Faculty/Staff/PhD
Academic Faculty
Walton, Joseph, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: 813.974.6493
Office: PCD 4021B
Dr. Walton currently holds the title of Professor in the departments of Communication
Sciences & Disorders and Aging Studies, and also holds a joint appointment in Chemical
and Biomedical Engineering. He is an Associate Director at the Global Center of Speech
and Hearing Research a joint program of the Colleges of Behavioral & Community Sciences
and Engineering. He obtained his PhD in Auditory Neuroscience, his MA in Hearing Science/Audiology
and BA in Communication Sciences from the University of Florida. He was awarded a
VA fellowship in Audiology which was completed at the Gainesville VA Hospital. Up
until last year, Dr. Walton had been a faculty member for 25 years in the Otolaryngology
& Audiology, and Neurobiology & Anatomy Departments at the University of Rochester
Medical School, Rochester, New York. His research has been funded over 15 years by