Frank R. Kleffner Lifetime Clinical Career Award
Howard C. Shane
Director, Autism Language Program and Center for Communication Enhancement, Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement
Awarded $2,500
Verna M. Chinen
Education Specialist, Hawaii Department of Education
Honolulu, Hawaii
Rolland J. Van Hattum Award for Contribution in the Schools
Awarded $2,000; School system awarded $500
Lisa A. Keane
Speech-Language Pathologist, Broward County Schools
Coral Springs, Florida
State Clinical Achievement Awards
California
Brenna L. Hughes
Community Regional Medical Center
Florida
Rachel E. Cohen
Florida Schools
Georgia
Juliet K. Haarbauer-Krupa
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hawaii
Verna M. Chinen
Hawaii Department of Education
Illinois
Leora R. Cherney
Shirley Ryan
AbilityLab
Iowa
Melissa A. Heinrichs
Select Specialty Hospital
Kansas
Kristin L. Pedersen
University of Kansas
Kentucky
Joneen Lowman
University of Kentucky
Massachusetts
Angela Mansolillo
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Michigan
Karen J. Kluin
Michigan Medicine
Mississippi
Lynn Hanson
Mississippi University for Women
Missouri
Elizabeth A. McKerlie
North Kansas City School District
Montana
Ginger G. Collins
University of Montana
Nebraska
Joshua D. Sevier
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Pennsylvania
Tamara L. Wasserman-Wincko
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
South Dakota
Deborah A. Flynn
Mitchell Technical Institute
Virginia
Manuela C. Aguilar
Longwood University
Clinical Research Grant
Awarded $50,000
Natalie Covington
Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Determining the Psychometric Properties of Procedural Memory Measures for the Development of a Clinical Assessment of Multiple Memory Systems"
Awarded $75,000 each
Angela Yarnell Bonino
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
"Hearing Assessment for Children With Developmental Delays"
Naomi F. Bramhall
Research Investigator, National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research
VA Portland Health Care System
"Listening Effort During Complex Speech Perception"
Erika S. Levy
Associate Professor, Columbia University
"Predictors of Intelligibility Changes in Children With Cerebral Palsy"
New Century Scholars Research Grant
Awarded $25,000 each
Pasquale Bottalico
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
"Classroom Acoustics for Enhancing Students’ Understanding When a Teacher Suffers from Voice Problems"
Frances Sayako Earle
University of Delaware
"The Use of Polysomnography to Track Perceptual Memory Consolidation in Adults With Developmental Language Impairment"
Jennifer Mozeiko
Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
"Quantifying Communication in the Home Environments of People With Aphasia"
Ignatius S. Nip
Assistant Professor, San Diego State University
"Quantifying Tongue Movement After Radiation Therapy in Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer"
New Investigators Research Grant
Awarded $10,000 each
Jamie Beth Boster
Director of Speech and Language Research, Nationwide Children's Hospital
"Increasing Social Interactions Between Children With Complex Communication Needs and Peers: Effects of a Collaborative Photography Intervention and Parallel Training for Speech-Language Pathologists"
Lisa Fitton
Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
"Assessment of Spanish-English Speakers’ Language and Literacy Development"
Zoi Gkalitsiou
Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
"Working Memory Ability in Adults Who Stutter"
Alison Eisel Hendricks
Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
"Factors Influencing Use of Nonmainstream Dialect Features in Typically-Developing Children"
Corinne A. Jones
Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
"Objective Measurement of Swallowing Physiology in Multiple Sclerosis and Response to Dalfampridine"
Shae D. Morgan
Assistant Professor, University of Louisville
"Auditory Processing of Suprasegmental Speech Information"
Brielle C. Stark
Assistant Professor, Indiana University
"Reliability of Spoken Discourse in Speakers With Aphasia"
Michelle C.S. Therrien
Assistant Professor, Florida State University
"Training Preschool Teachers to Support Peer Interaction for Children With Complex Communication Needs"
Sarah N. Villard
Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston University
"Persons With Aphasia at the Cocktail Party: Influence of Linguistic-Semantic Factors on Selective Attention to Target Speech"
Student Research Grant in Audiology
Awarded $2,000
Jeong-Seo Kim
PhD Candidate, University of Iowa
Mentor: Carolyn J. Brown
"Acoustically Evoked Compound Action Potential in the Electro-Acoustic Stimulation (EAS) Cochlear Implant Users"
Ashley Rae Parker
PhD Candidate, University of Connecticut
Mentor: Erika Skoe
"The Inner Ear Protein Prestin as a Biological Index of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss"
Student Research Grant in Early Childhood Language Development
Awarded $2,000
Emily H. Laubscher
PhD Candidate, Pennsylvania State University
Mentor: Janice Light
"Effect of a Parent Training on Vocabulary Use for Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder"
Corinne Walker
PhD Candidate, University of Kansas
Mentor: Nancy Brady
"An Augmentative and Alternative Communication Narrative Intervention: Teaching the Art of Storytelling"
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New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship
Awarded $10,000 each
Defne Abur
PhD Candidate, Boston University
Area of Study: Speech Perception and Speech Motor Control
Rebecca E. Bieber
PhD Candidate, University of Maryland
Area of Study: Effects of Aging and Hearing Loss on Speech Perception
Danielle Brates
PhD Candidate, New York University
Area of Study: Variability in Normal and Disordered Adult Swallowing Physiology
Jane Ann Burton
PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Area of Study: Auditory Neuroscience and Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Kevin Terance Cunningham
PhD Candidate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Area of Study: Aphasia; Motor Speech Disorders in Neurodegenerative Disease
Sarah K. Diehl
PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Area of Study: Cognitive-Linguistic Ability and Motor Speech Performance in Neurodegenerative Disorders
Yao Du
PhD Candidate, University of California, Irvine
Area of Study: Inclusive Design in Mobile/Voice Assistive Technology for Children With Communication Disorders
Laura Anne Friedman
PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Area of Study: Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Effects on Language in Adolescents and Adults
Natalie Gilmore
PhD Candidate, Boston University
Area of Study: Aphasia; Intervention for Cognitive-Linguistic Impairment After Acquired Brain Injury
Shirley Huang
PhD Candidate, University of Colorado, Boulder
Area of Study: Bilingual Language Development in Children and Culturally-Sensitive Clinical Tools
Allison Ann Johnson
PhD Candidate, University of Maryland
Area of Study: Speech Development, Production and Perception in Children Who Use Cochlear Implants
Mara Rosanne Kapsner-Smith
PhD Candidate, University of Washington
Area of Study: Neural and Learning Mechanisms Underlying Functional Voice Disorders
Renee E. King
PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Area of Study: Vocal Fold Epithelial Biology and Infectious Disease
Caroline Larson
PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Area of Study: Language and Cognitive Development: Assessment and Intervention in Children
Yina Magally Quique
PhD Candidate, University of Pittsburgh
Area of Study: Assessment and Treatment for Spanish Speakers With Aphasia
Camille Jane Wynn
PhD Candidate, Utah State University
Area of Study: Speech Acoustics and Prosody and Conversational Entrainment in Children
Graduate Student Scholarship
Awarded $5,000 each
Megan Clare Bartoshuk
AuD Candidate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Audiology
Maria Elana Bonvissuto
AuD Candidate, University of Akron
Audiology
Amanda Renee Carver
MS Candidate, University of Oregon
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Grace McKinnon Cutchin
MS Candidate, Auburn University
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Courtney M. Green
MA Candidate, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Speech-Language Pathology
Bryant Davis Hatch
MA Candidate, George Washington University
Speech-Language Pathology
Cara Anne Imbalzano
MS Candidate, Misericordia University
Speech-Language Pathology
Daniela Kite
AuD Candidate, San Diego State University
Audiology
Cailin Brooke Michael
MA Candidate, Ohio University
Speech-Language Pathology
Emily Larkin Marrow
PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Brenna Nelson
MS Candidate, Brigham Young University
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Muchinka Mbewe Peele
PhD Candidate, Texas Woman's University
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Paul Blanton Rice
MS Candidate, East Tennessee State University
Speech-Language Pathology
Erika S. Squires
PhD Candidate, Wayne State University
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Austin R. Thompson
PhD Candidate, Louisiana State University
Speech-Language Pathology
International Student Scholarship
Awarded $5,000 each
Linna Jingyu Jin
PhD Candidate, University of Washington
Rehabilitation Science
Tinotenda Chiedza Mupambo
MS Candidate, East Tennessee State University
Speech-Language Pathology
Surani G. Nakkawita
PhD Candidate, Louisiana State University
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Minority Student Scholarship
Awarded $5,000 each
Rocio Alvarez
MS Candidate, Saint Xavier University
Speech-Language Pathology
David M. Sanchez
MS Candidate, University of Washington
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Bryan M. Wong
AuD/PhD Candidate, University of Arizona
Audiology
NSSLHA Scholarship
Awarded $5,000 each
Ashley R. Grohmann
MS Candidate, East Tennessee State University
Speech-Language Pathology
Jennifer Elise Markfeld
MA Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Speech-Language Pathology
Roxanne K. Segina
MS Candidate, Boston University
Speech-Language Pathology
ASHA Research Conferences Travel Grants
Affiliation at time of award.
Vijayalakshmi Easwar
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Brittany N. Krekeler
PhD Student, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hua Ou
Visiting Assistant Professor, Wayne State University
Varsha H. Rallapalli
Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University
Arianna Rigon
Medical Fellow, Vanderbilt University Medical Center