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Diplomas / Degrees

Ph. D., City University of New York (1978)
M. S., Brooklyn College of CUNY (1972)
B. A., Brooklyn College of CUNY (1968)

Recent Courses

Acquired Language Disorders
Advanced Anatomy,Physiology, Neurology Of The Speech Mechanism
Fluency Disorders
Independent Study Dysphagia Post-Stroke
Neurological Bases
Research Methods In Communication Sciences And Disorders
Special Topics

Personal Statement

I have certain expectations of graduate students;
1. You should treat each therapy session as a mini-experiment, with your client involved in a single-subject study. Therapy should be based on a clinical hypothesis, not a lesson plan.
2. You should become an independent consumer of research.
3. Your term papers should represent an original synthesis of a variety of findings and opinions on the topic you are studying.
Recognizing that students have different learning styles, I'd like you to explore different ways of learning (and teaching), including videotapes of human dissections and unusual neurogenic communication disorders, computerized self-instruction of anatomy and physiology, and seminar explorations of such topics as, "Is aphasia language without thought or thought without language?"

Teaching Specializations / Interests

Adult aphasia, the language of dementia, the language of schizophrenia, differential diagnosis of adult neurogenic communication disorders, anatomy, physiology and neurology of the speech mechanism, stuttering, ethics of research.

Research Interests

Language and motor speech disorders of adults
Syntactic, semantic and pragmatic abilities of adults with aphasia, dementia, and schizophrenia
Ethical implications for research in stuttering
Professional writing in speech-language pathology and audiology

Grants / Sponsored Research

Effect of alternative-augmentative communication by caregivers in Alzheimer disease (with Prof. C. Arroyo). Faculty Development Grant, Adelphi University,$3,500, 1/1/08-3/30/09.
Time-altered word association tests: computerized version. President's Faculty Development Award, Adelphi University, $4,500, 1/1/04-12/31/04.
Symposium on ethics and the Tudor study: implications for research in stuttering. Malcolm Fraser Foundation, $2,500, December 13, 2002.
Smith G., PI (Goldfarb, R., Co-PI). Bridges-to-the-Doctorate. National Institutes of Health, $635,496, 10/1/02-9/30/05.
Doctoral fellowships in stuttering research. Malcolm Fraser Foundation, $36,000, 1/1/02-12/31/04.
Communicative responsibility and semantic task in the languageof dementia. PSC-CUNY Research Foundation award, 1997-98; George N. Shuster Foundation Award, 1998-99.
Higher education opportunity program. New York City Board of Education and New York State Education Department, $12,000, 1998-99.
Teacher of the speech and hearing handicapped, bilingual extension. New York State Education Department, $10,316, 1996-97.
Lehman College, CUNY-University of Puerto Rico copperative M.A. program in speech-language pathology. TheraCare, $20,000, 7-95-8/96.
M.A. program for bilingual professional education in speech-language pathology and audiology. New York State Incentive Grant, $39,000, 7/94 (funds frozen 1/95).
Lehman College Speech and Hearing Center. Chase Manhattan Neighborhood Grant, $3,000, 1989-91.
Lehman College Speech and Hearing Center. Human Resources Administration, Community Development Agency, NYC, $200,000,1989-1998.
The Pollyanna hypothesis in adult aphasia. George N. Shuster Foundation Award, 1985-86.
Word association of time-altered stimuli in psychosis. PSC-CUNY Research Foundation Award, $8,813, 1982-83.

Books

Goldfarb, R., & Serpanos, Y. (2009). Professional Writing in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. San Diego: Plural Publishing, Inc.

Goldfarb, R. (2006). Ethics: A Case Study From Fluency. San Diego: Plural Publishing, Inc.

Santo Pietro, M.J., & Goldfarb, R. (1995). Techniques for Aphasia Rehabilitation Generating Effective Treatment (TARGET). Vero Beach: The Speech Bin.

Stocker, B., & Goldfarb, R. (1995). The Stocker Probe for Fluency and Language, 3rd ed. Vero Beach: The Speech Bin.

Book Chapters

Goldfarb, R. (2006). Differential Diagnosis of Adults with Neurogenic Communication Disorders. In E.M. Walsh (Eds.). Topics in Alzheimer's Disease Research. (pp. Chapter 4). Hauppauge: Nova Science Publishers.

Goldfarb, R. (2006). Diagnosis. In R. Goldfarb, (Eds.). Ethics: A Case Study From Fluency. (pp. 12-29). San Diego: Plural Publishing, Inc.

Goldfarb, R. (2006). An Atheoretical Discipline. In R. Goldfarb (Eds.). Ethics: A Case Study From Fluency. (pp. 129-142).

Recent Articles

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Goldfarb, R., & Bekker, N. (2009, 1). Noun-Verb Ambiguity in Chronic Undifferentiated Schizophrenia. Journal of Communication Disorders, 42, 74-88

Goldfarb, R. (2006, 1). Operant Conditioning and Programmed Instruction in Aphasia Rehabilitation. Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis, 1, 56-65

Goldberg, E., & Goldfarb, R. (2005, 1). Grammatical Category Ambiguity in Aphasia. Brain and Language, 95, 293-303

Goldfarb, R., & Goldberg, E. (2004, 1). Communicative Responsibility and Semantic Task in the Language of Dementia. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 98, 1177-1186

Goldfarb, R., & Santo Pietro, M. J. (2004, 1). Support Systems: Older Adults with Neurogenic Communication Disorders. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 27, 356-365

Conference Presentations and Papers

Baylow, H. E., Goldfarb, R., Taveira, C., & Steinberg, R. (01 March 2009). Accuracy of clinical judgment of the chin-down posture for dysphagia during the clinical/ bedside assessment as corroborated by videofluoroscopy in adults with acute stroke. Dysphagia Research Society, New Orleans, Louisiana

Perkins CJ, Korgaonkar MS, Fiore SM, Squires N, Goldfarb R, McCloskey KM, & Wagshul, ME (01 May 2007). Functional evaluation of aphasia recovery in stroke patients using fMRI and ERP. American Academy of Neurology, Boston, MA

Goldfarb, R., & Bekker, N (01 November 2006). Noun-verb ambiguity in chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Miami, FL

Goldfarb, R. (01 November 2005). Grammatical category ambiguity in normal aging. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA

Other Scholarly / Artistic Work

Books and Portions of Books

Halpern, H., & Goldfarb, R. (contract awarded). Language and Motor Speech Disorders of Adults, 3rd ed. MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Goldfarb, R. (in press). Neurogenic and swallowing disorders. In S. Cavallo (Ed.), National speech-language pathology examination review and study guide. Evanston, IL: International Educational Resources.


Goldfarb, R., & Halpern, H., 1989. Impairments of naming and word finding. In C. Code (Ed.), The characteristics of aphasia. London: Taylor and Francis, 33-52.

Goldfarb, R., 1985. Speech handicaps/communication disorders. In T. Husen & T. N. Postlethwaite (Eds.), The international encyclopedia of education. Oxford: Pergamon, 4760-4766.

Tiegerman, E., & Goldfarb, R., 1985. Autism. In T. Husen & T. N. Postlethwaite (Eds.), The international encyclopedia of education. Oxford: Pergamon, 385-389.

Goldfarb, R., 1981. Operant conditioning and programmed instruction in aphasia rehabilitation. In R. Chapey (Ed.), Language intervention strategies in adult aphasia. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 249-264.

Goldfarb, R., & Halpern, H., 1980. A syntactic analysis of word association responses of aphasic and non-aphasic subjects. In D. Oborne, M. Gruenberg, & J. Eiser (Eds.), Research in psychology and medicine. London: Academic, 354-359.

Goldfarb, R., & Halpern, H., 1979. Aphasic comprehension of time-altered word association stimuli. In J. Andrews & M. Burns (Eds.), Selected papers in aphasia. Evanston, IL: Institute for continuing professional education, 22-25.

Refereed Journals

Arroyo, C., Goldfarb, R., Cahill, D., & Schoepflin, J. (in editorial review). AAC interventions: Case study of in-utero stroke. Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis.

Baylow, H. E., Goldfarb, R., Taveira, C., & Steinberg, R. (in editorial review). Accuracy of clinical judgment of the chin-down posture for dysphagia during the clinical/bedside assessment as corroborated by videofluoroscopy in adults with acute stroke. Dysphagia.

Goldfarb, R., 1996. Transposition of words as indicators of semantic state in aphasia. Perceptual and Motor Skills 82: 112-114.

Goldfarb, R., Eisenson, J., Stocker, B., & DeSanti, S., 1994. Communicative responsibility and semantic task in aphasia and “schizophasia”. Perceptual and Motor Skills 79: 1027-1039.

Santo Pietro, M. J., Weinstein, B., & Goldfarb, R., 1993. Developing a model program in speech-language pathology and audiology for the inner-city university. Journal of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 35: 33-35.

Volin, R., Goldfarb, R., Raphael, L., & Weinstein, B., 1990. Language, speech, and hearing in Pick’s disease: a case study. Clinical Gerontologist 10: 93-98.

Goldfarb, R., 1989. Organization of speech, language, and hearing programmes in United States hospitals. The College of Speech Therapists Bulletin 452: 2-7.

Goldfarb, R., 1987. The Pollyanna hypothesis in adult aphasia. Aphasiology 1: 361-367.

Santo Pietro, M. J., & Goldfarb, R., 1985. Characteristic patterns of word association responses in institutionalized elderly with and without senile dementia. Brain and
Language 26: 230-243.

Halpern, H., Goldfarb, R., Brandon, J., & McCartin-Clark, M., 1985. Word-association responses to time-altered stimuli by schizophrenic adults. Perceptual and Motor Skills 61: 239-253.

Goldfarb, R., & Halpern, H., 1984. Word association responses in normal adult subjects. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 13: 37-55.

Goldfarb, R., & Balant-Campbell, A., 1984. Cognitive discrimination in brain-damaged adults: color vs form preference. Perceptual and Motor Skills 58: 63-71.

Goldfarb, R., 1982. Considering the use of overcorrection procedures in aphasia rehabilitation. AAO Exchange 2: 13-17.

Goldfarb, R., & Amsel, L., 1982. The St Albans stroke club. Aging 32: 38-39.

Goldfarb, R., & Halpern, H., 1981. Word association of time-altered auditory and visual stimuli in aphasia. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 24: 234-247.

Goldfarb, R., & Scharf, E., 1980. The effect of time-altered stimulus presentation on an aphasic adult’s clustering ability. Aphasia-Apraxia-Agnosia 2: 1-14.

Goldfarb, R., & Bader, E., 1979. Espousing melodic intonation therapy in aphasia rehabilitation: a case study. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research 2: 333-342.

Abstracts

All presentations at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association are published as abstracts in The ASHA Leader in August of the year the paper was presented.

Santo Pietro, M. J., & Goldfarb, R., 1983. Word association of senile dementia. Folia Phoniatrica.

Goldfarb, R., & Guglielmo, H., 1976. The efficacy of an overcorrection procedure in the management of tongue thrust and drooling behavior. Exceptional Child Education Abstracts; reprinted in Resources in Education, 1977.

Book Reviews

Review of Keith, R., 1989. Speech and language rehabilitation (3rd Ed.) In Clinical Gerontologist 8, 108-110.

Review of Katz, R., Davidoff, M., & Wolfe, G., 1989. Improving communication in Parkinson’s disease. In Clinical Gerontologist 9, 75-77.

Editorial Consultant (last 5 years)
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (last article review 2/09)
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research (last article review 11/05)
Open Applied Linguistics Journal (last article review 10/08; also Editor for the journal)
Psychiatry Research (last article review 1/09)

Honors and Accomplishments

Recent Awards

November 1998 – Esprit Award for Clinical Excellence. Visiting Nurse Service of New York—Home Care.
April 2000 – Distinguished Achievement Award. New York State Speech-Language Hearing Association.
October 2003 – Professional Achievement Award. New York City Speech, Hearing, and Language Association.
November 2005 - AAC Institute Award for "PECS to AAC: Case Study of Possible In-Utero CVA," presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, with D. Lavi and C. Arroyo.
November 2006 - ACE, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Professional Activities

Executive Boards

Aphasia Study Group of New York (Head, Steering Committee, 1979-80)
New York Neuropsychology Group (Board of Directors, 1980-82)
New York City Speech-Language-Hearing Association (Vice President, 1996-98)

Community and Corporate Leadership

Frost House Condominium (Vice President, 1988-2000)
Frost Owners’ Corporation (Vice President, 1988-2000)
Service on many committees of ASHA and NYSSLHA

Elected Memberships

New York Academy of Sciences (1981)
Academy of Aphasia (1982)
CUNY Ph.D. faculty in Speech and Hearing Sciences (1987)

Licenses & Certifications

Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (1973)
New York State License in Speech-Langauge Pathology (#001042)
New York State Certification as Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped
New York City License as Teacher of Speech Improvement