Carol Mackersie

Bio

Dr. Carol Mackersiewas appointed to the faculty in 1996, after working for more than a decade as a clinical audiologist. She taught courses in hearing amplification, psychoacoustics and research methodology. Dr. Mackersie mentored over two dozen doctoral research projects and frequently published papers with her students. Dr. Mackersie’s research focuses on the perceptual consequences of acquired hearing loss, indices of hearing-related stress, and factors affecting success with hearing amplification. Her research was funded by the National Institute of Health and by several private foundations. Dr. Mackersie served as SDSU Audiology Program Director and the Co-Director of the Joint SDSU/UCSD Doctor of Audiology (AuD) Program from May 2016 through August 2021. As a clinician-researcher, Dr. Mackersie embraced the clinician-scientist model of audiology education, fostering a commitment to research foundations of clinical practice and life-long learning in her students. Dr. Mackersie received the 2021 SDSU Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award for outstanding faculty contributions in the College of Health and Human Services.

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