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Betsy G. Wells

1986, M.A., Communicative Disorders, Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ
1959, B.A., Biology, Pomona College

Betsy Wells has been tireless in her contributions to the field of communicative disorders. At Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, she's taught, chaired the department's Advisory Board for five years, served on thesis committees and developed a continuing education program for speech-language pathologists and audiologists that received accreditation.

A speech-language pathologist with the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District since 1987, Wells is a master clinician for graduate students seeking credentials in the public schools and is the author or co-author of several published research articles in the area of cerebral hemispheric processing.

She's also presented her research with brain-damaged individuals before international, national and state conferences. At 43, Wells entered Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ's graduate program even though she knew it would require making up more than 65 undergraduate credits in addition to 45 graduate units.

A year before graduation, her husband died, leaving the San Pedro resident with three college-age children. "Through my experience at Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, I gained the confidence and independence I needed to begin a new life," she says.

From Alumni Awards 2000 program