Robert Quesal

Robert Quesal, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Title: Professor
Office: 234 Olson Hall
Phone: 309/298-1957
E-mail: R-Quesal@wiu.edu

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Bob Quesal, Ph.D., a professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Illinois University, has been on the WIU faculty since 1991. He teaches classes in fluency disorders, speech science, anatomy and physiology, research design, and voice disorders. He is a Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders, and also holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and the Illinois state license in Speech-Language Pathology. In addition to teaching, Dr. Quesal conducts research, primarily in the area of stuttering. His research focuses on the psychosocial aspects of stuttering, including the speaker’s experience of stuttering and teasing and bullying.

Dr. Quesal serves as an editorial consultant for several professional journals, including the Journal of Fluency Disorders and the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. He also serves as a site visitor for the Council on Academic Accreditation of ASHA. He served as CSD program director from 1994-2004 and as graduate advisor from 1992-1999. He is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Wyoming.

Dr. Quesal earned the Ph.D. in Speech Pathology from the University of Iowa, and the B.A. and M.A. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Indiana University. Prior to coming to WIU, he was a faculty member at the University of North Dakota (1983-86) and the State University of New York-Plattsburgh (1986-91).

Recent scholarly activity

Book:
Yaruss, J.S., Murphy, W.P., Quesal, R.W., & Reardon, N.A. (2004). Bullying and teasing: Helping Children Who Stutter. New York: National Stuttering Association.

Book chapters:
Quesal, R.W. (2007). Data Based Assessment of Adolescents and Adults who Stutter. In E.G. Conture & R.F. Curlee (Eds.), Stuttering & Related Disorders of Fluency (3rd ed.). New York: Thieme.

Yaruss, J.S., Quesal, R.W., & Reeves, L. (2007). Self-Help and Mutual Aid Groups as an Adjunct to Stuttering Therapy. To be published in E.G. Conture & R.F. Curlee (Eds.), Stuttering & Related Disorders of Fluency (3rd ed.). New York: Thieme.

Journal articles:
Murphy, B., Quesal, R.W., & Gulker, H. (2007). Covert stuttering. Perspectives in Fluency and Fluency Disorders, 17, (2), 4-9.

Murphy, W.P., Yaruss, J.S., & Quesal, R.W. Enhancing Treatment for School-Age Children Who Stutter I: Reducing Negative Reactions through Desensitization and Cognitive Restructuring. Manuscript accepted for publication in Journal of Fluency Disorders.

Murphy, W.P., Yaruss, J.S., & Quesal, R.W. Enhancing Treatment for School-Age Children Who Stutter II: Reducing Bullying through Role-Playing and Self-Disclosure. Manuscript accepted for publication in Journal of Fluency Disorders.

Yaruss, J.S., & Quesal, R.W. (2006). Overall assessment of the speaker’s experience of stuttering (OASES): Documenting multiple outcomes in stuttering treatment. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 31, 90-115.

Presentations:
Molt, L., Yaruss, J.S. & Quesal, R.W. (2007, Nov.) Influence of altered auditory feedback (AAF) device usage on stuttering’s impact. Poster session presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Quesal, R.W. (2007, Oct.) Assessing and treating stuttering in an evidence based practice world. All day NSA workshop presented at St. Xavier University, Chicago, IL, October 19, 2007.

Yaruss, J.S., Tellis, C., & Quesal, R.W. (2006, Nov.). Impact of speaking ability in people who do not stutter. Poster session presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Miami, FL.

Yaruss, J.S., Quesal, R.W., & Pelczarski, K. (2006, Nov.). Pre- and post-measures of stuttering treatment using the OASES. Poster session presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Miami, FL.

Yaruss, J.S., Coleman, C., & Quesal, R.W. (2006, Nov.). Assessment of the child’s experience of stuttering (ACES). Poster session presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Miami, FL.

Quesal, R.W. (2006, June). New (and not-so-new) assessment tools for stuttering. Presented at the Leadership Conference of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Special Interest Division 4- Fluency & Fluency Disorders, San Antonio, TX.

Quesal, R.W. (2006, June). Applying principles of change to the treatment of adolescents and adults who stutter. Presented at the Leadership Conference of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Special Interest Division 4- Fluency & Fluency Disorders, San Antonio, TX.

Quesal, R.W. (2006, Feb.) Assessing and Treating Adolescents Who Stutter in an EBP World. Presented at the 36th Annual Mid-South Conference on Communicative Disorders, Memphis, TN, February 28, 2006.

Updated 11/2007