New Faculty
Originally published in the February 1999 issue of CLASNotes.
Doreen Blischak
Doreen Blischak joins the UF Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders from Ball State University, where she was an assistant professor. She received her PhD in speech-language pathology from Purdue University. Her research focuses on literacy development and use of synthetic speech by nonspeaking individuals. She recently completed a study involving early reading development and is now conducting a study on the use of synthetic speech to promote spelling in disabled children. She teaches courses in augmentative and alternative communication. Her outside interests include hiking, gardening, beach combing and skating.
Marta L. Wayne
Marta L. Wayne, an assistant professor of zoology, earned her PhD in molecular population genetics from Princeton University. Before coming to UF, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at North Carolina State University. Her research interests include quantitative genetics, molecular population genetics, and issues of gender and science. As an evolutionary biologist, she is also interested in how genetic variation is maintained in natural populations for quantitative traits. She teaches courses in genetics, evolutionary genetics and core biology. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, writing and cooking.
