Present | Professor Emeritus, East Tennessee State University ‐ Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2014 | Very Early Communication Intervention for Infants at High-risk and their Caregivers. |
ETSU | |
Major Grant | |
$9,900 | |
2008 - 2011 | Effects of Recast Rate and Distribution on Irregular Past Tense Acquisition |
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders - 1R15DC008869 | |
$204,798 | |
2010 - 2010 | Monitoring Developmental Outcomes in High Risk Toddlers/Preschoolers |
East Tennessee State University | |
Dean’s Research Enhancement Award | |
Colleague(s): P.A. Chase | |
$10,000 | |
2003 - 2003 | An Investigation of the Optional Infinitive and Surface Accounts of Tense Omission in Children’s Narratives |
East Tennessee State University | |
ETSU Major Grant | |
$5,867 | |
1997 - 1999 | Parental Recasts and Production of Copulas and Articles by Children with Specific Language Impairment and Typical Language |
KidsAction Research, Easter Seals | |
Doctoral Training Grant | |
$32,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2007 - Present | Member, Tennessee Association of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists | 1999 - Present | Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
Honors and Awards
- 1999 - AFASIC Third International Symposium Student Bursary
- 1999 - Second place in Allied Health Student Research Forum - University of Kansas Medical Center
- 1999 - University of Kansas Richard L. Schiefelbusch Child Langauge Scholarship
- 2008 - Invited Attendee of ASHA-NIDCD Sponsored Annual Research Conference: Lessons for Success: Developing the Emerging Scientist
- 2008 - East Tennessee State University Distinguished Faculty Award - College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences
Courses
- Language Development (Undergraduate)
- Child Evaluation and Treatment (Graduate)
- SLP Clinic (Graduate)
- Research Methods in CDIS (Graduate)
- Language and Literacy Disorders (Graduate)
- Language Disorders of Young Children (Graduate)
2005 | PhD, Speech-Language Pathology, University of Kansas | |
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1984 | M.Cl.Sc., Speech-Language Pathology, University of Western Ontario | |
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1980 | BSc, Speech-Language Pathology, University of Western Ontario | |
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