Karen Golding-Kushner
Speech-Language Pathologist and Owner
The Golding-Kushner Speech Center, LLC
Golding-Kushner Consulting, LLC
East Brunswick, NJ
Awarded $2,500
Elissa Larkin
Speech-Language Pathologist and Bioethicist
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Chicago, IL
Awarded $2,000; School system awarded $500
Iván Campos
Program Specialist
Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area
San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools
Loma Linda, CA
Florida
Adam Lloyd
University of Miami
Illinois
Elissa Larkin
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Mississippi
Amy LeBert
University of Southern Mississippi
New Jersey
Catherine Fredericks
Communicom, Inc.
South Dakota
Shelly Grinde
University of South Dakota
Lesley B. Olswang
Professor Emeritus
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Awarded $50,000 – $75,000
Marziye Eshghi
Assistant Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions; Harvard Medical School
Proposal: Alterations in Dynamic Properties of the Speech Motor Circuit as Early Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Pathology
Robert Brinton Fujiki
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Proposal: Developing a Pediatric Auditory-Perceptual Voice Assessment
Kenneth Morse
Assistant Professor, West Virginia University
Proposal: Tinnitus-Related Decreased Inhibitory and Increased Excitatory Auditory Neural Function Across Discrete Central Auditory Nervous System Frequency Regions
Beate Peter
Associate Professor, Arizona State University
Proposal: Babble Boot Camp for Infants With Down Syndrome: Improving Speech and Language Outcomes via a Proactive, Parent-led Intervention
Jasleen Singh
Postdoctoral Scholar, Northwestern University
Proposal: The Influence of the Drug Facts Label on Self-Determination of Candidacy for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
Awarded $25,000 each
Danielle Brimo
Associate Professor, Texas Christian University
Proposal: The Development of an Explicit Grammar Assessment from a National Sample of Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Students
Abigail Delehanty
Assistant Professor, Duquesne University
Proposal: Promoting Early Identification of Speech Motor Delays in Autistic Toddlers Using a Novel Clinical Assessment
Monique Mills
Associate Professor, University of Houston
Proposal: Listening and Learning in a Second Dialect: An Eye-Tracking Study
Elizabeth Heller Murray
Assistant Professor, Temple University
Proposal: Investigating Barriers to Implementing Pediatric Voice Therapy in the Schools
Viral Tejani
Assistant Professor, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Senior Clinical Research Audiologist, Case Western Reserve University
Proposal: Impact of Electrode Array Type on Electrophysiological Measures of Spatial Resolution and Temporal Encoding
Awarded $10,000 each
Mariana Mendes Bahia
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Northwestern University
Proposal: Cortical Activity and Respiratory-Swallowing Coordination in Post-Stroke Survivors With Dysphagia
Margaret Cychosz
Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Proposal: The Impact of Cochlear Implant Device Limitations on Preschoolers’ Real-Time Phonological Processing Skills
Katelyn Kotlarek
Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming
Proposal: Perceptual and Acoustic Characteristics of Nasal Coupling in Children
Arianna LaCroix
Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Proposal: Investigating Music Listening as a Mechanism to Improve Attention and Language in Aphasia
Emily Morrow
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Proposal: Development of Ecological Momentary Intervention for Word Learning in Adults With Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury
Mona Oster
Education and Research Director, Listen and Talk
Research Associate, Western Washington University
Proposal: Development of Voice Emotion Perception in 3- to 5-Year-Old Children With Hearing Loss
Danika Pfeiffer
Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University
Proposal: Emergent Writing Profiles of Preschoolers With Developmental Language Disorder
Lois Bloom Language Development Research Fund
Jessica Riccardi
Assistant Professor, University of Maine
Proposal: Fatigue, Social Communication and Participation After Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury
Juliana Ronderos
Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston University
Proposal: The Role of Parental Factors in Predicting Language Abilities Among Spanish-English Bilingual Children
Anumitha Venkatraman
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Proposal: Creating a Model to Redefine the Relationship Between Psychosocial Stress and Voice Physiology Through Microbiology and Molecular Biology Lenses
Ira M. Ventry and Brad W. Friedrich Memorial Funds
Awarded $2,000
Serena Helman
AuD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mentor: G. Nike Gnananteja
Proposal: Evaluating the Importance of the Timescale of Fine Structure of Speech That is Important for Intelligibility in Difficult Listening Situations
Haiping Huang
PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Mentor: Erin Picou
Proposal: Listening Effort: Integrating Cognition With Emotion
Talia Mango
AuD Candidate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mentor: Julia Drouin
Proposal: Perceptual Learning of Speech
Arlene M. and Noel D. Matkin Memorial Fund
Awarded $2,000 each
Diana Lucia Abarca
PhD Candidate, Florida State University
Mentor: Mollie Romano
Proposal: Supporting Early Intervention Providers to Work With Families of Marginalized Backgrounds Through Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: A Mixed Methods Study
Olivia Boorom
PhD Candidate, University of Kansas
Mentor: Nancy Brady
Proposal: Understanding How Caregiver Behavior Shapes Reciprocal Communication in Nonspeaking Autistic Children
Savanna Brittlebank-Douglas
PhD Candidate, The Pennsylvania State University
Mentor: Janice Light
Proposal: Parent Tele-Training to Support Language Development Outcomes in Young Children With Multiple Disabilities
Emily Jackson
PhD Candidate, University of Connecticut
Mentor: Bernard Grela
Proposal: Exploring Parental Ethnotheories Related to Early Childhood Language Development, Disorders, and Interventions
Awarded $10,000 each
Julianne Alexander
Indiana University
Area of Study: Neuroscience and Aphasia
Savanna Brittlebank-Douglas
The Pennsylvania State University
Area of Study: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Arynn Byrd
University of Maryland, College Park
Area of Study: Dialect Variation; Language Processing and Listening Comprehension in Children
Erin Carpenter
Boston University
Area of Study: Bilingual Aphasia
Marianne Casilio
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Area of Study: Aphasia, Stroke Recovery, and Language Neuroscience
Melissa Feller
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Area of Study: Oral and Written Language Relationships; Reading Disabilities in Multilingual Learners
Elizabeth Hary
University of Pittsburgh
Area of Study: Voice Disorders and Laryngeal Biology
Maryann Krasko
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Area of Study: Onset and Pathogenesis of Parkinson Disease
Devan Lander
The Ohio State University
Area of Study: Speech Perception, Cognition, and the Auditory System in Adulthood
Wayne and Marilyn Olsen Audiology Research Fund
Amanda Mahoney
University of Pittsburgh
Area of Study: Infant Feeding and Swallowing
Naomi Nattress
University of New Mexico
Area of Study: Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Assessment and Intervention for Multiple Impairments
Michael Scimeca
Boston University
Area of Study: Aphasia; Bilingual Aphasia
Anna Serrichio
The Pennsylvania State University
Area of Study: Neuroscience; Language and Cognition in Aphasia
Emily Wang
New York University
Area of Study: Speech Motor Control and Development Across the Lifespan
Brett Welch
University of Pittsburgh
Area of Study: Voice and Psychology
Awarded $5,000 each
Esprit-Ange Andraos
MS Candidate, Northeastern University
Alma Basco
AuD Candidate, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
Adrián Castillo-Allendes
PhD Candidate, Michigan State University
Linh Dang
MA Candidate, San Diego State University
Allison Duplain
AuD Candidate, University of Iowa
Katie Esser
AuD Candidate, Towson University
Dewitt Fortenberry
MA Candidate, Temple University
Farha Najah Hussain
PhD Candidate, New York University
Eunice Kim
MS Candidate, Southern Connecticut State University
Izabelle Pinzon
MS Candidate, Northwestern University
Elizabeth Shilling
MA Candidate, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Madison Tessler
MS Candidate, Columbia University
Amanda Tolen
AuD Candidate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Noam Waisbrod
MS Candidate, Hunter College
Isabel Wells
MS Candidate, Purdue University Fort Wayne
Stefani Woll
MA Candidate, San Diego State University
Kala Singh Memorial Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Sara Inayat
MS Candidate, Radford University
Hannah Eunice Obrique
MS Candidate, California State University, East Bay
Seyma Yalcinkaya
AuD/PhD Candidate, Gallaudet University
Minority Scholarship Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Elizabeth Cooke
AuD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Aimee Pina
MS Candidate, Gallaudet University
Hannah Tran
MS Candidate, Gallaudet University
NSSLHA Scholarship Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Ryan Klingensmith
MS Candidate, The Pennsylvania State University
Lauren Michaud
MS Candidate, James Madison University
Alyssa Pasta
AuD Candidate, University of Maryland, College Park
Affiliation at time of award.
Kelsey Klein
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Thea Knowles
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Maureen Shader
Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Kaila Stipancic
Postdoctoral Fellow, University at Buffalo