Patrick Finn

Patrick Finn is a Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education. Prior to this, he was a faculty member in Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of Arizona, Tucson and the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. His main research interests are critical thinking, evidence-based practice, and the scientific evaluation of treatment. Throughout most of his career, he focused on the communication disorder of stuttering; but in the last several years, he has shifted his focus to the concept of critical thinking and its application to evidence-based practice. His publications have included research on measurement issues related to stuttering treatment outcome; investigations of conceptual and methodological issues related to long-term recovery from stuttering; and, most recently, the development of critical thinking skills in students and clinicians. He has served as an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Associate Editor for the Journal of Fluency Disorders, Editor for SIG 10 Issues in Higher Education, and as an inaugural Editor-in-Chief for the scholarly review journal, The Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. He also served as a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Journals Board for four years. Currently, he is the Chair of the Task Force on Critical Thinking affiliated with the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders.