Faculty Profile

Professor and Chair
Communicative Disorders and Sciences
jehuber@buffalo.edu

• PhD, Speech Science, University at Buffalo, 2001
  
• MA, Speech-Language Pathology, University at Buffalo, 1997

• Professor and Chair, Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo
  
• Professor, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University

I enjoy mentoring because I feel that my mentees bring a lot of value to my work. I learn from them as much as they learn from me. I also know how hard it is to understand academia and to figure out how to manage graduate school. I remember my time as a graduate student well. My mentor was very supportive and kind. She knew how to help me figure out what I wanted to do and she invested in me. I want students to have a good experience and to find their passion, and having strong mentors who invest in them is part of that process. Mentoring is critical to student development. I am 25 years into my career and still have a network of mentors who help me in my current position to be a stronger administrator, researcher and mentor. I hope to instill the value of mentoring, particularly mentoring networks, in my students as well.

I know that there is a "hidden curriculum" in academia. I like to work with students to demystify the process of graduate school and the levels of administrator in academia so that they can get the support they need.

• Goal setting, work-life fit, time management, and understanding the university structures and administrative levels.