Ellen R. Cohn PhD, CCC-SLP
	Office Location 5046 Forbes Tower Office phone 412-383-6609 E-mail address ecohn@pitt.edu

Academic Appointment

Associate Dean for Instructional Development
Associate Professor

Education

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA PhD
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN MS
Douglass College of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ BA

Research Interests

Telerehabilitation
Virtual public service
Instructional innovation
Diversity/disability inclusiveness in education
Cleft palate and craniofacial disorders

Recent Publications

Gareis, J. and Cohn, E.  Communication as Culture: An Introduction to the Communication Process. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing. Oct 2007.

Branche, J., Mullennix, J. and Cohn, E. (Eds.) Diversity Across the Curriculum, Bolton, MA, Anker Publishing Company, 2007.

Cohn, E. and Hibbitts, B. Academic Public Service Web Sites and the Future of Virtual Academic Public Service.  Innovate,  June/July  2005 , 1:5 , http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=76

Cohn, E. and Hibbitts, B. Beyond the Electronic Portfolio: A Lifetime Personal Web Space, Educause Quarterly, 27:4, 7-10, Nov. 2004. http://www.educause.edu/apps/eq/eqm04/eqm0441.asp.

Cohn, E., One Course, One Web site—Of Course? Educause Quarterly, 27:2, 6-7. 2004. http://www.educause.edu/apps/eq/eqm04/eqm0421.asp.

Cohn, E., Klinzing, G, Frieze, IH, Sereika,. S, Stone, CA, and Vana, C, Academic Computing Vulnerabilities: Another View of the Roof, Educause Quarterly, 1: 57- 61, 2004. http://www.educause.edu/apps/eq/eqm04/eqm0419.asp

Biographical Profile

Ellen R. Cohn PhD CCC- SLP is Associate Dean for Instructional Development at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, and Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders, where she was past Director of the University of Pittsburgh Speech and Hearing Clinic.

Previously, she served as a speech-language pathologist and Research Associate at the University of Pittsburgh Cleft-Palate Craniofacial Clinic. She currently teaches in the areas of cleft palate and craniofacial disorders, pharmacy and therapeutics, orthodontics, telecommunication, rhetoric and communication, and instructional development and technology. She has authored multiple distance education manuals, and co-authored, with radiologist M. Leon Skolnick MD, Videofluroscopic Studies of Speech in Patients with Cleft Palate, published by Springer-Verlag. Cohn is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, and has contributed to Educause Quarterly: the IT Practitioners Journal, Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Journal of Speech-Language and Hearing Disorders, and Radiology. Prior communications consultant activities have included: Allied Signal, Equitable Gas, and the U.S. Bureau of Mine Safety.

Cohn serves as a co-investigator for a Department of Education Application to a National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research for a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Telerehabilitation development project: “Development and Implementation of a Teleassessment Architecture for the Promotion of Communication Function in Children with Disabilities.” She serves on the American Telemedicine Association's SIG on Telerehabilitation's Executive Committee.

Recently, she co-authored two programs at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law: a Certificate Program in Disability Law, and, the first MSL with a Concentration in Disability Law.
Cohn is a graduate of Douglass College of Rutgers University (BA 1974), Vanderbilt University (MS 1975), and the University of Pittsburgh (PhD 1980).

Awards and Honors

Rehabilitation Engineering and Research Center on Telerehabilitation; H133E040012, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education, $4.25M. Parmanto, B., Lathan, C., Yaruss, J.S, and Cohn, E.  Development and Implementation of a Teleassessment Architecture for the Promotion of Communication Function in Children with Disabilities, Rehabilitation Engineering and Research Center.  Role: Development Task Co-Investigator and RERC Education/Training Consultant. December 2004 to November 2009.

Secretary, University of Pittsburgh Faculty Senate, 2006-2007

Diversity Fellow, Office of the Provost, University of Pittsburgh, 2005

US House of Representatives Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition  “In recognition of outstanding and invaluable service to the community.”, 2004

State of New Jersey, The Senate and General Assembly,  Joint Legislative Resolution “Acknowledges her exemplary history of service, leadership and achievement.”, 2004

Inductee Long Branch High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame, 2004

Faculty Partner Award, Career Services, Division of Student Affairs,  University of Pittsburgh, 2002

National Student Speech Language Hearing Association, 1999-2001

Chapter Advisor Honors, 1999

National Chapter, 2000

Co-author, Top paper in Nonverbal Communication presented at 87th Annual Convention of the Eastern Communication Association, New York, New York, 1996

College of General Studies "Apple for the Teacher" Recognition, 1985

External Service and Assignments

Reviewer

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 2001–present

International Journal of Cases on Electronic Commerce, 2004–06

Advisor

SHRS Graduate-Professional Student Association, 2001
SHRS Dean’s Student Advisory Board, 2000

Committees

University, school, and departmental committees.