Rate My Professor Amy Teten

Dr. Amy F. Teten serves as Chair of the Department of Communication Disorders and Associate Professor of Communication Disorders at Truman State University, a position she has held since returning to the faculty in 2016. She earned her Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of South Alabama in May 2002 and a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy from Florida State University in August 1996, graduating summa cum laude. Teten began her professional career as a music therapist before obtaining credentials as a speech-language pathologist (CCC-SLP) and providing services in the Omaha metropolitan area, including at Midlands Hospital and various skilled nursing facilities. Her academic appointments include teaching positions at West Texas A&M University, the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and earlier at Truman State University. In 2019, she was promoted to Associate Professor and granted academic tenure in communication disorders, effective for the 2019-20 academic year. Under her leadership, the Department of Communication Disorders, housed in the School of Health Sciences & Education, received continued approval from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) as a continuing education provider in 2019.

Teten's research interests and expertise focus on medical speech-language pathology and adult populations, including voice disorders, dysphagia, motor speech disorders, dementia, aphasia, and augmentative communication. She teaches coursework related to adult neurogenic communication disorders, with a specialty in dementia, and her scholarship emphasizes the scholarship of teaching and learning. Key publications include Teten, A. F., DeVeney, S. L., & Friehe, M. J. (2016). Use of student perceptions to measure Voice Disorders course impact on learning, published in Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership in Education; Teten, A. F., DeVeney, S. L., & Friehe, M. J. (2016). Voice disorder management competencies: A survey of school-based speech-language pathologists in Nebraska, in Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools; Teten, A. F., Dagenais, P. A., & Friehe, M. J. (2015). Auditory and visual cues for topic maintenance with persons who exhibit dementia of the Alzheimer’s type, in International Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease; and her 2002 doctoral dissertation, Wilson, A. F., The effects of modality and specificity of redirection upon topic maintenance skills of persons with dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. Teten has contributed to interprofessional education initiatives and presented at conferences such as the CAPCSD Annual Conference. She resides in Kirksville with her family and enjoys antiques and pets.