Patrizia Bonaventura, PhD Dr. Patrizia Bonaventura Assistant Professor Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Department Hofstra University 1000 Fulton Ave, Hempstead, NY 11549 Voice: (516) 463-5308 Email: patrizia.bonaventura@hofstra.edu Website: https://www.hofstra.edu/faculty-staff/faculty-profile.html?id=7381 Voice Disorders and Technology Lab website: https://www.bonaventuravoicelab.com/ UN project on teletherapy for Ethiopian orphans website: https://patbonave.wixsite.com/speech-teletherapy
EDUCATION 2003 PhD in Speech and Hearing Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Advisor: Prof. Emeritus O. Fujimura. Title of the dissertation: “Invariant patterns in articulatory movements”. 1989 - 1990 M.A. (Diplôme d'Études Approfondies) in Cognitive Science, E.H.E.S.S. and Université Paris 6, Paris, France. Title of the thesis: "Vowels acquisition in French and Italian". 1984 M.A. (Laurea in Lettere) in Linguistics (major: Experimental Phonetics), University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy. Title of the thesis: "The acoustic cues of vocalic and consonantal nasality". Final grade:110/110.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE August 2018 – present HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, Hempstead, NY. - Assistant Professor in the Speech-Language-Hearing-Sciences Department. August 2014 – June 2018 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY, West long Branch, NJ. - Assistant Professor in the Speech –Language Pathology Department. - Lead Representative at the United Nations Department of Public Information-NGO (DPI-NGO) for Monmouth University/ Institute of Global Understanding. UNAI (United Nations Academic Impact) initiative representative. July 2005-July 2014 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, Cleveland, OH. Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Psychological Sciences (Communication Sciences program), with secondary Assistant Professor appointment in the Dept. of Cognitive Science. January – August 2005 UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Dept. of Linguistics, Vancouver, BC. Teaching Post-Doctoral Fellow. September 2001 - December 2003 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Dept. of Speech and Hearing, Columbus, OH. Graduate Research Associate. May 2000 – September 2001
CONVERSAY, Redmond, WA. Speech Engineer