Jeanette A. Ortiz

Jeanette Ortiz is the Director of Undergraduate Programs and Advising with the School of Communication and the academic advisor for undergraduate students in the Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD). She also advises students in the Children and Communication module and in the Communicating Brain module, and teaches CSD 110 Introduction to Hearing and Speech Acoustics. In addition to supporting students in achieving their educational and professional goals, Jeanette assists in implementing the School's undergraduate programs and initiatives. Prior to her director role, Jeanette served as the assistant chair of the CSD Department.

After completing her bachelor's degree with a major in Japanese language, Jeanette worked at Panasonic Corporation's headquarters in Japan as an editor of internal communications media. To pursue her interests in language, music, and the brain, she returned to the Chicago area, and earned both of her graduate degrees from Northwestern University. Her master's thesis in linguistics focused on the effects of stress and clear speech on consonant acoustics, and her doctoral dissertation in the area of audiology and hearing sciences investigated perceptual learning on basic auditory tasks. Outside of academics, Jeanette's interests include music, travel, and dance, and she is a former instructor and company member of Latin Street Music and Dancing.

Education

PhD, Audiology and Hearing Sciences, Northwestern University

MA, Linguistics, Northwestern University

BS, Languages and Linguistics, Georgetown University

Course

CSD 110 Introduction to Hearing and Speech Acoustics