Associated professor in Health Sciences at Texas A&M International University

Sumalai Maroonroge, Ph.D., CCC-A is an Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) at Texas A&M International University. She has participated in developing CSD academic and clinical programs in Asia with the long-term goal of promoting an international training curriculum. Her research included speech-language of children with hearing loss, Deaf culture, diabetes, dementia, speech analysis, and perception. She participated in committee for the World Health Organization (WHO) (2004-2008), the ASHA Multicultural Issue board, the Board of Ethics, and Site Visitors, Lamar University Best Teacher Merit Award (2007), International Scholar (2013),Global Scholar (2015), and Texas A&M Chancellor’s Academy of Teacher Educators (2016)