Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty and Staff

Brian Orr teaches coursework and provides clinical training focused on the interdisciplinary assessment and treatment of language and literacy disorders. He is the faculty supervisor for the speech-language pathology teams assigned to the Human Development Center and Language and Literacy Clinic. His research interests focus on integrating the interdisciplinary concept of human flourishing within the field of speech-language pathology. 

Tom Sather is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, and speech-language pathologist at Mayo Clinic Health System – Eau Claire. He teaches and works clinically in the areas of adult neurogenics, aphasia, community aphasia programming, and medical speech-language pathology service delivery. He is a board member of the Chippewa Valley Aphasia Group and the Chippewa Valley Aphasia Camp, past president of Aphasia Access, and a Fellow of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association.