Anusha Sundarrajan

Anusha Sundarrajan

( She/Her/Hers )
Assistant Professor
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Phone: (415) 338-7652
Email: anusha@sfsu.edu

Dr. Anusha Sundarrajan (she/her) PhD, CCC-SLP is a multilingual Speech-Language Pathologist, from a South Asian background, specializing in voice disorders. She earned her Ph.D. in Speech Language Pathology and a minor in Gerontology at Purdue University. Her current position is at San Francisco State University (SFSU) as an Assistant Professor in the department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. Her primary research interests focus on understanding gender affirming voice care from a culturally responsive lens to develop patient centered outcomes and interventions. Another line of work centers around interprofessional education and practices, particularly their implementation in speech, language and hearing sciences and collaborations with other professions. She is the co-supervisor of the gender affirming voice clinic, one of its very first kind on campus and the director of the Find Your Voice Research Lab in the department. She is the Vice President of Professional Development of the South Asian Caucus of American Speech Language Hearing Association and the faculty advisor of the Indian Student Association at SFSU.

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Purdue University (2016)
  • M.A., Manipal University (2010)
  • B.A., Sri Ramachandra University (2008)

Certification and Licenses

  • Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (2018-present)
  • California State License in Speech and Language Pathology, Speech Language and Audiology Licensing Board (2018-present)

Recent Publications/Presentations

  • Sundarrajan, A. University clinic offers gender affirming voice services in the Bay Area for transgender and the gender diverse. (July 31, 2022), Asha Kiran, SAC-ASHA.
  • Sundarrajan, A. Vocal effort, load & fatigue, and their impacts on vocal wellness, 7th Sri Ramachandra Voice Update 2022, A to Z of Vocology & Deglutology: Take homes for clinical practice (invited speaker, January 2022)
  • Sundarrajan, A. (manuscript in preparation) The Nicholas Certo Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic organizes the first Gender Affirming Voice Workshop in San Francisco State University.
  • Rangwala, R., & Sundarrajan, A. (manuscript in preparation) Voice therapy in transfeminine voices: A review of literature
  • Crotwell, L., Lara, N., & Sundarrajan, A. NSSLHA’s First Interprofessional Event at San Francisco State University (2020). Abstract accepted at the Annual Convention of the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Anaheim, CA
  • Herndon, N., Sundarrajan, A., Sivasankar, M., & Huber, J. (2019) Respiratory and Laryngeal Function in Teachers: Pre- and Postvocal Loading Challenge. Journal of Voice, 33(3), 302-309.
  • Rangwala, R., & Sundarrajan, A. (abstract in preparation) Voice therapy in transfeminine voices: A review of literature. Proposal to be submitted to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, San Diego, CA
  • Peck, M., & Sundarrajan, A. (abstract in preparation) Comparing Conversation Training Therapy to traditional voice therapy for transgender women. Proposal to be submitted to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, San Diego, CA
  • Sundarrajan, A., Huber, J., & Sivasankar, M. (2017) Respiratory and laryngeal changes with vocal loading in young and old individuals, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60, 2551-2556.
  • Sundarrajan, A., Fujiki, R., Loerch, S., Venkatraman, A., & Sivasankar, M. (2017) Vocal loading and environmental humidity effects in older adults. Journal of Voice, 31 (6), 707-713.
  • Fujiki, R., Chapleau, A., Sundarrajan, A., McKenna, V., & Sivasankar, M. (2017). The interaction of surface hydration and vocal loading on voice measures. Journal of Voice, 31(2), 211-217.
  • Venkatraman, A., Sundarrajan, A., Loerch, S., & Sivasankar, M. Preliminary Effects of Sustained Whispered Speech on Voice Measures (2017). Talk presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Sundarrajan, A., Fujiki, R., & Sivasankar, M. (2016). Humidity effects on an innovative vocal loading challenge. Poster presented at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM), Chicago, IL.
  • Sundarrajan, A., Fujiki, R., & Sivasankar, M. (2016). Humidity and Vocal Loading on the Aging Voice. Talk presented at the Voice Foundation Annual Symposium, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Fujiki, R., Sundarrajan, A., & Sivasankar, M. (2016). The Role of Surface Hydration on a 30-Minute Vocal Loading Challenge. Talk presented at the Voice Foundation Annual Symposium, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Herndon, N., Sundarrajan, A., Huber, J., & Sivasankar, M. (2015). Respiratory and Laryngeal
    Interactions in Determining Phenotypes for Voice Disorders. Poster presented at the American Speech Language-Hearing Association Conference, Denver, CO.

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