SAMANTHA GUSTAFSON, AuD, PhD, CCC-A portrait
  • Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders

Professional Service

  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Role: Member. Conference Topic Committee on Listening, Language, and Speech in Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing. 01/15/2023 - present
  • Educational Audiology Association. Role: Member. Advocacy Committee. 08/01/2021 - present
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Role: Member. Professional Development Committee - SIG 9. 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2023
  • American Speech–Language–Hearing Association. Member, Topic Committee for Intervention/Rehabilitation for Infants and Children with Hearing Loss or Balance Disorders. 04/2017 - 07/2017
  • American Speech–Language–Hearing Association. Member, Scientific and Professional Education Board. 01/2016 - 12/2018
  • American Speech–Language–Hearing Association Practice Portal. Subject Matter Expert. 09/2013 - 03/2014
  • Student Academy of Audiology Board of Directors. Humanitarian Chair. 07/2010 - 06/2011

Internal Service

  • College of Health College Council. Member, 09/01/2022 - present. College service.
  • Forever Utah Alumni Network. Department Liasion, 11/01/2021 - present. College service.
  • Student Academy of Audiology. Faculty Advisor, 09/01/2021 - present. Department service.

Honors & Awards

  • Graduate Student Travel Grant ($500). Vanderbilt University Graduate School, 11/2017
  • Ph.D. Scholarship ($20,000). Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders, 04/2017
  • Graduate Student Travel Grant ($500). Vanderbilt University Graduate School, 11/2016
  • Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award ($750 + Conference Registration), Mentor: Curtis Billings, PhD. American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 11/2016
  • New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship ($10,000). American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 11/2015
  • Student Research Travel Award ($500 + Conference Registration). American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 11/2015
  • Travel Award ($250). Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, 08/2014
  • Graduate Student Travel Grant ($500). Vanderbilt University Graduate School, 08/2014
  • Student Travel Awards Reimbursement (STAR) stipend ($500). American Academy of Audiology Foundation, 03/2014
  • Audiology/Hearing Science Research Travel Award ($500 + Conference Registration). American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 11/2013
  • Graduate Student Scholarship ($5,000). American-Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, 11/2013
  • LEND Fellowship. Division of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, 09/2011
  • Empowering People Academic Scholarship ($5,000). American Academy of Audiology Foundation, 03/2011
  • Traineeship in Pediatric Audiology. Speech and Hearing Sciences Department, US Department of Education, Arizona State University, 12/2008
  • Helen Woodruff Nolop Scholarship in Audiology & Allied Fields ($500). Delta Zeta Foundation, 09/2008
  • Fellowship Award ($3,000). Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Arizona State University, 08/2008
  • Foundation for the Future Scholarship ($1,000). Arizona State University Student Foundation, 08/2008
  • Access to Undergraduate Research Scholarship ($5,000). Women & Philanthropy, 01/2007
  • Provost Scholarship & Tuition Waiver. Arizona State University, 08/2004