Journie Dickerson, PhD student, was selected to receive the Audiology/Hearing Science Research Travel Award (ARTA) to attend the 2024 ASHA Convention in Seattle, Washington. She will be present a co-authored paper titled, “Linguistic Complexity and Noise Influence Intelligibility for L1- and L2-Accented English.”
Meredith Suhr, recent MA-SLP graduate and current PhD student, has been selected to present her work titled, "Impact of Adult Prompting on Communicative Functions Used by School-Age Autistic AAC Users" at the 2024 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) convention. The presentation has been designated with the special distinction of "Visionary Session," because it exemplifies forward-thinking and has the potential to significantly impact the field. ASHA has also recognized the submission as a "Meritorious Poster Submission," because it has been deemed as showing extraordinary, exceptional, and elevated work. Meredith's submission is one of 150 specifically selected out of 3300. Meredith has been invited to present the poster session on Friday, Dec. 6 in Seattle, Washington.
Izabela Jamsek was awarded the Language Learning Dissertation Grant from the Journal of Research in Language Studies. The grant covers grant-related expenses up to $2,000 to support her dissertation research on “Context-Dependent Parental Communication with Hard-of-Hearing Children.” Congratulations to Izabela and her dissertation advisor, Dr. Frush Holt.
Nicole Viola (PhD candidate--pictured left) and Jessica Timog (MA/PhD student--pictured right) have both been awarded 2024 Student Fellowships to the Academy of Neurologic Communication Sciences and Disorders (ANCDS) annual conference. They will join 10 other graduate students who were chosen based on their research interests, passion, and dedication to the area of neurogenics. ANCDS strives to improve the quality of life for people with neurologically-based communication impairments through research, education, and advocacy. Their fellowship award includes assignment of an ANCDS mentor, complimentary registration at the ANCDS 2024 Annual Scientific & Business Meeting, as well as a one-year ANCDS student membership. Nicole and Jess are both students in Dr. Lundine’s Childhood Cognition, Communication, and Brain Injury (CABI) Lab.
Shea Mangan, first year MA-SLP student, was awarded a national scholarship from Sertoma ("one of the oldest service clubs in the US"). Sertoma’s Communicative Disorders Scholarship, funded by the Sertoma Annual Fund, is for graduate students pursing advanced degrees in audiology or speech-language pathology from institutions in the U.S. These scholarships, worth $1,000 each, are awarded in the spring to help offset the cost of tuition, books and fees incurred during the following school year. Sertoma’s Communicative Disorders Scholarships provides more funds nationally for graduate level study in communicative disorders than any other single organization.
