Frank R. Kleffner Lifetime Clinical Career Award
Carol Westby
Consultant, Bilingual Multicultural Services
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement
Awarded $2,500
Susan Ostrowski
Reading2Connect
Naintic, Connecticut
Rolland J. Van Hattum Award for Contribution in the Schools
Awarded $2,000; School system awarded $500
Maureen Staskowski
Consultant for Speech, Language and Literacy
Clarkston, Michigan
State Clinical Achievement Award
Connecticut
Susan Ostrowski
Reading2Connect
Hawaii
Amy Shipley
Hilo Medical Center
Kansas
Lynn Hawk
University of Kansas Health System
Massachusetts
Kimberly Delude
Natick Public Schools
Mississippi
Machelle Aultman
Aultman Speech Therapy
Missouri
Greta Hull
University of Missouri
Montana
Amy Glaspey
University of Montana
Nevada
Elizabeth Meyerowitz
Nevada State College
South Carolina
Erica Taylor
Prisma Health Richland
Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration Grant
Awarded $35,000 per team
Natalie Douglas
Associate Professor, Central Michigan University
and
Susan Browning
Clinical and Quality Specialist, Encore Rehabilitation Services
Proposal: Coaching Nursing Assistants to Improve Communicative Interactions: An Implementation Study
Jordan Hazelwood
Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University
and
Aneesha Virani
Clinical Coordinator of Rehabilitation Services, Northside Hospital
Proposal: Examining the Effect of Implementing a Standardized Approach for the Modified Barium Swallow Study (MBSS)
John Heilmann
Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
and
Andrea Bertone
Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Proposal: Barriers and Facilitators to Inclusion in the Schools: Exploration at the State, District, and Clinician Levels
Heather Porter
Senior Audiology Research Associate, Boys Town National Research Hospital
and
Jan Kaminski
Director, Clinical Sensory Physiology Laboratory at Boys Town National Research Hospital
Proposal: High-Frequency Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) Testing to Improve Audiologic Clinical Services for Vulnerable Populations
New Century Scholars Research Grant
Awarded $25,000 each
Brittan A. Barker
Assistant Professor, Utah State University
Proposal: Linking Parents’ Stories to Health Outcomes: Working Toward a Narrative Intervention Helping Parents to Cope With the Impact of Their Children’s Cochlear Implantation
Danai Kasambira Fannin
Associate Professor, North Carolina Central University
Proposal: Contextual Factors Affecting Identification of Rural African American Children With Autism
Sung-Joo Lim
Research Assistant Professor, Boston University
Proposal: Neural Systems for Attentional Control in Speech Processing
Yonghee Oh
Assistant Professor, University of Florida
Proposal: Effects of Steady Background Noise on Segregation of Speech Based on Voice Pitch Differences in Hearing Impaired Listeners
New Investigators Research Grant
Awarded $10,000 each
Carlos Benítez-Barrera
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Dallas
Proposal: Quality of Auditory Environments: Impact on Neural and Behavioral Outcomes of Children From Low Socioeconomic Homes
Meghan M. Davidson
Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
Proposal: The Role of Social Communication Child and Text Factors in Comprehension for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Typically Developing Peers
Eileen Haebig
Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University
Proposal: Retrieval-Based Word Learning in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Kelly Nicole Jahn
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Massachusetts Eye and Ear; Harvard Medical School
Proposal: Physiological Markers of Sound Intolerance in Individuals With Hyperacusis
Brittany N. Krekeler
Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University
Proposal: Device Facilitated Lingual Strength and Skill: Comparison of Devices in Healthy Adults and Individuals With Stroke
Matthew Masapollo
Assistant Professor, University of Florida
Proposal: Mechanisms of Speech Motor Sequence Learning
Jena McDaniel
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Kansas
Proposal: Increasing Child Vocalizations to Facilitate Language Skills of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
New Fund Support for 2020: Lois Bloom Language Development Research Fund
Victoria Sue McKenna
Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati
Proposal: Sensorimotor Reflexes in Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders
Ileana Ratiu
Assistant Professor, Midwestern University
Proposal: The Impact of Auditory Distraction on Executive Function and Reading Comprehension in Individuals With and Without Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: An Eye-Tracking Study
Naomi Rodgers
Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Proposal: Visual Social Attention Among Adolescents Who Stutter
Speech Science Research Grant
Awarded $5,000
Breanna I. Krueger
Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming
Proposal: Interpretation of Misarticulated Words by Children With Speech Sound Disorders
Student Research Grant in Audiology
Ira M. Ventry and Brad W. Friedrich Memorial Funds
Awarded $2,000
Caitlin Sapp
PhD Candidate, University of Iowa
Mentor: Elizabeth Walker
Proposal: Audibility-Based Counseling for Parents of Children With Hearing Loss
Student Research Grant in Early Childhood Language Development
Arlene M. and Noel D. Matkin Memorial Fund
Awarded $2,000
Shirley Huang
PhD Candidate, University of Colorado Boulder
Mentor: Pui Fong Kan
Proposal: Emotion Competency Skills and Language Development in Bilingual Children With and Without a Language Impairment
New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship
Awarded $10,000 each
Sofia Benson-Goldberg
PhD Candidate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Area of Study: Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Literacy Interventions for Children with Severe Disabilities
Courtney Broadfoot
PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Area of Study: Vocal Communication in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Kimberly Crespo
PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Area of Study: Language Learning and Cognitive Performance in Bilingual Children
Cara Donohue
PhD Candidate, University of Pittsburgh
Area of Study: Dysphagia in Patients with Pulmonary Diseases; Respiratory Interventions
Alexander Foote
PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Area of Study: Vocal Fold Health and Clinical Treatments for Laryngeal Disorders
Jesse Hoffmeister
PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Area of Study: Neural Control of Cranial Sensorimotor Functions Related to Voice and Swallowing
Rachel Hoge
PhD Candidate, Florida State University
Area of Study: Bilingual Literacy Development and Disorders
Stacey Kane
PhD Candidate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Area of Study: Auditory and Speech Perception in School-Age Children with Hearing Loss and with Normal Hearing
Lynsey Keator
PhD Candidate, University of South Carolina
Area of Study: Aphasia Rehabilitation and Underlying Neural Mechanisms of Language
Sigfus Kristinsson
PhD Candidate, University of South Carolina
Area of Study: Neurogenic Communication Disorders and Aphasia Recovery
Emily Lorang
PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Area of Study: Functional Communication in Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Katherine Marks
PhD Candidate, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Area of Study: Voice Disorders and Correlates of Vocal Effort
Emily Morrow
PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Area of Study: Assessment and Management of Cognitive Communication Disorders
Austin Thompson
PhD Candidate, Florida State University
Area of Study: Motor Speech Disorders
Laura Toles
PhD Candidate, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Area of Study: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders
Alexander Tucci
PhD Candidate, University of Arizona
Area of Study: Development of Assessment Tools for Speech and Language Across the Lifespan
Graduate Student Scholarship
Awarded $5,000 each
Hannah Barton
MS Candidate, Rush University
Speech-Language Pathology
Nina Benway
PhD Candidate, Syracuse University
Speech-Language Pathology
Katelyn Berg
PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Sharice Clough
PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Caitlin Cummings
PhD Candidate, The Ohio State University
Speech-Language Pathology
Claire Dorey
AuD Candidate, University of Florida
Audiology
Justin Jensen
AuD Candidate, University of Iowa
Audiology
Chele Landry
MS Candidate, Southeastern Louisiana University
Speech-Language Pathology
Riley Malloy
MS Candidate, Northwestern University
Speech-Language Pathology
Janine Mathee
PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Speech-Language Pathology
Michael Scimeca
PhD Candidate, Boston University
Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences
Kathrin Sindt
MS Candidate, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Speech-Language Pathology
Sabrina Vasques
MS Candidate, New York Medical College
Speech-Language Pathology
Rebecca Willer
MS Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Speech-Language Pathology
Liliana Williams
MA Candidate, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Speech-Language Pathology
Jeremy Wolfberg
MS Candidate, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Speech-Language Pathology
International Student Scholarship
Kala Singh Memorial Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Anna Beatriz Guerrero
MS Candidate, California State University, Northridge
Speech-Language Pathology
Yaxal Sobrevilla Ramirez
MS Candidate, Marquette University
Speech-Language Pathology
Minority Student Scholarship
Minority Scholarship Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Nadia El-Yousseph
MA Candidate, The Ohio State University
Speech-Language Pathology
Lara Guevara
MS Candidate, University of Arizona
Speech-Language Pathology
Katherine Perez
MS Candidate, Florida State University
Speech-Language Pathology
NSSLHA Scholarship
NSSLHA Scholarship Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Ivette De Aguiar
MS Candidate, University of South Florida
Speech-Language Pathology
Giselle Marquez
MA Candidate, University of Oregon
Speech-Language Pathology
Maura Philippone
MA Candidate, George Washington University
Speech-Language Pathology