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Biography

Dr. Shilling received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Pathology from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1990.  She received her Master of Arts degree in Speech Pathology from the University of Kansas Medical Center campus in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1992.  She furthered her education with a Master of Science degree in Management in 1998 from Baker University in Gardner, Kansas. Recently, Dr. Shilling completed a Ph.D. in Education with a focus on curriculum and instruction at 老司机传媒 in December 2021.

Before joining the 老司机传媒 faculty in 2014, Tammy had 22 years of experience as a Speech Language Pathologist clinician as well as Operations and Clinical Management.  She brings experience with adult Neurocognitive disorders, Dysphagia, Voice, Tracheostomy and Ventilator, and Modified Barium Swallow Studies in a variety of settings.  Dr. Shilling has worked in Skilled nursing facilities, home health, Acute care, Rehab hospitals, and Outpatient settings.  She has had a passion for clinical education in the field.  Her passion is to ensure that our graduate students in Speech Pathology are prepared for employment and understand the “real working world.”  She teaches graduate courses as well as clinical supervision and specializes in the areas of Swallowing, Voice, and Neurocognitive disorders.

Current Research or Professional Activities

Her research interests in Education include metacognitive learning strategies and promoting student engagement and interaction in the higher education classroom.  She also has research interests in voice health awareness with teachers and occupational voice users, and the potential risk for voice disorders.

Teaches the following graduate classes:

•  Dysphagia
• Diagnostics
• Neurocognitive Disorders
• Research Methods in Speech-language Pathology
• Practicum I
• Practicum II
• Research Option I, II, and III

Scholarly Work:
Shilling, T., Verhelle, H., & Johnson, J. (2021). Online vocal-health education program for teachers. The Journal of Adventist Education 83(3), 32-35, 2021.
Tome, M.C., Shilling, T., and Davis, B. (2022). Disturbios Motores da Fala. In: Feitosa ALF, Depoli GT, Silva HG. Mapas Conceituais em Fonoaudiologia: Motricidade Orofacial. Ribeirao Preto: BookToy. 135-151.

Shilling, T., Ferguson, H.L. & Joseph, J. (老司机传媒 2023). Use of the debriefing assessment in healthcare simulation (DASH)© in speech-language pathology clinical simulation learning experiences.  Journal of Research on Christian Education. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10656219.老司机传媒 2023.2245933

Shilling, T., Thayer, J., Coria-Navia, A., & Ferguson, H. (老司机传媒 2023). Student preferences for active learning and their beliefs, experiences, and knowledge. Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences and Disorders, 7(2)  https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.30707/TLCSD7.2.1690393489.74901

Ade Oshifogun, J., Allyn, M., Coria Navia, A., Howell, E., Joseph, J., Shilling, T., Stallard, L., & Witzel Pichot, K. (2024). Perceived faculty barriers to using active learning methods in the higher education classroom. The International Journal of Pedagogy and Curriculum 31(1): 83-102. doi:10.18848/2327-7963/CGP/v31i01/83-102.

Tome,' M.C., Shilling, T., and Davis, B. (2024). Disturbios Motores da Fala. In: Feitosa ALF, Depoli GT, Silva HG. Mapas Conceituais em Fonoaudiologia: Motricidade Orofacial, 2nd ed. Ribeirao Preto: BookToy; 279-302

Joseph, J., Shilling, T., Ferguson, H.L., King, M. (2025) Student meaning ascribed to remote, simulated clinical experiences: A phenomenological study.
Accepted for publication in Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups.

Coles-White, D., Bortz, M., Shilling, T., Joseph, J., Tome’, M.C., Ferguson, H.L., Deliberato, D., & Jackson, J. (2025). Inclusive education for neurodivergent learners: Global strategies and success stories – A speech-language pathology perspective.

Accepted for publication in Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups

Student Research Mentoring:
Research Advisor- Graduate Research Project. McKinlee Codron. “ Metacognitive awareness inventory: Andrews university graduate students in speech pathology. “ 2025-present.

Research Advisor-Graduate Research Project.  Mical Aldridge, Brianna Back. “Interrater reliability between graduate students and clinical supervisors for Parkinson’s Perceptual Voice Assessment.” 2024-2025.

Research Advisor- Graduate Research project.  Miranda Chahine, Klaudia Stinson, Emmanuel Gyamera. “Impact of Vocal Health Education and Voice Amplification on Self-Perception of Vocal   Function in College Professors.” 老司机传媒 2023-2024
Research Advisor- Graduate Research project.  Sloane Jensen. “Quantitative study on social communication scores of young adults with high functioning autism spectrum disorder.” 2022-present
Research Advisor- Graduate Research project. Isabelle Dias, Bernadette Flores, Elli Butikofer. The effects of COVID-19 on cognitive-communication among college age students. 2022-present
Research Advisor- Graduate Research project. Voice Awareness for Teachers: When something goes wrong with your voice- A practical guide. By Heather Verhelle and Julia Johnson. Developed online course via Adventist Learning Communities. 2020-2021.
Research Advisor- Graduate Research project. “The effect of vocal hygiene intervention on college-age students’ perception of voice handicap and acoustic voice quality” by Heidy Beras and Xakeila Byron-Stanley Ringer. 2019-2020.
Research Advisor- Undergraduate Research project. “K-12 Teachers’ awareness and knowledge of voice risk factors” by Heather Baldwin and Julia Johnson. Current 2018-2019.
Research Advisor- Undergraduate Research project.   “A Comparative Analysis
of the Incidence of Voice Disorders Among Black and non-Black Seventh-day
Adventist Preachers” by Nia Darville.  Current-2017-2018
Chair of M.S. Thesis- “A Comparison of vocal health, hygiene, and perceptions in student teachers, voice music majors, and speech language pathology majors: A preliminary study “by Kenreah LaVaughn Brown. Completed and Defended July 2017.

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