Dorothy Leone, PhD, CCC-SLP

PhD, Columbia University
MS, Teachers College, Columbia University
BS, Iona College, '04

Dr. Leone is an alumna of Iona College, having earned her degree in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology. Dr. Leone returned to Iona College in the fall of 2010 as an assistant professor for the Speech Communication Studies department. She is a New York State and ASHA certified speech language pathologist, with a clinical focus on supporting social differences for children with autism spectrum disorders. Dr. Leone has built this focus through her private practice, and through consultation for school-aged programs in New York City and Westchester County, as well as through her supervision of undergraduate students at the Iona College Speech and Language Hearing Clinic. Dr. Leone is a participant in the 2013 ASHA Leadership Development Program.

Classes Taught:
SCS 101 SCS 361 SCS 362 SCS 419

Publications and Presentations:

• Flood, J. & Leone, D. (2013). Linking Principles of Psychology to Higher Education Pedagogy: Using Social Stories to Get Inside the Minds of Students. CIDER annual meeting: conference on higher education pedagogy. Blackstone, VA.
• Leone, D., Hsu, S., Baigorri, M., Moya-Gale, G. & Levy, S. (2012). Children's perception of clear-speech vowels. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 12, 060003.
• Baigorri, M., Leone, D., Hsu, S., Moya-Gale, G., & Levy, E. (2012). Early and late Spanish bilingual adults' perception of American English vowels. American Speech Language Hearing Association Annual Convention. Atlanta, GA.
• Murphy, M. & Leone, D. (2012). The technological and social skills of school-aged children. American Speech Language Hearing Association Annual Convention. Atlanta, GA.
• Zanfardino, L., O'Halloran, E., Monigan, C., Pettit, S., Richards, C., Shurman, J., & Leone, D. (2012). The use and subsequent efficacy of MLU in clinical choices. American Speech Language Hearing Association Annual Convention. Atlanta, GA.
• O'Halloran, E., Lincoln, G., McCaul, C., Monigan, C., Murphy, M., Patel, S., Pettit, S., Richards, C., Shurman, J., Zanfardino, L, & Leone, D. (2012). Exploring the mean length of utterance measurement as part of language sample analysis. New York State Speech Language Hearing Annual Convention. Saratoga Spring, NY.
• Goldberg, G., Leone, D., Klein, J., Flood, J., & Greatrex, C. (2012). Moving from "me and you" to "we": blurring the lines between professor and student to create a truly collaborative experience. CIDER annual meeting: conference on higher education pedagogy. Blackstone, VA.
• Leone, D., Linden, B., Rubinstein, J., Steinhilber, R., Wangsness, C., Crowley, C. & , Baigorri, M. (2011). Sustainability in an International SLP Program: Maintaining Communication with Ghana. American Speech Language Hearing Association Annual Convention. San Diego, CA.
• Leone, D., Hsu, S., Baigorri, M., Moya-Gale, G., & Levy, E. (2011). Children's perception of clear-speech vowels. Acoustical Society of America Annual Convention. Seattle, WA.
• Levy, E., Leone, D., Garcia, P., & Baigori, M. (2010). American English adults' and children's perception of Spanish-accented conversational and clear speech. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention. Philadelphia, PA.
• Levy, E. S., Garcia, P., Leone, D., & Lew, J. (2010). American English adults' perception of Spanish-accented conversational and clear speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127, 1906.

Contact Information:
Iona College
Department of Speech-Communication Studies
715 North Avenue
New Rochelle, NY 10801
Office: (914) 633-2127
E-mail dleone@iona.edu

Office Location:
18 President Street Room 203

Office Hours (Spring 2013):
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10:00 am - 11:00 am