Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center

Academic Year 2024-2025 Lectures

Download the latest SHACS Winter & Spring Quarters 2025 SHACS Lecture Schedule
**Version 3, updated 13-January-2025**

SHACS Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access (DEIA) Lectures will be highlighted as talk details become available

UPDATE: Dr. Osama Ahmed’s SHACS talk scheduled for Thursday 23 January has been POSTPONED.
We hope to have him present in the 2025-2026 academic year.


Thursday 6 February 2025

9:30 AM PST, Haring Center Auditorium CD150

Seminars in Hearing and Communications Sciences (SHACS)

Randal C. Paniello, MD, PhD

Professor – Otolaryngology
Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Thursday 20 February 2025

9:30 AM PST, Haring Center Auditorium CD150

Seminars in Hearing and Communications Sciences (SHACS)

Benjamin L. Grannan, MD

Assistant Professor – Neurological Surgery
University of Washington

Thursday 6 March 2025

9:30 AM PST, Haring Center Auditorium CD150

Seminars in Hearing and Communications Sciences (SHACS)

Gordon Ramsay, PhD

Assistant Professor – Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

Thursday 13 March 2025

9:30 AM PDT, Eagleson Hall, Room 211

Seminars in Hearing and Communications Sciences (SHACS)

Erin Ingvalson, PhD

Research Associate Professor – Speech & Hearing Sciences
University of Washington

Thursday 3 April 2025

9:30 AM PDT, Haring Center Auditorium CD150 **UPDATED LOCATION**

Seminars in Hearing and Communications Sciences (SHACS)

Alicia Beckford Wassink, PhD

Professor – Linguistics
University of Washington

Thursday 17 April 2025

9:30 AM PDT, Eagleson Hall, Room 211

Seminars in Hearing and Communications Sciences (SHACS)

Gavin Bidelman, PhD

Professor – Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Indiana University – Bloomington

Thursday 1 May 2025

9:30 AM PDT, Haring Center Auditorium CD150

Seminars in Hearing and Communications Sciences (SHACS)

Litao Tao, PhD

Assistant Professor – Biomedical Sciences
Creighton University

Thursday 15 May 2025

9:30 AM PDT, Eagleson Hall, Room 211

Seminars in Hearing and Communications Sciences (SHACS)

Jennifer Baumingham, PhD

Research Scientist – Haring Center for Inclusive Education
University of Washington

Thursday 29 May 2025

9:30 AM PDT, Haring Center Auditorium CD150

Seminars in Hearing and Communications Sciences (SHACS)

Mario A. Svirsky, PhD

Professor – Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
New York University