Carren J. Stika, Ph.D.

Carren J. Stika is a licensed clinical psychologist and Adjunct Assistant Professor/Instructor at San Diego State University, School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. She is the former director of research for the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Persons who are Hard of Hearing or Late Deafened, which was funded by the US Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitative Research.   

Currently, Dr. Stika is the principal investigator for a federally funded project to develop a quality of life measure for individuals with adult-onset hearing loss. She also serves as co-principal investigator for the Disability Rehabilitation Research Project on Persons Aging with Hearing and Vision Loss, which is a collaborative project of Mississippi State University, San Diego State University, and the Helen Keller National Center.

Prior to moving to San Diego, Dr. Stika was an assistant professor in the Psychology Department at Gallaudet University, where she taught psychological assessment and child development. She began her professional career as a teacher of deaf and hard of hearing children in the Chicago Public Schools. Dr. Stika has been hard of hearing since late adolescence. She earned her BGS in Psychology, Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of Michigan, her MA in Deaf Education from the University of Arizona, and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Syracuse University. She also completed an NIMH internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University Child Study Center.

Carren J. Stika, Ph.D.
School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182
858.552.1996
E-mail: Dr. Stika, carrenjstika@aol.com