Staff

Administration

Name Contact
Lizbeth Finestack, PhD
Associate Professor,
Director of Graduate Studies
54 Shevlin Hall
612-626-8377
finestac@umn.edu
Rebecca Lulai, MA, CCC-SLP
Director of Clinical Programs in Speech-Language-Pathology,
Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Supervisor
215G Shevlin Hall
612-624-9027
lude0008@umn.edu
Benjamin Munson, PhD
Professor,
Chair
105A Shevlin Hall
612-624-0304
munso005@umn.edu
Kerry Witherell, AuD, CCC-A
Director of Clinical Programs in Audiology,
Audiology Clinical Supervisor
205A Shevlin Hall
612-301-1052
kwithere@umn.edu
Yang Zhang, PhD
Professor,
Director of Undergraduate Studies
53 Shevlin Hall
612-624-7878
zhang470@umn.edu

Department Staff

Name Contact
Jessica McCarty
Department Administrator
205B Shevlin Hall
612-626-6008
mccar687@umn.edu
Amanda Greenhart
Principal Office & Administrative Specialist
115 Shevlin Hall
612-624-3322
slhs@umn.edu
Bobby Lucas
Clinic Services Coordinator
115 Shevlin Hall
612-624-5755
luca0073@umn.edu
Peter Mackenzie 
Graduate Program Coordinator
105B Shevlin Hall
slhsgrad@umn.edu

Research Staff

Name Contact
Cole Callen, Postdoctoral Associate ,  Child Language Disorders Across Diverse Contexts Lab, Child Language Intervention Lab calle148@umn.edu
Benjamin R. Eisenreich, PhD, Research Engineer, CATSS Lab Coordinator beisenre@umn.edu
Justin T. Fleming, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, UMN Listen Lab jtf@umn.edu
Kristie Gonzalez, MA, CCC-SLP, Research Coordinator, Child Language Disorders Across Diverse Contexts Lab kgonz@umn.edu
Olivia Matthys, MA SLP, Research Lab Manager, The Child Language Intervention Lab (CLIL), Teaching Specialist matth312@umn.edu
Katherine Teece, Au D, CCC-A, Research Audiologist, Lab Manager, Listen Lab, Nelson Lab, Polonenko Lab henn0158@umn.edu