CSD Research Symposium

Undergraduate and graduate students in Communication Sciences and Disorders are actively engaged in research opportunities within the department and across campus.

Each year, we host a research event allowing student researchers to share their research with the broader community.

2023-2024 Event

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 6-7:30 p.m.
Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic
Research Building A, off Hastings Road

This year's event features posters from Penn State undergraduate students, as well as students from North Carolina A&T State University, through a collaboration under the National Science Foundation’s Build and Broaden Program. NC A&T posters are indicated with an asterisk.

1) Unheard Signals: TBI- Related CAPD and the Missing Link in Recovery

Presented by: Grace Schneider, Alex Kana, Gabrielle Goldman 
Faculty Mentor: Maegan Mapes, Au.D., CCC-A

2) Utilizing EEG to Determine How Language and Concreteness Affect Semantic Organization

Presented by: Cameron G. Koch
Faculty Mentor: Chaleece W. Sandberg, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

3) Measuring Tongue Range of Motion in People with Down Syndrome

Presented by: Colleen Williams, Alyssa Lynch, Emily Beeghly
Faculty Mentor: Jimin Lee, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

*4) SLP College Students: The Effect Accents and Dialects Have On Their Communication and Education

Presented by: Alexis Clark, Mina McGee
Faculty Mentor: Joy L. Kennedy, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

5) Associations Between Non-Word Repetition and Sentence Repetition in L1 and L2 English Speakers

Presented by: Sarah Mento, Courtney Gallagher, Leah Daukshus, Tyshia Myers, Abdlrahman Alabdallah, Trina Lord, Raegan Holzhuter
Faculty Mentor: Carol Miller, Ph.D.

6) How Does Final-Consonant Devoicing and Highly Confusable American English Vowels Affect the Production of English in Dutch-English Bilinguals?

Presented by: Merel Padt
Faculty Mentor: Annie Olmstead, Ph.D.

7) Does the Severity of Dysarthria Experienced by Training Talkers Affect the Perceptual Learning Effectiveness in Listeners

Presented by: Julia McCarthy
Faculty Mentor: Annie Olmstead, Ph.D.

*8) The Impact of Oral Motor and Sensory Skills on Early Communication Skills

Presented by: Aliyah Hodges
Faculty Mentor: Deana Lacy McQuitty, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

9) Examining the Intelligibility Differences Between Two Types of Clear Speech

Presented by: Emma Hoorfar
Faculty Mentor: Annie Olmstead, Ph.D.

10) Beyond words: Discovering Language Through EEG Technology

Presented by: Mary Lefever, Alex Kana, Gidey Gezae, Maddie Solano
Faculty Mentor: Carol Miller, Ph.D.

11) Using the Accessible Literacy Learning (ALL) App to Improve Early Reading Outcomes for Learners with Complex Communication Needs

Presented by: Riley Outt, Abby Leigland, Emily Maldonado
Faculty Mentors: Jessica Caron, Ph.D., CCC-SLP; Salena Babb, Ph.D.

*12) Lack of Diversity in the Profession of SLP: Impact on Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Clients

Presented by: Maya Rogers
Faculty Mentor: Deana Lacy McQuitty, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

13) Speech Masking as a Determiner of Bilingual Proficiency

Presented by: Brianna Cadavero
Faculty Mentor: John Lipski, Ph.D.

14) Improving Early Writing Skills in AAC Learners

Presented by: Katie Lynch, Bryan Ciabattoni, Mary Pelicio
Faculty Mentors: Jessica Caron, Ph.D., CCC-SLP; Salena Babb, Ph.D.

15) Role of Attention in Speech-In-Speech Recognition 

Presented by: Madelene Tavarez, Ashton Hadden, Andrea Burgos
Faculty Mentors: Annie Olmstead, Ph.D.; Navin Viswanathan, Ph.D.

*16) Voice Outcomes for Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19: Implications for Speech Language Pathologists

Presented by: Jada Crudup
Faculty Mentor: Deana Lacy McQuitty, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

17) The Use of Spontaneous Swallowing Frequency in Evaluating Dysphagia Across Various Clinical Populations

Presented by: Jacqueline Ford
Faculty Mentor: Aarthi Madhavan, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

18) Longitudinal Vowel Spectral Changes in People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Presented by: Dani Iodice, Erica Jackson, Merel Padt
Faculty Mentors: Jimin Lee, Ph.D., CCC-SLP; Andrew Geronimo, Ph.D.

19) Longitudinal Changes of Speaking Rate in People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Presented by: Ryleigh Jozwiak, Ashley Joyner, Marissa Boyer, Heather Killian, Krystyn Fajardo
Faculty Mentors: Jimin Lee, Ph.D., CCC-SLP; Andrew Geronimo, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Krajewski, M.S., CCC-SLP

*20) Impact of Classroom Acoustics: Learning Outcomes in School Aged Children

Presented by: Demi Bernard
Faculty Mentor: Deana Lacy McQuitty, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

21) Examining Phoneme Discrimination Abilities of Adults with Down Syndrome

Presented by: Emma Ferry, Maddie Kalish
Faculty Mentor: Annie Olmstead, Ph.D.

22) Developing a Picture Matching Task to Study Communication Between Individuals with ALS and their Interlocators

Presented by: Grace Gonzalez, Maggie DeVito, Francesca Friedman
Faculty Mentor: Annie Olmstead, Ph.D.

23) Understanding Healthcare Workers Knowledge and Perception of Dysphagia

Presented by: Debra Spaid
Faculty Mentor: Aarthi Madhavan, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

*24) The Incidence and Prevalence of Autism Among Underrepresented Populations: The Untold Story

Presented by: Fallon Cooper
Faculty Mentor: Deana Lacy McQuitty, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

25) Preschoolers' Fast Mapping of Novel Words in Play-Based and Story-Based Exposure Types

Presented by: Trina Lord
Faculty Mentor: Carol Miller, Ph.D.

26) Bridge the Gap: Studying Dialectal Difference in Interaction

Presented by: Gabriella Mirza, Sara Hiller, Karlie Daschbach, Shannon Long, Kate Coll
Faculty Mentor: Navin Viswanathan, Ph.D.

*27) Speech in Belize: Project SHARE (Speech Language and Hearing Reaching Everyone)

Presented by: Derron McQuitty
Faculty Mentor: Deana Lacy McQuitty, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

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