College of Health and Human Services

Fran Pomaville

Professor

Communicative Sciences and Deaf Studies | 559.278.2732 | Office: PHS 231

Education

Ph.D. in Human Services
Capella University, Mineapolis, MN

M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology
California State University, Fresno

B.A. in Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies: Speech-Language Pathology
California State University, Fresno

Courses Taught

CSDS 102 Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing

CSDS 107 Observation in Speech-Language Pathology

CSDS 110 Diagnostic Procedures

CSDS 115 Voice and Fluency Disorders

CDDS 210 Graduate Seminar in Craniofacial Anomalies

CSDS 213 Graduate Seminar in Motor Speech Disorders

CSDS 216 Graduate Seminar in Voice Disorders

CSDS 220 Graduate Seminar in Dysphagia and Traumatic Brain Injury

CSDS 221 Graduate Seminar in Advanced Clinical Procedures for the Assessment and Treatment of TBI and Dysphagia

CSDS 230 Advanced Clinical Practice (Clinical Supervisor)

CSDS 267 Externship in Speech-Language Pathology (Supervisor)

Dr. Fran Pomaville is a speech-language pathologist and Associate Professor in the Communicative Sciences and Deaf Studies Department at California State University, Fresno. She currently serves as the department’s Graduate Coordinator. She has extensive clinical experience in schools, hospitals, and private practice. Prior to accepting a faculty position at California State University, Fresno, Dr. Pomaville was the Director of Clinical Services at San Joaquin Valley Rehabilitation Hospital. She is coauthor of the textbook Assessment of Communicative Disorders in Children: Resources and Protocols and has published in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research and the Journal of Voice. Dr. Pomaville is a clinical supervisor and teaches undergraduate and graduate level classes on the topics of diagnostic procedures, anatomy and physiology, voice disorders, traumatic brain injury, motor speech disorders, and dysphagia. Dr. Pomaville is a past recipient of the California Speech, Language and Hearing Association’s Fellow of the Association Award, the District 5 Outstanding Achievement Award and Outstanding Service Award, and Fresno State’s Outstanding Faculty Award. Current research interests are in the areas of working with Swallowing and Voice Disorders, particularly as they relate to individuals with Parkinson’s Disease.

Pomaville, F., Nii, S., Lucas, M., & Findley, B. (in review). The Effectiveness of LOUD Crowd® Group Therapy for Maintaining Vocal Intensity and Intelligibility in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease Who have Completed SPEAK OUT!®. Submitted to Journal of Voice in August, 2021.

Hegde, M. N., & Pomaville, F. (2021). Assessment of Children with Communicative Disorders: Resources and Protocols, Fourth Edition. San Diego, CA: Singular Publishing.

Pomaville, F., Tekerlek, K., Radford, A. (2019). The effectiveness of vocal hygiene education for decreasing at risk vocal behaviors in vocal performers. Journal of Voice, 19, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2019.03.004

Pomaville, F. & DeFede, M. (2019). Vocal Function Exercises (VFEs): How can these improve trained singers’ vocal quality? A seminar presented at the annual meeting of the California Speech, Language and Hearing Association, Pasadena, CA. on March 14, 2019.

Pomaville, F., & Hughes, B. (2017). Pediatric TBI. A 3-hour short course presented at: California Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (CSHA) Convention, Pasadena, CA.

Pomaville, F., & Hughes, B. (2016). Concussion Syndrome: What is it and how do we fit in? A 3-hour short course presented at the annual meeting of the California Speech, Language and Hearing Association, Anaheim, CA. on April 30^th.

Pomaville, F. (2016). Chapter 2: Verbal Behavior. In C. Maul, B. Findley, & A. Adams, Behavioral principles in communicative disorders: Applications to assessment and treatment. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing, Inc.

Pomaville, F., & Kladopoulos, C. (2013). The effects of behavioral speech therapy on speech sound production with adults with cochlear implants. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 56, 531-541.