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Ph.D. Student Profiles
Graduates of the Ph.D. Consortium
Sheryl S. Shoemaker, Ph.D. (2010)
Dissertation: The
impact of dichotic auditory training in children
Committee:
Samuel Atcherson, Kim McCullough, Laura Smith-Olinde, and Ken Sobel
Joy Eldona Good, Ph.D. (2011)
Dissertation: The
effects of morphological awareness on reading, spelling, and
vocabulary skills
Chair: Dee Lance
Committee: Betholyn Gentry,
Brent Gregg, Jacquie Rainey, and Valentina Taran-Michael
Stamela (Matina) Balou, Ph.D. (2011)
Dissertation:
Videomanometric measures of head rotation and chin tuck in head &
neck cancer patients
Chair: Gary McCullough
Committee: Brendan
Stack, Richard Zraick, Farshad Aduli, Kim McCullough, Robert Logan,
Beth McWeeney, and Peggy Snoddy
Laura Shotts, Ph.D. (2012)
Dissertation:
The ability of temporal air pressure and airflow measures to
discriminate subjects receiving velopharyngeal insufficiency surgery
Chair: Thomas Guyette
Committee: Richard Zraick, Donna Kelly,
Laura Smith-Olinde, and Bonnie Smith
Erin Kamarunas, Ph.D. (2012)
Dissertation: Effects of
topical nasal anesthesia on fiberoptic endoscopic examination of
swallowing with sensory testing
Chair: Gary McCullough
Committee: Kim McCullough, Mark Mennemeier, Robert Logan, and
Richard Zraick
Melanie Lowry, Ph.D. (2012)
Dissertation: An
analysis of communicative participation in an elderly population
Chair: Kim McCullough
Committee: Gary McCullough, Richard Zraick,
Robert Logan, and Usen Akpanudo
(In alphabetical order by last name)
Amy
Engelhoven
When you started
the program:
Spring 2012
Program mentor:
Richard I.
Zraick,
Ph.D.
Topic(s) of
major and minor study:
Major: Voice
Disorders
Minor:
Neuroscience
Presentations:
Engelhoven, A. & Zraick, R. (2012, June). Quality
of Life of Caregivers of Persons with Aphasia. Presentation at the
annual UAMS Summer Stroke Symposium. Little Rock, AR
Sharon
Jones
When you started
the program:
Spring 2008
Program mentor:
Betholyn Gentry,
Ph.D.
Topic(s) of
major and minor study:
Autism Spectrum
Disorders; Neurophysiology
Presentations:
·
Current Research
on the Characteristics, Assessment, and Treatment of Communication
Disorders in ASD- Arkansas Speech Language and Hearing Association
State Convention, October 2008, Hot Springs, Arkansas
·
A Glimpse
Inside: Executive
Functions, ASDs and the Brain- Arkansas Speech Language Hearing
Association State Convention, October 2010, Little Rock, Arkansas
·
Social Cognition
and Neural Abnormalities in Autism Spectrum Disorders- Arkansas
Speech Language Hearing Association State Convention, October 2010,
Little Rock, Arkansas
·
Maternal
Cradling Bias, Neural Activation, and Early Communicative
Interactions- Poster Session, American Speech Language Hearing
Association National Convention, November, 2010, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
·
The Neurology of
Social Cognition Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorders- Poster
Session, American Speech Language Hearing Association National
Convention, November, 2010, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Papers:
·
Jones, S., &
Logan, R. (2010).
Social Cognition and Neural Abnormalities in Autism Spectrum
Disorder.
Submitted to The Journal of Communication Disorders.
·
Jones, S., &
McCullough, K. (2010).
A Glimpse Inside:
Executive Functions, Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Brain.
Submitted to Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and
Disorders.
·
Jones, S., &
Ross, B. (2009). Autism
and Issues of Public Awareness.
Submitted to the Journal of Autism and Developmental
Disorders.
Chenell C. Loudermill
When you started
the program:
Fall 2007
Program mentor:
Dee Lance,
Ph.D.
Topic(s) of
major and minor study:
Major: Child
Language, Literacy
Minor:
Neuroscience
Presentations:
·
Assessment in
the Public Schools.
(Guest Lecture). University of Arkansas at Little Rock. October
2008.
·
Loudermill, C.,
Lowry, M., & McCullough, K.C. (2010, October).
The Aging Brain:
What’s
Normal and
What’s Not.
Presentation at
the Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association annual convention,
Little Rock, AR.
·
Loudermill, C. &
Lance, D. (2010, October).
Reading comprehension assessment:
How does it
all add up?
Presentation at the Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association
annual convention, Little Rock, AR.
·
Lowry, M,
Loudermill, C., & McCullough, K.C. (2010, November).
What’s going on there?
The brain across
the lifespan.
Poster session presented at the annual convention for the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.
·
Loudermill, C. &
Lance, D. (2010, June).
Reading Comprehension:
Both an art and a science.
Presentation at
the 5th Annual Jane H. LeBlanc Conference in Communication
Disorders. Jonesboro, AR.
Balaji Rangarathnam
When you started
the program:
Fall 2011
Program Mentor:
Gary McCullough, Ph.D.
Topic(s) of
major and minor study:
Voice and Swallowing
Publications:
Prema, K.S., Prabhakaran, P., Savitha, S.,
Purushothaman, G., Ramakrishnan, C., & Rangarathnam, B., (2009).
Linguistic considerations in the assessment of children with
Specific Language Impairment. Special volume of Indian Journal of
Applied Linguistics. Pp 1-34.
Presentations:
·
Rangarathnam, B., Bhaskaran, S., & Rajanna, M., (2005). Anacrusis in
Narration Mode in Normal English speaking adults. 6th International
Conference of South Asian languages (ICOSAL-6), Hyderabad, India.
Rangarathnam, B., Rajasudhakar, R., & Chengappa, S.K., (2005).
Spoken Language of an Anomic and Normal individuals under different
attention conditions. 37th National Conference of the Indian Speech
and Hearing Association (ISHACON 37), Indore, India.
Rangarathnam, B., Ramakrishnan, C., Preeja, R., & Rajanna, M.,
(2006). Use of slang by adolescent signers. 38th National Conference
of the Indian Speech and Hearing Association (ISHACON 38), Ahmedabad,
India. Poster presentation.
Rangarathnam, B., & Rajanna, M., (2007). Rhythm: Occurrence of
stress in temporal dimension of speech in Kannada TV News readers.
International Symposium of Frontiers of Research on Speech and Music
(FRSM 2007), Mysore, India.
Prema, K.S., Prabhakaran, P., Savitha, S., Purushothaman, G.,
Ramakrishnan, C., & Rangarathnam, B., (2007) SLI in Indian Context.
Language symposium of Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.
Rangarathnam, B., Jeyaraman, J., Bhaskaran, S., & Rajanna, M.,
(2007). ‘F0 Resets’ in the Narrative speech of Kannada Speakers: A
Comparison across Dialects. Symposium organized by the Indian
Journal of Dravidian linguistics, Mysore, India.
Rangarathnam, B., Bhaskaran, S., & Rajanna, M., (2008). Acoustic
and Perceptual aspects of Anacrusis in Narration mode in Normal
English speaking adults. 40th National Conference of the Indian
Speech and Hearing Association (ISHACON 40), Mangalore, India.
Bhaskaran, S., Rangarathnam, B., & Rajanna, M., (2008).
Declination of Intonation as a function of Emotional Content in Text
reading in Kannada Newsreaders. 40th National Conference of the
Indian Speech and Hearing Association (ISHACON 40), Mangalore,
India.
Kamela
Rowland
When you started
the program:
Summer 2008
Program Mentor:
Betholyn Gentry, Ph.D.
Topic(s) of
major and minor study:
Major: Child Language
Minor: Fluency
Presentations:
·
Rowland, K., & Gentry, B.F. (2011, April). Social Skills: A
Comparison of Students with ASD and their Typically Developing
Peers. Poster session presented at the University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences Student Research Day Symposium, Little Rock,
Arkansas.
·
Rowland, K., & Gentry, B.F. (2010, November). Social Skills: A
Comparison of Students with ASD and their Typically Developing
Peers. Poster session presented at the American Speech-Language and
Hearing Association annual convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Travel or
Research Grants:
·
Travel Grant to present at ASHA Convention, 2010, provided by the
United States Department of Education Federal Grant, Leadership
Personnel in Communication Sciences and Disorders Grant
·
United States Department of Education Federal Grant, Leadership
Personnel in Communication Sciences and Disorders Grant, awarded
2010-present ($15,000 annually)
Megan Scott
When you started
the program:
August 2009
Program mentor:
Brent Gregg, Ph.D.
Topic(s) of
major and minor study:
Pediatric
Fluency Disorders, Temperament/Personality Characteristics of
Children Who Stutter,
Neurological and
Physiological Aspects of Pediatric Stuttering, Counseling and
Emotional Issues in Pediatric Stuttering, Pediatric Motor Speech
Disorders
Presentations:
·
Scott, M. &
Hidecker, M.J. Communication
performance of children with cerebral palsy:
Applying a WHO-ICF model. (Presentation by Hidecker)
International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics; Athens,
Greece; August, 2010
·
Scott, M.
ReSearch (Presentation) Graduate Research Course at the
University of Central Arkansas; Conway, AR; September, 2010
·
Scott, M. &
Hidecker, M.J. The
Communication Performance of Children with Cerebral Palsy; Applying
a WHO ICF Model (Presentation) Arkansas Speech Language and
Hearing Association Annual Conference; Little Rock, AR; October 2010
·
Scott, M. &
Hidecker, M.J. The
Communication Performance of Children with Cerebral Palsy; Applying
a WHO ICF Model (Poster Session) American Speech Language and
Hearing Association Annual Conference; Philadelphia, PN; November
2010
·
Scott, M. &
Hidecker, M.J. Performance of
Children with Cerebral Palsy During Communication with a Familiar
Versus an Unfamiliar Partner (Poster Session) University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences Research Day; Little Rock, AR; April
2011
·
Scott, M. &
Gregg, B. Temperament in
children who stutter and their normally fluent peers; Evidence from
physiological measures and standardized assessments. (Poster
Session) Submitted for American Speech Language Hearing Association
Annual Conference; San Diego, CA; November 2011
Publications:
·
Scott, M. &
Gregg, B. (in progress).
Comparison of acoustic startle responses and temperament in children
who stutter and their normally fluent peers.
Travel or
Research Grants:
·
Recipient of
Grant Award:
Communication Sciences and
Disorders Leadership Education at Arkansas Consortium for the
Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders; Little Rock/Conway,
AR; 2009-2013
Amy
Shollenbarger
When you started
the program:
Spring 2010
Program mentor:
Valentina Taran-Michael,
Ph.D.
Topic(s) of
major and minor study:
Major:
Child Language
Minor:
Neuroscience
Collateral Area:
Literacy
Presentations:
·
Shollenbarger,
A. & Taran, V. (February, 2011).
Work smarter-Not harder! A
multiple intelligence framework for speech therapy in the schools.
Paper presented at the Mid-South Conference, Memphis, TN.
·
Taran, V.,
Shollenbarger, A., Ross, B., Cottrell, S., & Wynn, C. (April, 2011).
Do first graders
spell like they speak? Poster session presented at the
National Black Association for Speech- Language and Hearing Convention, Indianapolis, IN.
·
Taran, V. &
Shollenbarger, A. (May 2011).
Cracking the code: Fifth graders’ misspellings of
derived words. Poster session presented at the
International Reading Association Conference, Orlando, FL.
Bonnie Slavych
When you
started the program:
Spring 2012
Program
mentor:
Richard I. Zraick, Ph.D.
Topic(s)
of major and minor study:
Major: Voice Disorders
Minor: Neuroscience
Publications:
· Zraick,
R.I., Atcherson, S.R., & Ham, B.K. (2011). Readability of
patient-reported outcome questionnaires for use with persons with
swallowing disorders. Dysphagia. Ahead of Print.
Donna
Thomas
When you
started the program:
Summer 2008
Program
mentor:
Dee Lance, Ph.D.
Topic(s)
of major and minor study:
Language, Literacy, Augmentative and Alternative
Communication
Presentations:
· Effects of Augmentative
Communication Strategies on Receptive and Expressive Language,
Mentored by Dr. Byron Ross, June
2009, Louisiana Speech, Language Hearing Conference,
Lafayette, LA
· Currently working on
Effects of Literacy Centers
on Phonemic Awareness, with program mentor Dr. Dee Lance, 2011
ASHA submission
Andrea “Andi” Toliver-Smith
When you started
the program:
Fall 2009
Program mentor
Greg
Robinson, Ph.D.
Topic(s) of
major and minor study:
Major: Cultural
and Linguistic Diversity
Minor: Audiology
Presentations:
·
Why are all of
the African American Children in Special Education?
(Presentation) Welcome the Children Conference; December 2010
·
The Silent
Treatment: Improving Communication Between Deaf & Hearing Cultures
in Healthcare
(Poster Presentation); International Culture Conference at
University of Arkansas at Little Rock; November 2010
·
Deaf Culture &
ASL
(Guest Lecture) University of Arkansas at Little Rock; November 2010
·
Accent/Dialect
Modification
(Staff Presentation) University of Arkansas at Little Rock; January
2010
·
What is
African-American Sign Language?
(Poster Session) National Black Association of Speech, Language, and
Hearing Conference; Crystal City, VA; April 2008
·
Gender
Considerations in Service Delivery: Part III – Rapport
(Poster Session) National Black Association of Speech, Language, and
Hearing Conference; Charlotte, NC; April, 2007
Publications:
·
Researching
Black ASL: A Meta-Analysis (manuscript in preparation)
Travel or
Research Grants:
·
Recipient of
Grant Award:
Communication Sciences and
Disorders Leadership Education at University of Central
Arkansas; Conway, AR; 2009-2013
·
Recipient of
Research Award:
Reading with ASL at the
National Black Association of Speech, Language and Hearing; Crystal
City, VA; April 2008
·
Recipient of
Travel Award: Texas Research Symposium on
Language Diversity; University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX;
February 2007.
·
Recipient of
Grant Award: Training
Bilingual Specialists in Speech-Language Pathology for LEP and BEP
Children from Less Populous Linguistic Groups at Howard
University; Washington, DC; 2006-2008
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