For over 27 years, Nydia Bou has performed a variety of roles in higher education including teaching, administration, new program development and assessment, academic accreditation, research, and grant writing. Within the Speech-Language Pathology field her areas of interest include Spanish phonetics and phonology, speech perception, and speech production analysis. At her previous roles Nydia led various initiatives geared toward the recruitment, retention, support, and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students. In her leadership positions as Dean of the School of Health Sciences and ultimately as Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, she had the opportunity of developing, overseeing, and establishing curricular content that meet the standards of accreditation of Speech-Language Pathology as well as of other health professions like Nutrition, Nursing, and Naturopathic Medicine.
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Nydia is fluent both in English and Spanish. Outside of work she enjoys running. She is currently in the quest of completing the Six World Major Marathons.
About
- Department Communication Sciences & Disorders
Education
Professional Training, Georgia Institute of Technology
B.A., University of Puerto Rico
M.S., University of Puerto Rico
Ed.D., Interamerican University
Areas of Expertise
- Communication Sciences & Disorders
