Senior Research Audiologist - Assistant Professor
Resume:
Michelle Bandy Cutler, Ph. D.
Williamston, SC 29697
EMPLOYMENT
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR June 2025 - Present
Pepperdine University Calabasas, CA
Responsible for teaching, research, service, and leadership. Responsibilities include teaching graduate and post baccalaureate student in the school of speech language pathology, scholarly research, community service, involvement in a local church, and leadership through service on various committees at the school, college, and university level. Courses:
Introduction to Audiology (Post baccalaureate) September 2025 – Present Introduction to Research (Graduate level) September 2025 – Present ADMINISTRATOR (HEAD OF SCHOOL) June 2014 - Present Anderson Christian School Anderson, SC
Responsible for managing faculty, staff and support personnel as well as maintaining the school environment including academics, athletics and social events. Responsibilities include maintenance of accreditation as well as pursuing advanced accreditation, retention and hiring of campus wide personnel, balancing and maintaining compliance with a $1.4 million annual budget; coordinating external funding programs, making recommendations regarding retention or addition of key personnel, managing special education and regular education programs, representing the school at all state wide events; working collaboratively with the board of directors to determine the vison and needs of the school Additional responsibilities:
AP Psychology teacher August 2021 – Present
Statistics teacher August 2023 – Present
Biology and Anatomy long-term substitute teacher November 2022 – June 2023 INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR (HEAD OF SCHOOL) September 2013–June 2014 Anderson Christian School Anderson, SC
Responsible for managing faculty, staff and support personnel as well as maintaining the school environment including academics, athletics and social events. Responsibilities include maintenance of accreditation as well as pursuing advanced accreditation, retention and hiring of campus wide personnel, balancing and maintaining compliance with a $1.4 million annual budget; coordinating external funding programs, making recommendations regarding retention or addition of key personnel, managing special education and regular education programs, representing the school at all state wide events; working collaboratively with the board of directors to determine the vison and needs of the school LONG TERM SUBSTITUTE TEACHER August 2012–November 2012 Anderson Christian School Anderson, SC
Full time teacher of 2nd grade during prolonged teacher absence COFOUNDER AND DEVELOPER February 2009–2011
The Montessori (Research) Foundation Rochester, Minnesota Responsible for development of educational research program centered around Montessori education. Significant contributions were gathered from Laurens County schools in Laurens County, South Carolina
SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR November 2004 –July 2008 The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee
Responsible for coordination of $250,000/year DOE funded grant “Multidisciplinary Literacy Grant for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing”. Responsibilities include: coordinating administration in Knox County public schools for research development, teaching weekly graduate grant seminar, and the undergraduate course in Aural Rehabilitation, coordination of grant activities including paperwork, budget, scholarship/work repay agreements, evaluation of teaching activities, planning, implementation, and administration
LECTURER August 2003 -May 2004
The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee
Responsible for courses in Aural Rehabilitation, Anatomy and Physiology, and Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders
CONTRACT WRITER January 2001 – December 2011
Care2learn.com Tampa, Florida
Responsible for Continuing Education courses in Aural Rehabilitation and Cochlear Implant Technology
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT January 2001 - August 2001 The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee
Responsibilities include evaluation of all graduate students in special education and audiology and speech pathology including grant writing, teaching, planning, and administration
NCAA COMPLIANCE ASSISTANT January 2001 - August 2001 The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee
Worked with Dr. Carl Asp and The University of Tennessee to ensure NCAA compliance of all athletes
COORDINATOR June 1996 - August 1999
Preschool Program for Hearing Impaired Children Athens, Georgia Responsible for all administrative efforts for the summer program for hearing impaired students in Clark County, GA public schools. Responsibilities include educational planning, implementation and evaluation of all summer program teachers. TEACHING ASSISTANT 1995 - 1998
The University of Georgia Athens, Georgia
Responsible for 2 to 3 classes of junior, senior, and master’s level students in the areas of administration, special education, education of the hearing impaired, speech pathology, and audiology
AUDIOLOGIST 1993 - 1995
Hamblen County Schools Morristown, Tennessee
County-wide audiologist providing evaluation, classroom amplification, and treatment for hearing-impaired students age 3 to 22 years
CLINICAL FELLOW January 1992 - October 1992
The University of Miami Medical School Miami, Florida Responsible for performing assessments of hearing acuity including ABR and ENG testing. Responsible for intraoperative monitoring of pediatric cochlear implant recipients. Responsible for all aspects of aural rehabilitation including hearing aids and cochlear implant programming.
GRADUATE ASSISTANT August 1990 - December 1991
The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee
EDUCATION
PH.D. Communication Sciences and Disorders August 2000 The University of Georgia College of Education Athens, Georgia Dissertation Title: The Effectiveness of Verbotonal Therapy for Children with Cochlear Implants
Successfully defended: June 28, 2000.
Clinical Fellowship January - October 1992
The University of Miami Medical School Miami, Florida M.A., Audiology December 1991
The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee
B.A., Audiology and Speech Pathology May 1990
The University of Florida Gainesville, Florida
AWARDS AND HONORS
SCISA Cognia Accreditation Awarded March 2023
South Carolina Independent Schools Association Orangeburg, South Carolina SCISA Academic Committee Chair November 2018
South Carolina Independent Schools Association Orangeburg, South Carolina SCISA School of Excellence Awarded September 2018
South Carolina Independent Schools Association Orangeburg, South Carolina SCISA Basic to AdvancED Awarded March 2017
South Carolina Independent Schools Association Orangeburg, South Carolina SCISA Rookie of the Year Awarded November 2016
South Carolina Independent Schools Association Orangeburg, South Carolina Educational Credit for Exceptional Needs Children – Approved Provider Fall 2013 Department of Education Columbia, South Carolina
KAPPA DELTA EPSILON - Education honor society January 1996 The University of Georgia Athens, Georgia
KAPPA DELTA PI - Education honor society May 1996
The University of Georgia Athens, Georgia
Perfect Scholar Award 1995 - 1998
The University of Georgia Athens, Georgia
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Cutler, M.B. and Schwarz, I. (2007): Multidisciplinary Literacy Project for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Proceedings for the Hawaii International Conference for Education, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Cutler, M.B. and Laughton, J. (2004): Single Subject Research Design to Evaluate Efficacy of Teaching Methods. Proceedings for the Hawaii International Conference for Education, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Cutler, M.B. and Laughton, J., (in progress): Clinical Research Methods in Aural Rehabilitation Cutler, M.B. and Laughton, J. (2003): Effective Teaching for Children with Cochlear Implants. Proceedings for the Hawaii International Conference for Education, Maui, Hawaii. Cutler, M.B. Laughton, J., Asp, C., Rook, L., and Deitz, N. (2001): The Effectiveness of Verbotonal Therapy for Children with Cochlear Implants. Proceedings for the International Symposium of the Verbotonal System, Zagreb, Croatia. Houston, D.K., Johnson, M.A., Nozza, R.J., Gunter, E.W., Shea, K.J., Cutler, G.M., and Edmonds, J.T. (1999): Age-related Hearing Loss, Vitamin B-12, and Folate in Elderly Women. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 69, 564-71. REFEREED PRESENTATIONS
Cutler, M., Tapping into Professional Development, Invited Presentation, South Carolina Independent Schools Association Fall Headmasters’ Conference, Orangeburg, South Carolina, November 2023
Cutler, M., Tapping into Professional Development, Invited Presentation, South Carolina Independent Schools Association, Orangeburg, South Carolina, May 2016 Epstein, P. and Cutler, M., New Findings in Public Montessori Research. Invited Presentation. American Montessori Society, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2010 Cutler, M.B. and Schwarz, I., Multidisciplinary Literacy Project for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Invited Presentation. Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2007.
Cutler, M.B. and Schwarz, I., Multidisciplinary Literacy Project for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Poster Session. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Meeting, Boston, November 2005.
Cutler, M.B. and Laughton, J., Single Subject Research Design to Evaluate Efficacy of Teaching Methods. Invited Presentation. Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2004.
Laughton, J. and Cutler, M.B., Effective Teaching Methods for Children with Hearing Impairments. Short Course. Georgia Speech and Hearing Association Annual Conference, Savannah, March 2003.
Cutler, M.B. and Laughton, J., Effective Teaching for Children with Cochlear Implants. Paper Presentation. Eastern Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Hilton Head, South Carolina, February 2003.
Cutler, M.B. and Laughton, J., Effective Teaching for Children with Cochlear Implants. Poster Session. Hawaii International Conference for Education, Maui, Hawaii, January 2003. Cutler, M.B. Laughton, J., Asp, C., Rook, L., and Deitz, N., The Effectiveness of Verbotonal Therapy for Children with Cochlear Implants. Poster Session. 5th International Symposium of the Verbotonal System, Zagreb, Croatia. May 2001.
Cutler, M.B. Laughton, J., Asp, C., Rook, L., and Deitz, N., The Effectiveness of Verbotonal Therapy for Children with Cochlear Implants. Poster Session. Tennessee Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Meeting, Nashville, 1999. Cutler, M.B., and Laughton, J., The Effectiveness of Aural/Oral Treatment for Children with Cochlear Implants. Poster Session. Georgia Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, March 1998.
Johnson, M.A., Houston, D.K., Edmonds, J.T., Nozza, R.J., Shea, K.J., Cutler, G.M., Lewis, R.D., Modlesky, C.M., and Gunter, E.W., Age-related Hearing Loss is Associated with Poor Bone Health and Low Calcium Intake in Women. Poster Session. Annual Meeting of Experimental Biology, San Francisco, April, 1998.
Cutler, M.B., and Laughton, J., The Effectiveness of Aural/Oral Treatment for Children with Cochlear Implants. Poster Session. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Meeting, Boston, November1997.
Nozza, R.J., Johnson, M.A., Lewis, R.D., Cutler, M.B., Shea, K.J., Houston, D.K., Edmonds, J.T., and Modlesky, C.M., Nutritional Factors and Auditory Measures in Post-Menopausal Women. Poster Session. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Meeting, Boston, November1997.
Nozza, R.J., Shea, K.J., Cutler, M.B., Johnson, M.A., Lewis, R.D., Houston, D.K.,and Edmonds, J.T., Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions in Older Women. Poster Session. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Meeting, Boston, November1997. CERTIFICATIONS
South Carolina Department of Education (Valid through Present) 03 Speech/Hearing k-12 plus administration Columbia, South Carolina Tennessee Department of Education (Valid through August 2017) 068 Speech/Hearing k-12 plus administration Nashville, Tennessee American Speech language Hearing Association (Valid through March 2025) Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology – Annual Renewal GRANTS AWARDED
DSS Building Blocks Grant – Awarded twice in 2023
Awarded to Anderson Christian School preschool program Round 1: $63,000
Round 2: $175,000
Health and Safety Materials Grant – Awarded Summer 2023
$50,000 awarded to Anderson Christian School preschool program EANS - Awarded 2021-2022
$365,000 awarded to Anderson Christian School
Emergency Connectivity Fund - Awarded 2021
$55,403 awarded to Anderson Christian School
Paycheck Protection Program - Awarded 2020
$167,648 awarded to Anderson Christian School
Firehouse Subs Safety Grant - Awarded 2018
$6,734 awarded to Anderson Christian School for AED equipment NHC - Awarded 2016
$15,000 awarded to Anderson Christian School science program NHC - awarded 2015
$7,500 awarded to Anderson Christian School science program NHC - awarded 2012
$7,500 awarded to Anderson Christian School science program NHC - Awarded 2011
$5,000 awarded to Anderson Christian School science program
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