Lawrence F. (Larry) Molt, PhD, earned a dual master’s degree in both audiology and speech-language pathology from the University of South Florida and a PhD in speech and hearing science from the University of Tennessee. Dually certified and a member of the initial cadre of ASHA Board Certified Fluency Specialists, he is also an ASHA Fellow. Dr. Molt retired in late 2023 as Professor and former Chair of the Auburn University Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department and Director of its Neuroprocesses Research Laboratory. He was awarded Professor Emeritus status at Auburn University. He currently actively engages in clinical practice in both professions.
Dr. Molt was named the Auburn University College of Liberal Arts’ “Engaged Professor” in 2016. He has also served on the faculty of the University of Georgia, University of Utah, and Florida Atlantic University.
Dr. Molt’s current contributions to the professions include chairing the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (ASLP-IC) Commission and Chairing the Alabama Board of Examiners for SLP/A (ABESPA). He is ASHA’s representative to the World Health Organization Rehabilitation 2030: Rehabilitation Competency Framework Working Group. Dr. Molt also serves on the Board of Directors of Alabama Special Olympics and as state director of that organization’s “Healthy Athletes” and “Healthy Hearing” programs.
He has served as President of the International Fluency Association, President of the Speech and Hearing Association of Alabama, Coordinator of ASHA Special Interest Group 4: Fluency and Fluency Disorders, Chair of ASHA’s Scientific and Professional Education Board, Chair of the ASHA Political Action Committee (ASHA-PAC), Secretary and former Past-President of the National Council of State Boards of Examiners for SLP/A (NCSB), Chair of ASHA’s Financial Planning Board, and member of the National Stuttering Association’s (NSA) Board of Directors. Dr. Molt is a person who stutters and is especially proud of being selected as the NSA’s “Speech-Language Pathologist of the Year” in 2003.