Faculty List

Erika M. Zettner, PhD

Full-time Audiology Faculty 
Program Co-Director. Coordinates academic and clinic placements at UC San Diego. Supervises AuD students at Perlman Center and teaches courses. Areas of specialization include diagnostic audiology, electrophysiology and otoacoustic emissions as well as treatments including amplification and cochlear implants.

E-mail: ezettner@ucsd.edu

Meghan Spriggs, AuD

Part-time Audiology Faculty 
Provides clinical supervision for AuD students at Perlman Center. Areas of specialization include cochlear implants, osseointegrated technology, adult diagnostic audiology, amplification.

E-mail: mspriggs@ucsd.edu

Jeffrey Harris, MD, PhD

Part-time Audiology Faculty
Professor & Chairman of Head and Neck Surgery. Precepts audiology students for the Otology Preceptorship course where AuD students receive exposure to clinical otology, pre/post-operative assessment of patients, pharmacology related to otology, and clinical assessment of patients with balance disorders at the UC San Diego Ear Center.

E-mail: jpharris@ucsd.edu

Renee Landon-Lane, AuD

Part-time Audiology Faculty
Audiologist at UCSD since 2023.  Provides clinical supervision for AuD students at Perlman Center.  Areas of specialization include diagnostic audiology and vestibular assessments.

E-mail: rlandonlane@health.ucsd.edu

Charlie Ruby, AuD

Part-time Audiology Faculty 
Senior audiologist at the Perlman Medical Center in La Jolla, CA since 2021. Provides clinical supervision for Au.D. students in the areas of adult diagnostic hearing assessment, amplification, and balance assessment.

E-mail: cpruby@health.ucsd.edu

Allen Ryan, PhD

Part-time Audiology Faculty 
Research in Auditory Neuroscience and Otology, including studies of the development of the auditory and vestibular systems, especially molecular control of sensory cell and neuronal maturation in the inner ear. Guest lectures in AuD courses in auditory/vestibular physiology and supervises AuD students during lab rotation and/or doctoral projects.

E-mail: afryan@ucsd.edu

Joyce Tsang, AuD

Part-time Audiology Faculty 
Senior audiologist since 2017. Provides clinical supervision for AuD students in the areas of auditory assessment, amplification, cochlear implants and balance assessments.

E-mail: j4tsang@ucsd.edu

Debbie Wian, MA

E-mail: dwian@ucsd.edu

Alicia Williams, AuD

Part-time Audiology Faculty
Audiologist at UCSD since 2021. Provides clinical supervision for AuD students in the areas of diagnostics, amplification, and cochlear implants.

E-mail: aaw002@ucsd.edu