Edythe A. Strand
Professor Emeritus, Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Affiliate Professor, University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Awarded $2,500
Shanna Stack
Speech-Language Pathologist and Co-Owner
Moving Mountains Therapy Center
Missoula, MT
Awarded $2,000; School system awarded $500
Julie Malone
Speech-Language Pathologist
La Mesa-Spring Valley School District
Chula Vista, CA
Arkansas
Kamela Rowland
Little Rock Southwest High School
Florida
Deborah Campbell
Superior Therapy Services, Inc.
Iowa
Elisa Green
St. Ambrose University
Kansas
Marena Mitchell
Bringing Therapy Home, LLC
Michigan
Katie Strong
Central Michigan University
Montana
Shanna Stack
Moving Mountains Therapy Center
Pennsylvania
Yvette McCoy
Moravian University
South Carolina
Michele Norman
Francis Marion University
South Dakota
Jane Heinemeyer
Speech and Language Solutions
Awarded $35,000 per team
Susan Fager
Director, Communication Center, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals
and
Jessica Gormley
Assistant Professor; Research Coordinator, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Proposal: Exploration of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Training Supports for Health Care Providers
Julie Feuerstein
Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida
and
Jennifer Tucker
Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida
Proposal: Facilitating Intentional Communication in Young Children With Complex Communication and Motor Needs: Integrating Communication and Motor Supports to Optimize Treatment Effects
Elizabeth Kelley
Associate Professor, University of Missouri
and
Claire Willard
Speech and Language Coordinator, Columbia Public Schools
Proposal: Supporting Speech-Language Pathologists in Academic Vocabulary Intervention (SSAVI)
Pamela Souza
Professor, Northwestern University
and
Heidi Hill
Owner, Hearing Health Clinic
Proposal: Clinical Application of Cognitive Assessment in Audiology
Awarded $25,000 each
Sabrina Horvath
Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina
Proposal: Syntactic Bootstrapping in Late Talkers
Erin Kamarunas
Associate Professor, James Madison University
Proposal: Predictive Value of Oral Sensory Perception on Dysphagia
Swallowing Research Fund
Çagla Kantarcigil
Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
Proposal: Examining the Impact of Haptic Cues on Swallowing Frequency in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
Eun Jin Paek
Assistant Professor, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Proposal: Behavioral Outcomes and Neural Correlates of a Multifactorial Treatment Approach in Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type
Awarded $10,000 each
Tiana Cowan
Postdoctoral Fellow, Boys Town National Research Hospital
Proposal: Factors Influencing Adaptation to Unfamiliar Accented Speech for Bilingual and Monolingual Children
Hope Gerlach-Houck
Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University
Professor: Real-time Assessment of Daily Discrimination Experiences and Mood States Among Adults Who Stutter
Teresa Girolamo
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Connecticut
Proposal: Determining the Role of Social Determinants of Health in Young Adulthood Outcomes of Autistic Black, Indigenous, and People of Color With Language Impairment
Kelsey Klein
Assistant Professor, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Proposal: Children's Real-Time Spoken Word Recognition While Listening in Two-Talker Speech
Caroline Larson
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Connecticut
Proposal: Language-Related Neural Function in Developmental Language Disorder
Lois Bloom Language Development Research Fund
Helen Long
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Proposal: Prelinguistic Vocal Behaviors in Infants at Risk of Cerebral Palsy Under 24 Months
Alison Prahl
Assistant Professor, Baylor University
Proposal: Treatment to Improve Language Outcomes for Young Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Written Language Intervention for Functional Texts
Kaila Stipancic
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University at Buffalo
Proposal: Effects of Speaker and Listener Characteristics on the Minimally Detectable Change of Speech Intelligibility: Dysarthria Etiology, Speech Severity, and Listener Experience
Laura Toles
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Proposal: Defining Clinically Important Differences in Cepstral and Spectral Measures in Individuals With and Without Phonotrauma
Dennis Klatt Memorial Fund
Awarded $10,000
Katherine Marks
Postdoctoral Associate, Boston University
Proposal: Concurrent Validity of an Automated Acoustic Outcome Measure for Adductor Laryngeal Dystonia
Ira M. Ventry and Brad W. Friedrich Memorial Funds
Awarded $2,000
Donguk Lee
PhD Candidate, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Mentor: James Lewis
Proposal: Evaluation of Efferent Unmasking Using Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials
Laurel Money-Nolan
PhD Candidate, University of South Alabama
Mentor: Ashley Flagge
Proposal: The Influence of Yoga Training on Functional and Physiological Measures of Balance
Elizabeth Tobener
PhD Candidate, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Mentor: Steven Doettl
Proposal: Effect of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss on Video Ocular Counter Roll Measurements
Arlene M. and Noel D. Matkin Memorial Fund
Awarded $2,000 each
Lauramarie Pope
PhD Candidate, Pennsylvania State University
Mentor: Janice Light
Proposal: Supporting the Early Language Development of Young Children on the Autism Spectrum: Incorporating Augmentative and Alternative Communication into Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions
Katharine Radville
PhD Candidate, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Mentor: Tiffany Hogan
Proposal: The Effects of a Caregiver Training on Developmental Language Disorder
Awarded $10,000 each
Niyazi Arslan
Arizona State University
Area of Study: Cochlear Implants and Pitch Perception
Victoria Diedrichs
The Ohio State University
Area of Study: Adult Acquired Neurogenic Communication Impairments
Steven Gianakas
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Area of Study: Speech Perception in Individuals With Hearing Loss
Wayne and Marilyn Olsen Audiology Research Fund
Jenna Griffin
University of Montana
Area of Study: Rehabilitative Care for Stroke Survivors With Aphasia
Micah Hirsch
Florida State University
Area of Study: Motor Speech Disorders and Speech Perception
Jingyu Linna Jin
University of Washington
Area of Study: Culturally Responsive Clinical Practice
Daniel Kim
Vanderbilt University
Area of Study: Motor Speech Disorders
Erica Lescht
University of Pittsburgh
Area of Study: Developmental Stuttering
Elizabeth Lydon
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Area of Study: Neurogenic Cognitive-Communication Disorders
Alaina Martens
Northeastern University
Area of Study: Pediatric Dysphagia and Early Speech Development
Janine Mathee-Scott
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Area of Study: Early Language Development in Autism Spectrum and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Mariah Morton
Auburn University
Area of Study: Voice and Upper Airway Physiology
Katlyn Nickels
University of Arizona
Area of Study: Evidence-Based Treatment Protocols for Primary Progressive Aphasia
Jordanna Sevitz
Columbia University
Area of Study: Rehabilitation of Swallowing and Cough Function in Neurodegenerative Populations
Emily Thompson
Vanderbilt University
Area of Study: Pediatric Aural Rehabilitation
Anna Tinnemore
University of Maryland, College Park
Area of Study: Speech Perception and Language Processing in Adults With Cochlear Implants
Hasini Weerathunge
Boston University
Area of Study: Auditory and Somatosensory Speech Motor Control in Parkinson’s Disease
Awarded $5,000 each
Esly Arevalo
MS Candidate, Stephen F. Austin State University
Program: Speech-Language Pathology
Petronella Bhemba
MS Candidate, Baldwin Wallace University
Program: Speech-Language Pathology
Ryleigh Caldwell
MA Candidate, Indiana University
Program: Speech-Language Pathology
Lauren Clarke
MS Candidate, Brigham Young University
Program: Speech-Language Pathology
Kaylee Commet
MS Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Program: Speech-Language Pathology
Barbara De Jesus-Rivera
SLPD Candidate, Nova Southeastern University
Program: Speech-Language Pathology
Sonia De Los Rios Medina
MS Candidate, University of Washington
Program: Speech-Language Pathology
Angela Ding
MS Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Program: Speech-Language Pathology
Calvin Duong
AuD Candidate, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Program: Audiology
Mandy Durland
MA Candidate, Utah State University
Program: Speech-Language Pathology
Amber Gerasimchik
AuD Candidate, University of Florida
Program: Audiology
Nayanika Ghosh
PhD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin
Program: Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences
Ashley Hart
MA Candidate, Columbia University
Program: Speech-Language Pathology
Minna Natsuko Ito
MS Candidate, Boston University
Program: Speech-Language Pathology
Nicola Keeton
PhD Candidate, University of Pittsburgh
Program: Audiology
Da Mok Min
AuD Candidate, San Diego State University/University of California San Diego
Program: Audiology
Alana Tran
MS Candidate, San Francisco State University
Program: Speech-Language Pathology
Tynashia Whitaker
MA Candidate, University of Houston
Program: Speech-Language Pathology
Jacob Wright
MA Candidate, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Program: Speech-Language Pathology
Kala Singh Memorial Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Olutayo Kayode
MS Candidate, Minot State University
Program: Speech-Language Pathology
Tadeas Lunga
PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Program: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Minority Scholarship Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Mickenly Doyle
MA Candidate, San Diego State University
Program: Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences
Pa Chee Lor
AuD Candidate, University of Kansas
Program: Audiology
NSSLHA Scholarship Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Alicia Parsons
MA Candidate, The Ohio State University
Program: Speech-Language Pathology