Sarah B. Ammerman, Ph.D.

Dr. Sarah Ammerman is an Associate Professor in the Deaf Education and Hearing Science (DEHS) Program at the UT Health San Antonio. She was formerly a teacher the Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ammerman has a dual-major undergraduate degree in deaf education (comprehensive) and elementary education, a master’s degree in deaf education (listening and spoken language), and a doctoral degree in special education with a minor in audiology.

Dr. Ammerman is recognized as a national leader in the field of deaf education with an emphasis on listening and spoken language. She has co-presented and co-authored about the topic of reciprocal peer coaching/mentoring in the professional preparation and continuing education of deaf education educational faculty. The DEHS Program was awarded a Department of Education/Office Special Education and Rehabilitative Services personnel preparation grant in 2010 and 2013 recognizing research in this area. Dr. Ammerman has served as a national reviewer for the Department of Education and the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. For two years she co-lead the San Antonio on-site portion of Professional Preparation in Cochlear Implants, an intensive two-week professional development workshop for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and teachers of the deaf seeking current knowledge of developing the listening and spoken language skills of children with hearing loss. In addition, she is the co-Executive Director of the Council on Education of the Deaf (CED).

• Professional Background

  Education

  • 2009 - PhD - Special Education with a minor in Audiology - University of Arizona
  • 2002 - MED - Smith College
  • 2001 - BEd - Eastern Kentucky University

  Appointments

  • 9/2017 - Associate Professor/Clinical - UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, Otolaryngology, San Antonio
  • 7/2009- 8/2017 - Assistant Professor/Clinical - UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, Otolaryngology, San Antonio

• Research & Grants

  Grants

  Federal

  2010: From Pedagogy to Practice: Mentoring and Peer Coaching for Preparing and Maintaining Certified Personnel to Provide Instruction for Children who are D/HH in Texas; $806,544.00. 

  2013: From Pedagogy to Practice: Mentoring and Peer Coaching for Preparing and Maintaining Certified Personnel to Provide Instruction for Children who are D/HH in Texas; $953,408.00

  2017: D.E.E.P. (Deaf Education and Educational Psychology) Learning in Texas; $915,707.00

• Publications

  Book Chapter

  Jackson, Rebecca W., Ammerman SB, Trautwein B. Infants and Toddlers who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Developmentally Delayed or At Risk for Developmental Delays. In: Caroline Guardino & Joanna Cannon. Deafness and Diversity Volume I. Washington, D.C: In Press; 2019.

  Journal Article

  Jackson RL, Ammerman SB, Trautwein BA. Deafness and Diversity: Early Intervention American Annals of the Deaf 2015 Oct;160(4):356-367.

  Ammerman, SB, Trautwein, B. From Pedagogy to Practice: Mentoring and Reciprocal Peer Coaching for Preservice Teachers. Volta Review 2010; 110(2): 191-206.