Rate My Professor Karen Kochis-Jennings

Karen Kochis-Jennings served as a Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences at California State University, Northridge. She earned a Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Science from the University of Iowa, an M.A. in Communicative Disorders from California State University, Fullerton, and a degree in vocal performance from Berklee College of Music. She holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP). With more than 16 years of clinical practice in voice assessment and therapy in private practice and at the Cedars-Sinai Voice and Swallowing Clinic, she accumulated over 30 years of vocal pedagogy experience. From 2004 to 2015, she worked as a Speech Pathologist in the Outpatient Voice and Swallowing Clinic at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, specializing in singing and performance voice rehabilitation. At CSUN, she began as Associate Professor in 2007 and advanced to Professor, teaching graduate courses including CDS 661: Voice and Disorders of Voice and CDS 558: Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of Speech, Language and Hearing, as well as supervising graduate student clinicians in the CSUN Voice Clinic. Her clinical experience encompassed treating patients with aphasias and motor speech disorders in outpatient settings.