Enhanced Roles for Two Audiology Faculty Members

Two internal appointments and changes in title have been announced at the University’s Osborne College of Audiology (OCA).

Bre Myers, AuD ‘06, PhD, CH-AP, three-year track program coordinator and associate professor, has been named assistant dean of the College's Foundation and Assessment of Audiologic Medicine; and Jonette Owen, AuD ‘03, MS, assistant dean for Clinical Education and assistant professor, has been promoted to associate dean for Clinical Education. Both appointments are effective July 1, 2021.

“Both have been strong pillars that have supported OCA and our program,” said Radhika Aravamudhan, PhD, OCA dean in the announcement she made recently. “They will continue to work in collaboration with the rest of the leadership team at OCA, Dr. Lindsay Bondurant, Pennsylvania Ear Institute director and Dr. Giri Sundar, Distance Education director. I am very honored and proud to continue to have them as a part of the OCA team in their leadership roles.”

In her new role, Dr. Myers will plan, organize and direct the day-to-day operations of the residential Audiology program under administrative direction of the dean. She will be responsible for developing curriculum and course design for the residential Audiology program and will assist in program review and assessment, and in attaining and maintaining accreditation. 

Dr. Myers started with OCA as an adjunct faculty in 2008 and then transitioned to a full-time faculty member in 2013, teaching courses, overseeing students in a clinical setting, and serving the OCA community through her committee work — most recently as a Faculty Organization of Salus University (FOSU) senator and vice president of the group’s executive committee (FEXCO). She also served as coordinator of and played a key role in the newly launched three-year AuD on campus program.

In her new role Dr. Owen will continue to plan, organize and direct the day-to-day operations of the AuD on-campus program under administrative direction of the dean.  She will be responsible for establishing, implementing, assessing and improving best practices for student training through the clinical training program. She will assist in program review and assessment, and in attaining and maintaining accreditation. 

Dr. Owen joined the OCA faculty in 2010 as coordinator for External Clinical Education, and then was appointed as the assistant dean for Clinical Education in 2014. She continues to teach classes, work with students on their clinical placements and also work with the faculty to improve the clinical education aspects of the program. 

“Without her dedication to clinical education and the strong relationships she has built with our external clinical sites, we could not have continued to increase our class sizes and most importantly have the sites for our students to successfully complete their clinical education on time during the pandemic,” said Dr. Aravamudhan.