Clinical Associate Professor

Office Location

Communication Disorders
Ctr for Healthcare Education CHCE*N283
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Ellen Massucci is the Co-Director of Clinical Education and Coordinator of Educational Placements for the graduate Speech-Language Pathology Program. Prior to coming to Sacred Heart University, she worked as a school based certified SLP, for 25 years. In addition to her work in schools, Ellen also has practiced in a variety of settings including hospital inpatient and outpatient services; homecare; birth-to-three; and private practice, serving both child and adult populations. Her area of specialty are child language, school based speech-language pathology and clinical supervision.

Ellen has been an American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) certified speech-language pathologist since 1986. She currently is a member of both ASHA and the Connecticut Speech-Language-Hearing Association (CSHA). Ellen is the ASHA CEA Supervisor for the Communications Disorders department and has served as the State Education Advocacy Leader (SEAL) for CSHA. Currently, Ellen is a member of the CT State Speech and Language Guidelines Workgroup, tasked with revising the CT State Guidelines for School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists.

Degrees & Certifications

  • BA, Psychology, 1983, Boston College
  • MA, Speech-Language Pathology, 1986, University of Connecticut
  • MPH, Public Health Education, 1999, Southern Connecticut State University
  • Certificate of Clinical Competence, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • CT Department of Public Health License, Speech-Language Pathology
  • CT Department of Education, Professional Certificate-Speech and Hearing Specialist
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Member
  • CT Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Member
  • ASHA Special Interest Group 11- Administration and Supervision
  • ASHA Special Interest Group 16- School-Based Issues

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Graduate Clinical Practicum I, II, III
  • Graduate Clinical Practicum V: Student Teaching Externship Liaison
  • Graduate Clinical Seminar II, V
  • Coordinator of Educational Student Teaching Externship Placements
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