Harry Hollien, Ph.D.

Harry Hollien, Ph.D.

Address: 50 Dauer Hall
Phone: (352) 392-2046
Fax: (352) 392-6170
E-mail: hollien@ufcc.ufl.edu

Professor of Linguistics, Speech and Criminal Justice, University of Florida

Date and Place of Birth: July 16, 1926; Brockton, MA, USA

Degrees Conferred and Other Educational Experience:

BS Boston University 1949
MEd Boston University 1951
MA University of Iowa 1953
PhD University of Iowa 1955
Postdoctoral Northwestern University 1958

Specialty Fields: 

Phonetic Sciences, Forensic Communication, Underwater Communication, Psychoacoustics

Academic Experience -- University of Florida:

  • Founding Director, Institute for Advanced Study of the Communication Processes, 1982-pres.; Director, 1975-82.
  • Professor, Linguistics, 1976-pres.; Associate Director, 1989-91; Professor, Speech, 1968-pres. (Associate Prof., 1962-8); Professor, Criminal Justice, 1979-pres.
  • Director, Communication Sciences Laboratory, 1968-75; Assoc. Director, 1962-68.

Academic Experience -- Other:

  • Fullbright Professor, PHONETIK, University of Trier, Trier, West Germany, 1987.
  • Visiting Professor, Instit. Telecom./Acoustics, Wroclaw Tech. Univ., Poland, 1974.
  • Adjunct Professor, Juilliard School of Music, 1973-81.
  • Visiting Scientist, Speech Trans. Lab., Royal Instit. Technology, Stockholm, 1970.
  • Research Associate, Gould Research Laboratory, 1958.
  • Guest Professor, Paul Quinn College 1956-58.
  • Assistant Professor, Baylor University, 1955-58; University of Wichita, 1958-62.

Honors:

  • International Awards for Research: a) Garcia/Sandoz Prize - IALP (1971), b) Gould Award - Gould Found. (1975), c) Gutzmann Medal - UEP (1980), d) Kay Elemetrics Prize - ISPhS (1987), e) Hunt Award - AAFS (1988), f) Smith Prize - ISPhS (1991).
  • Elected Fellow: a) Amer. Speech Hear. Assn. (1962), b) Acoust. Soc. Amer. (1978), c) Internat. Soc. Phonetic Sci. (1979), d) Amer. Acad. Forensic Sci. (1980), e) Amer. Assn. Advancement Sci. (1985), f) Instit. Acoustics (1990).
  • Other: a) RCDA, NIH 1965-70; b) Sigma Xi (1966); c) Scientific Exhibit Awards: First ASHA, (1967), First and Second, ASHA (1969); d) Distinguished Service Awards, Voice Foundation (1981; 1993); e) Fulbright Professorship (1987); f) Honorary Vice Pres., Japanese Soc. Phonetic Sciences (1989).

Membership in Professional Societies:

  • Internat. Soc. Phonetic Sci., Amer. Assn. Phonetic Sci., Amer. Acad. Forensic Sci., Acoust. Soc. Amer., Amer. Assn. Advancement Sci., Florida Acad. Sci., Amer. Assn. Underwater Sci., Ret. Officer's Assn, Internat. Assn. Forensic Phonetics, Assn. Firearms, Toolmark Examiners.

Grants:

  • Principal Investigator: (Also received 53 other grants -- from NIH, NSF, ONR plus other federal agencies and foundations -- mostly prior to 1975.)
  • NB-06459, NINCDS, National Institutes of Health, Research in the Communication Sciences, (Program-Project grant) 1966-80.
  • 8-08C-418, Department of Commerce, Grant for IPS-77, 1977-78.
  • NS-07107, NINCDS, National Institutes of Health, A Communication Science Training Program, 1978-81.
  • EG-010, The Voice Foundation, Voice Science -- The New Frontier in Singing, 1978-81; National Exhibit, 1983.
  • Sponsorships: IREX: J. Wendler, DDR 1978; S. Vecerina, Yugo.
    • 1980; Fulbright: M. Derkack, USSR 1979; J. Wendler, DDR
    • 1983; MSE: J. Talavera, Spain, 1985, DAAD: A. Ihl; R. Mueller
    • FRG 1986-87; Dana Found.: B. Miles, USA, 1988; CNRS: C. Paboudjian, France, 1988; Guggenheim: J. Whitehead, 1989; U.S. Nat. Acad. Sciences: G. Ramishvilli, Georgia SSR, 1990; V. Sorokin, Russia, 1991.
  • DRS78214JC-1, Normative Speech/Language Processes During Aging, The Dreyfus Foundation, 1978-79.
  • R/OE-15, Sea Grant Prog., Acoustic Navigation by Divers, 1978-82.
  • IASCP/NUI-003/80, Norwegian Underwater Institute, Hyperbaric Diver Communication, 1979-82.
  • DAAG28-81-D-0100, Battelle Columbus Labs and U.S. Army Research Office, Semi- Automatic System for Speaker Ident. 1982-84.
  • 62197PB-4, Dreyfus Foundation, Research on Diver Communications; Vocal Correlates of Psychosis/Stress, 1982-87.
  • 82-IJ-CX-0034, National Institute of Justice, Semi-Automatic System for Speaker Ident., 1982-85.
  • N00168-85-M-5948, U.S. Navy, Intelligibility Testing of CW Protective Masks, 1985-87. Fulbright Commission, Senior Professorship to Germany, 1987.
  • 92-0916-12 LD:A., France, Processing Distorted Speech Samples, 1992-93. Foreign Travel Grants (IREX, Fulbright, NSF, LSA, ISPhS) 1979, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1993. AA-09377, NIAAA, National Institutes of Health, Assessment of Speech/Intoxication Relationships, 1994-1996.

University of Florida:

  • Graduate School, Div. Sponsored Research and Arts and Sciences:
    • Speech Synthesizer, 1962;
    • Fundamental Frequency Indicator, 1963;
    • IAC Chamber, 1965;
    • Research Vehicle, 1967;
    • Research Boat, 1968;
    • Stroboscopic Laminagraphy, 1969;
    • Foreign travel, Garcia Award, 1971;
    • Foreign travel, Crime Countermeasures, 1977;
    • Programmer for SAUSI, 1977;
    • "Semi-Automatic" System for Speaker Identification, 1978;
    • Foreign travel (9-ICPhS, 10-ICPhS), 1979, 1983;
    • Speaker Identification Research Project, 1980, 1983;
    • Research Equipment, 1984;
    • Support for Post-doctoral Fellow, 1984-85; Research Assistant, 1986, Foreign Travel, 1987; Research Assistant, 1989-90, Foreign Travel, 1991, 1993 (plus 14 small grants).

Other Professional Experience:

  • Federal
    • Member, Communicative Sciences Study Section, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health, 1963-67.
    • U.S. Naval Reserve: 1944-75. Member, Naval Research Reserve Co. 6-4, 1962-69; Commanding Officer, 1966-68; NROS 6-29, 1970-75; TROA 1984-present.
    • Field Reviewer, National Science Foundation, 1965-present.
    • Research Consultant, Veterans Administration Hospital, San Francisco, CA, 1967-93.
    • Member, Working Group of Diver Comm., Ad Hoc Comm. on Diver Equipment, Nat'l Security Industrial Admin., 1968-71.
    • Member, Nervous and Sensory Systems Research Evaluation Committee, Veterans Administration, 1969-72.
    • Member, Neurobiology Merit Review Board, Veterans Administration, 1972-74; Field Reviewer, 1975-85
    • Field Reviewer, Prosthesis Engineering Division, Veterans Administration Central Office, 1977-82.
  • Editorial
    • Book Review Editor, Journal Speech, Hearing Disorders, 1964-67.
    • Field Reviewer, Journal Acoustical Society of America, 1966-present.
    • Associate Editor, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1967-69, Field Reviewer, 1974-88.
    • Editor, Occasionally, Newsletter I.A.S.C.P., 1975-77.
    • Editor, The Phonetician, International Society of Phonetic Sciences, 1975-92.
    • Editor, AAPS Newsletter, Amer. Assn. Phonetic Sciences, 1976-79.
    • Editor, Forensic Communication, A.F.A.C.S., 1976-80.
    • Editorial Board, Journal of Communication Disorders, 1980-90.
    • Editorial Committee, Journal of Research in Singing, 1980-82.
    • Editorial Board, Advan. Forensic Psychology & Psychiatry, 1982-present.
    • Publications Board, Journal of Phonetics, 1983-85.
    • Editorial Board, Studia Phonetica Posnaniensia, 1985-present.
    • Co-editor, Trans. Care Prof. Voice, Voice Found., 1986-87.
    • Associate Editor, Journal of Voice, 1987-present.
    • Contributing Editor, NOAA Diving Manual: Diving for Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC, 1991.
    • Publications Board, Speech, Language and the Law, 1993-present.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS: 231

MINOR PUBLICATIONS: 201; PRESENTATIONS (invited and contributed): 436

FORENSIC AND EXPERT TESTIMONY:

Total Cases (through 1993): 493; Testimony: 98; Areas: Speaker identification, acoustics of gunfire, tape authentication, speech decoding/enhancement, noise control/analysis, electronic signatures, aircraft acoustics, correlates of intoxication, stress in voice.

Harry Hollien's Home Page: http://web.csd.ufl.edu/faculty/hollien.html 

Updated on 15 Oct. 2005

This website was created by LIU Weiming on 6 May, 2002.