Congratulations to the following PhD students who graduated in 2023:
![Lian Arzbecker](/sites/default/files/styles/25/public/2023-09/lian_arzbecker.jpg?itok=bvB_iI6z)
Lian Arzbecker
Dissertation: Evaluating Levenshtein Distance: Assessing Perception of Accented Speech Through Low- and High-Pass Filtering
Current position: University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, Motor Speech Laboratory
![Victoria Diedrichs](/sites/default/files/styles/25/public/2023-09/victoria_diedrichs_1.jpg?itok=NUPf0rPQ)
Victoria Diedrichs
Dissertation: Semantic and Phonological Brain Networks in Older Adults With and Without Aphasia
Current position: Northwestern University and Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
![Geoff Green](/sites/default/files/styles/25/public/2023-09/geoff_green_ii_1.jpg?itok=FbAXfSuy)
Geoff Green
Dissertation: A Mixed Methods Investigation of The Implications of Listening Effort on Brain-to-Brain Synchrony During Communication
Current position: Cognitive Performance Consultant/Speaker Shift LLC
![Caitlin Kjeldsen](/sites/default/files/styles/25/public/2023-09/caitlin_pennington_1.jpg?itok=w9ezbClE)
Caitlin Kjeldsen
Dissertation: The Auditory Paradox of Preterm Birth: Bridging the Gap with Mother's Voice
Current position: Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
![Brittany Frick Semmler](/sites/default/files/styles/25/public/2023-09/bethany_frick_1.jpg?itok=hQIZq5Eq)
Bethany (Frick) Semmler
Dissertation: Prediction and Selection of Vocabulary for Early Symbolic Communicators who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Current position: Lecturer, OSU Department of Speech and Hearing Science