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Dennis Paul Lutz
Dennis Paul Lutz is an American college professor, speech pathologist, jazz musician, and Renaissance man.

Lutz was born on February 16, 1952 in Saegertown, Pennsylvania, the small, rural hometown of actress Sharon Stone. Lutz has held a colorful array of job titles in his lifetime, including carpenter, mechanic, musician, soiled textiles transportation technician, and college professor.

Dr. Lutz currently teaches at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in the Speech, Language, and Hearing department, though he is slated for retirement in 2012. Lutz has remarked to colleagues that he would like to pursue a post-retirement career as a Wal-Mart greeter. He received a B.S. from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 1980 and an M.A. in speech language pathology from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 1988. He holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Lutz was granted tenure at Edinboro University in May of 2008. He teaches in the areas of psycholinguistics, acoustical phonetics, speech and hearing science, and computer applications. He also conducts clinical supervision at the Governor George Leader Speech and Hearing Center, and has served as clinic director. Lutz is an ardent admirer of linguistic anthropologist Gregory Bateson, and self-identifies and is known among colleagues as a “Bateson scholar.”  Contrary to popular belief among undergraduate students at Edinboro University, Lutz has never been awarded knighthood by a sovereign of the United Kingdom. Dr. Lutz is, however, a practicing Freemason, and was awarded the title of Worshipful Master of Lodge 473 in Pennsylvania’s 25th Masonic District in 2012.

Dr. Lutz developed the John A. Boylan, Jr. award in honor of Edinboro University colleague John Boylan, Jr., (M.Ed., CCC-SLP), who was known for his pioneering work in integrating technology into the classroom, the clinic, and creating new opportunities for communication for individuals with severe speaking disabilities. The award is given to one second-year graduate student in Edinboro University’s Speech/Language Pathology program.

Dr. Lutz is well-known at Edinboro University for his clinical competency, linguistic expertise, unique teaching approach, and flamboyant personal style. He is frequently identified by students as either “Uncle Denny,” or ‘the guy in cowboy boots who chain-smokes Kools menthols outside Leader Clinic.’ Lutz is most noted for his long-time instruction of SLHD125: Psychology of Human Communication. Lutz’s teaching style combines storytelling, radical hermeneutics, humor, performance, interactive exercises, and frantic circumambulation of the classroom. Lutz’s teaching is highly rated by his students, who laud his effective use of humor in the classroom, quirky personality, and expertise in the fields of linguistics and speech pathology. His diagnostic clinical prowess, dry wit, and sardonic delivery have earned him the nickname “The Dr. House of Speech Pathology.”

Dr. Lutz has achieved the Chili Pepper for hotness on RateMyProfessors.com.

Dr. Lutz is married to Jan M. Lutz, award-winning Resident Artist and owner of Kelly Run Gallery and Framing in Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania. Dennis and Jan have two children, Zachary Lutz and Zada Komara. Zada is an archaeology doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky. Dennis’s daughter-in-law, Miriam Stull Lutz, is a fellow speech pathologist at Edinboro University, where she is currently pursuing a Master’s degree.

Dr. Lutz owns two classic Harley Davidson motorcycles and at least six lawnmowers, has seven cats, enjoys Photoshopping monkey memes in his spare time, and plays guitar for the improvisational American jazz band Raison d'être (not to be confused with the Swedish dark-ambient-industrial-drone music project of the same name).

He is also the proud owner of a full head of hair.