The Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (JSLHR) is pleased to announce the selection of Jessica Huber, PhD, CCC-SLP, as editor-in-chief of the Speech section of the journal. Dr. Huber will begin her term on January 1, 2025, succeeding Cara Stepp, PhD. Jessica Huber is a professor of communicative disorders and sciences at the University at Buffalo where she serves as the department chair.
Dr. Huber’s Background
Dr. Huber earned her master’s degree in speech-language pathology at the University of Buffalo in 1997, and she later earned her PhD from the same university in 2001. She served as an associate editor for the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (AJSLP) from 2008–2010, and an editorial board member (EBM) for JSLHR in 2017 and AJSLP from 2018–2019. She has served as an editor for AJSLP since 2020, including work as the guest editor of a special issue in AJSLP presenting highlights of the Conference on Motor Speech.
Dr. Huber has published more than 25 articles between AJSLP and JSLHR, and her work has thousands of citations. Her research interests include developing and testing interventions for speech and voice problems in older adults with and without neurodegenerative diseases and translating these findings to clinical treatment.
About JSLHR
JSLHR publishes peer-reviewed research and other scholarly articles on the typical and disordered processes in speech, language, hearing, and related areas. Articles are published in Speech, Language, and Hearing sections, each with their own roster of editors and editorial board members.
JSLHR (published as JSHR from 1958 through 1996) is ASHA’s largest journal and its oldest, with the Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders—begun in 1936—having been merged into the journal in 1991. Explore more than 85 years of published research in the JSLHR and JSHD archives, or check out the latest issue.
Jessica Huber can be reached at jehuber@buffalo.edu. She welcomes your input and suggestions on how JSLHR can best serve the speech and communication community—and the discipline of communication sciences and disorders at large.
