Barbara S. Herrmann
Audiologist, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Awarded $2,500
John Tetnowski
Jeanette Sias Endowed Chair in Speech Pathology, Professor
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
Awarded $2,000; School system awarded $500
Kyle Greene-Pendelton
Speech-Language Pathologist
Consolidated School District of New Britain
New Britain, CT
Colorado
Melanie Potock
My Munch Bug, LLC
Florida
Angela Medina
Florida International University
Illinois
Carrie Kerr
PRC-Saltillo
Kansas
Susan Koerner
University of Kansas
Massachusetts
Robert Melchionna
Cape Cod Hospital
Oklahoma
John Tetnowski
Oklahoma State University
South Dakota
Terri Jensen
Teachwell Solutions
Tennessee
Jessica Lenden-Holt
Sidekick Therapy Partners
Vermont
Danielle Kent
Piece of Mind Therapy and Consulting
Nancy A. Creaghead
Professor
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Plural Publishing, Inc.
San Diego, CA
Awarded $35,000 per team
Rachel Johnson
Associate Professor
Old Dominion University
Sara Ware
Lead Speech-Language Pathologist
Little Hands Little Feet, PLLC
Proposal: Research, Education, Advocacy, Coaching, Human Connection (REACH) Clinician2Clinician Mentoring Program for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Service Provision
Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald
Assistant Professor
McMaster University
Kelly Rogers
Senior Speech-Language Pathologist
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Proposal: Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS)-Dysphagia: Development of a Swallowing Rehabilitation Framework
Naomi Rodgers
Assistant Professor
University of Iowa
Vivian Sisskin
Clinical Professor Emerita, University of Maryland
Owner/Director, Sisskin Stuttering Center
Proposal: Developing and Validating a Self-Report Assessment to Measure Stutter-Affirming Outcomes
Elizabeth Walker
Associate Professor
University of Iowa
Caitlin Sapp
Supervisor of Pediatric Audiology
University of North Carolina Medical Center
Proposal: Children's Hearing Aid Access Under Medicaid Programs
Awarded $25,000 each
Amy Delaney
Assistant Professor
Marquette University
Proposal: Standardization of Feeding Skill Development in Typically Developing Infants 6 to 18 Months of Age
Swallowing Research Fund
Mili Kuruvilla-Dugdale
Associate Professor
University of Iowa
Proposal: Exploring Psychophysical Scaling for Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Dysarthria
Margarethe McDonald
Assistant Professor
University of Kansas
Proposal: Predicting Experience-Specific Bilingual Speech Production With Machine Learning
Gabriela Meade
Assistant Professor
Mayo Clinic
Proposal: Dysphagia in Patients With Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech: Identification, Characterization, and Clinical Correlates
Swallowing Research Fund
Hyejin Park
Assistant Professor
University of Mississippi
Proposal: Evaluation of Multimodal Communication Treatment with Discourse via Telepractice for People With Aphasia
Terrin Tamati
Research Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Proposal: Remote Training to Improve Indexical Processing Deficits in Adult Cochlear Implant Users
Awarded $10,000 each
Haley Dresang
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Proposal: Artificial Intelligence Advancement of Event Knowledge Measures for Clinical Aphasiology
Alexander Foote
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, San Diego
Proposal: A Causal Link Between Laryngeal Sensorimotor Neuropathy in Post-Viral Influenza Infection
Nichole Houle
Assistant Professor
Binghamton University
Proposal: Identifying the Relationship Between Vocal Effort and Vocal Gender Congruence in Transfeminine People
Heather Kabakoff
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
New York University
Proposal: Voice in Motion: Predicting Changes in Voice and Speech Following Focused Ultrasound Surgery for Essential Tremor
Renee King
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Proposal: Novel Preclinical Mouse and Cell Culture Models of Laryngeal Papillomavirus-Associated Disease
Natalie Pak
Assistant Professor
University of South Florida
Proposal: Enhanced Milieu Teaching (EMT) en Español Para Autismo Using a Rapid Coaching Approach
Lois Bloom Language Development Research Fund
Erik Petersen
Postdoctoral Scholar Fellow
University of Washington
Proposal: A Bayesian Adaptive Procedure for Efficient Auditory Brainstem Response Threshold Estimation
Willem van Boxtel
Assistant Professor
Louisiana State University
Proposal: Predictive Processing in Aphasia: Assessment Implications from Online Eye Tracking and Memory Interference
Mary Claire Wofford
Assistant Professor
Western Carolina University
Proposal: En las Afueras: Early Childhood Speech and Language Services for Spanish-Speaking Families in Rural Spaces
Awarded $10,000
Iyad Ghanim
Assistant Professor
Kean University
Proposal: Validity of Speech-In-Noise Hearing Assessments for Bilinguals
Ira M. Ventry and Brad W. Friedrich Memorial Funds
Awarded $2,000 each
Sarah Crow
Aud/PhD Candidate
The University of Texas at Dallas
Mentor: Andrea Warner-Czyz
Proposal: Central Executive Functioning in Young Adults With Cochlear Implants: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Study
Katie Esser
AuD Candidate
Towson University
Mentor: William Bologna
Proposal: Striving for Ecological Validity: Effects of Listener Position on Speech Recognition and Listening Effort in a Multitalker Environment
Priya Premkumar
PhD Candidate
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mentor: Michelle Hughes
Proposal: Development of a Decision Aid for Single-Sided Deafness Intervention for Adults: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study
Arlene M. and Noel D. Matkin Memorial Fund
Awarded $2,000 each
McKenzie Cullinan
PhD Candidate
University of Texas at Dallas
Mentor: Pumpki Lei Su
Proposal: Using Production Practice to Improve Word Learning in Autistic Children
Ada López González
PhD Candidate
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Mentor: Megan Gross
Proposal: Caregiver-Implemented Early Language Interventions in Puerto Rico: A Mixed-Methods Examination of Provider and Caregiver Practices and Perspectives to Develop Culturally Responsive Interventions
Suzanne Stiles
PhD Candidate
Vanderbilt University
Mentor: Stephen Camarata
Proposal: Teaching Black American Caregivers to Implement Enhanced Milieu Teaching (EMT) With Their Young Children Developmental Language Disorder: A Pilot Study
Awarded $10,000 each
Kevin Renz Ambrocio
University of Pittsburgh
Area of Study: Upper Aerodigestive Function in Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis
Olivia Boorom
University of Kansas
Area of Study: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Kristina Bowdrie
The Ohio State University
Area of Study: Influence of Temperament on Language and Hearing
Wayne and Marilyn Olsen Audiology Research Fund
Kelsey Davison
Boston University
Area of Study: Mono- and Bilingual Children’s Language Development
Abigail Dueppen
University of Houston
Area of Study: Voice Disorders
Elizabeth Evans
University of Florida
Area of Study: Social Determinants of Health and Post-Stroke Outcomes
Fatima Jebahi
University of Arizona
Area of Study: Adult Acquired Neurogenic Language Disorders
Yookyung Kim
Arizona State University
Area of Study: Genetic Etiologies and Brain-Based Biomarkers of Dyslexia
Jennifer Markfeld
Vanderbilt University
Area of Study: Language Development; Autism and Language Disorders
Jade Mitchell
Vanderbilt University
Area of Study: Traumatic Brain Injury
Elizabeth Mormer
University of Pittsburgh
Area of Study: Health Services Research; Dysphagia
R.J. Risueño
Arizona State University
Area of Study: Bilingual Language and Literacy Disorders
Taylor Snodgrass
East Carolina University
Area of Study: Craniofacial and Velopharyngeal Disorders
Louisa Suting
University of Connecticut
Area of Study: Neurogenic Communication Disorders
Hantao Wang
University of Washington
Area of Study: Speech Motor Control
Awarded $5,000 each
Blossom Adanike
MS Candidate, California State University, Chico
Eugenia Agyemang
AuD Candidate, Ball State University
Hannah Brownd
MS Candidate, Purdue University
Joyce Chung
MS Candidate, Boston University
Brigit Corej
MA Candidate, George Washington University
Clarice Friedrich
MA Candidate, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Ashley Garcia
MA Candidate, California State University, Los Angeles
Amy Gionfriddo
MA Candidate, University of Maryland, College Park
Alejandra Gomez
AuD Candidate, University of North Texas
Lua Harmsen
MS Candidate, Carlos Albizu University
Devin Lukachik
MS Candidate, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio
Hannah Manion
MA Candidate, Temple University
Eric Mitchell
AuD/PhD Candidate, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Erin Smith
MS Candidate, University of Washington
Peyton Tripp
MA Candidate, University at Buffalo
Kala Singh Memorial Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Ghina Fares
AuD Candidate, University of Kansas Medical Center
HaeJi Lee
PhD Candidate, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Denis Rudisch
PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Minority Scholarship Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Grecia Acevedo
MS Candidate, University of Oregon
Kareesha de Visser
MA Candidate, California State University, Long Beach
Muna Musse
MA Candidate, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
NSSLHA Scholarship Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Miles Dievert
MA Candidate, Hofstra University
Kara Scoggins
MEd Candidate, University of Georgia
Emory Twitty
MS Candidate, Baylor University
Affiliation at time of award.
Mariana Mendes Bahia
Postdoctoral Fellow
Northwestern University
Tiana Cowan
Postdoctoral Fellow
Boys Town National Research Hospital
Kwang Seob Kim
Assistant Professor
Purdue University
Alison Prahl
Assistant Professor
Baylor University