Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Faculty
Jackson T. Gandour, Ph.D.
Office: G41C
Phone: 43821
email: gandour@purdue.edu 
Jack Gandour is a linguist. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand (1964-66), taught at Niigata University in Japan as a Visiting Fulbright Lecturer (1968-69), and conducted postdoctoral research at Bell Laboratories (1976-77). As a Purdue faculty member, he has conducted research in Hong Kong (1980), Bangkok (1980, 1989), and Indiana University School of Medicine (1997-2005). He teaches courses in phonetics, linguistics, and neurolinguistics. His current research focuses on behavioral and electrophysiological studies of pitch processing in tone languages. He is a faculty member of the Purdue University Life Sciences (PULSe) program. He served as Interim Head of the department for two years (1993-1994), and Head for three years (1995-1998).
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles 1976 Linguistics
M.A., University of Pittsburgh 1968 Linguistics
B.A., Wheeling Jesuit University 1963 Political Science
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
1988-present Professor, Purdue University
1988-1989 Senior Fulbright Research Scholar, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
1968-1969 Visiting Fulbright Lecturer, Niigata University, Japan
1964-1966 Peace Corps Volunteer, Phangnga High School, Thailand
RESEARCH
Curriculum Vitae
Community of Science
Neurophonetics Laboratory
News Article
TEACHING
SLHS 306 Introduction to Phonetics
SLHS 401 Language and the Brain
SLHS 227 Elements of Linguistics