puerto Rico-Medi-
Social Group for teens and adults with Asperg-
tional Council of Teachers of English. Apugo’s
cal Sciences Campus in Speech-Language
er Syndrome.
academic research interests involve identify-
Pathology. Dr. Ramos-Pizarro has teaching
ing and investigating the invisible barriers that
experience in the field of Speech Pathology at
often exist in the professional and academic
the undergraduate, graduate and professional
Orisanmi Burton joins
experiences of black women within education-
levels which includes topics in Voice Disorders,
the University of the
al organizations. Her prime areas of interro-
Linguistics, Aphasia and related disorders,
District of Columbia as
gation are generational public education
Language Disorders/Language Difference and
an Assistant Professor of
experiences, optimal and suboptimal sustain-
Clinical Practice.
Criminal Justice and
ability strategies, space-making, identity affir-
Her research interests include commu-
Youth Studies at the Uni-
mation, and racial vigilance. Her professional
nication patterns of individuals in transition
versity of the District of
interests include dignity-centered program
(transgender), and evidenced-based interven-
Columbia. He is completing his Ph.D. in Social
evaluation that identifies barriers to learning,
tion in voice disorders and voice feminization.
Anthropology at the University of North Car-
equity, and replication. Dr. Apugo’s scholarly
Dr. Ramos-Pizarro has presented papers in
olina at Chapel Hill. His dissertation, entitled
activity includes collaborative research projects,
national and international forums and provided
“Attica Is: Revolutionary Consciousness, Coun-
national conference presentations, and a recent
training to speech pathology professionals in
terinsurgency and the Deferred Abolition of
publication in the Journal of Transformative
Puerto Rico, Canada, Egypt, Malaysia, Brazil
New York State Prisons,” uncovers, analyzes
Learning.
and Colombia on the assessment of voice
and historicizes a long-standing tradition of
disorders using acoustic and aerodynamic
research, activism, and mentorship among
high-and low-tech alternatives.
incarcerated Black men. Professor Burton is the recipient of a Dissertation Fieldwork Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation and his
Dr. Annette Miles holds
scholarship has been published in scholarly
a Ph.D. in Human Devel-
and public outlets such as North American
opment, Virginia Poly-
Dialogue, Cultural Anthropology and Coun-
technic Institute and
terpunch.org.
State University; an Ed.S. and M.A. in Transition Special Education, George Washington University, a B.S. in Special
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