PHILADELPHIA — Managing a classroom takes a lot, including a strong voice that can lift over the chatter of 30-some students.
Enter Elizabeth Grillo, a professor at West Chester University, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, whose research centers on helping teachers adjust their voices to avoid strain — and that's no small thing, considering that studies show more than half of teachers will experience voice problems during their career.
Grillo, a speech-language pathologist, has the distinction of being the only West Chester professor to have received two grants from the National Institutes of Health for her work, totaling $797,000. She was set to be among more than 30 West Chester professors whose work was being highlighted last week as the 17,552-student university celebrated its new status as a Research 2 (R2) university.
