Transcending Stuttering Podcast
Uri Schneider #73
Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC-SLP the co-director at Schneider Speech (private practice); creator, leader and podcast host at Transcending Stuttering; and faculty at the University of California at Riverside School of Medicine. Uri is recognized for his professional passion and impact as a clinician, educator, researcher and innovator. He is proud husband and father (of four), borderline dyslexic, bonafide ADD-creative and a nature-loving runner.
Ryan Cowley #72
Ryan has been a sportswriter for over 10 years, predominantly covering hockey and the NHL's Los Angeles Kings for, most recently, HockeyRoyalty.com where he is a co-editor. Ryan has covered such events as the Stanley Cup Final, the Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, and has written for publications such as CBC Sports and The Globe & Mail, both based in his home city of Toronto.
Dr. Dale Williams #71
Dale F. Williams, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BRS-FD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Florida Atlantic University. A board-certified specialist in fluency, Dr. Williams served as Chair of the Specialty Board on Fluency Disorders for 2 years. He has coordinated the Boca Raton chapter of the National Stuttering Association since 1996. His stuttering-related publications include three textbooks, a workbook, and a recently-released children's book entitled The Can’t-Be-Seen Who Couldn’t Squawk.
Dr Chris Constantino #70
Dr. Christopher Constantino lives in Tallahassee with his wife, Megan, and son, Augustine. He is a speech-language pathologist at Florida State University. He works clinically with people who stutter, teaches classes on stuttering and counseling, and researches ways to improve the experience of stuttering. He co-edited Stammering Pride & Prejudice.
Joseph Cornett #69
Joseph is finishing medical school this year at Columbia University in New York City and plans to begin a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. He hopes to work in global health for people of all ages and in under-resourced settings, and especially with adolescents and invisible struggles. Joseph’s experiences in healthcare and psychology include the Yale Child Study Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (Australia), the Public Health Foundation of India, and Kijabe Hospital (Nairobi). He is an avid pianist-keyboardist and has found joy in leading and learning from such diverse music groups as the Broadway Haven Players and the Yale Gospel Choir. Joseph has had a stutter since the age of six, and his experience of stuttering has deepened his own development and identity in profound ways. Joseph hopes this audio format provides some personal insights and a feeling of solidarity with others whose stutters have impacted their own lives in unique and perhaps similar ways.
Geneviève Lamoureux #68
Gen is a person who stutters and an SLP student based in Québec City, Canada. With the SLP Judith Labonté, she co-hosts the podcast "Je je je suis un podcast", one of the first French language podcasts about stuttering (the name means "I-I-I'm a podcast"; the podcast is produced by the Association bégaiement communication (ABC), a stuttering organization in Québec). Geneviève, who used to work as a translator, translated in French Daniele Rossi's "Stuttering is Cool: A Guide to Stuttering in a Fast-Talking World" and John Gomez's documentary, "When I Stutter".
*See and hear Gen’s voice in this commercial for Activia.
Ryan Gielen #67
Ryan is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Believe Limited, a production company in Los Angeles. Producing credits include the new documentary My Beautiful Stutter, from executive producers Mariska Hargitay, Peter Hermann, Paul Rudd, and George Springer and the documentary Bombardier Blood from executive producer Alex Borstein.
Ana Paula Mumy #66
Ana Paula G. Souza Mumy, MS, CCC-SLP is a trilingual speech-language pathologist and clinical assistant professor in the Speech-Language-Hearing department at the University of Kansas. She facilitates the clinical team in the Language Acquisition Preschool and the fluency team at the Schiefelbusch clinic. Ana Paula also teaches the graduate Fluency Disorders course at KU and co-leads an adult chapter of the National Stuttering Association. Additionally, she recently co-founded Spero Stuttering, Inc., a nonprofit geared toward advocacy for the stuttering community via the better equipping of SLPs. She is currently pursuing a clinical doctorate in speech-language pathology, with a focus on bilingualism and stuttering. Ana Paula enjoys singing, writing, and traveling with her husband and two kids.
Raiani Sibien #65
Raiani Sibien, founder of Stuttering Society, is a Brazilian and Italian national currently living in Belgium. She graduated in journalism from a British university and has a Masters degree in the field of security and diplomacy. After a long journey towards stuttering acceptance, Raiani decided to create Stuttering Society, an online platform that helps other people who stutter in different aspect of their lives.
Since leaving her hometown in Brazil in 2006, Raiani had the opportunity to study and work in several countries, including England, Italy, Israel, Switzerland, Belgium, and the United States.
Angelica Bernabe #64
Angelica Bernabe is a psychologist and a person who stutters from Peru. Since 2018, is the director of a specialized center for stuttering dedicated to provide training for professionals and treatment for kids, teenagers and adults who stutter in South America. Also, she is a studying at Michigan State University, taking the prerequisite courses prior the master degree in Communicate Science and Disorders.
Stephen Greene #63
Stephen Greene grew in Dublin and now lives in Waterford. He works at Brothers of Charity Services Ireland South East Region. When I was younger, I was interested in playing keyboards and boxing. Nowadays, I enjoy weightlifting, stuttering support, playing keyboards in a band and travel. Growing-up, it was hard not being able to say what I wanted to say when I wanted to say it. The most helpful thing for me is realizing how much it made me a good listener and empathetic to others.
If I could offer some advice to my younger self, I would say;
"The more you will try to hide and mask your stuttering the more you will struggle physically and emotionally how you feel about yourself."
*I've completed several half marathons, I've taught classes of up to 46 kids English as a foreign language, I've recorded an album with my band. I've completed a B.A degree in Social Care; I've been the chairperson of the Irish Stammering Association and to this day, I facilitate a local stuttering support group.