Frank R. Kleffner Lifetime Clinical Career Award
Alison Lemke
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement
Awarded $2,500
Veena Kallambettu
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Rolland J. Van Hattum Award for Contribution in the Schools
Awarded $2,000; School system awarded $500
Rachel K. Powell
Brookhaven School District
Brookhaven, Mississippi
State Clinical Achievement Award
Colorado
Megan Morris
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Florida
Charlene Westman
Building Blocks, Inc.
Illinois
Patricia Larkin
Illinois State University
Kentucky
Robert Marshall
University of Kentucky
Mississippi
Machelle Aultman
Aultman Speech Therapy
Missouri
Sarah Cutshall
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Ohio
Veena Kallambettu
The Ohio State University
Oregon
Ana lia Oliva
Northwest Regional Educational School District
Pennsylvania
Stephanie Ash
School District of Philadelphia
South Carolina
Michelle Dawson
Francis Marion University
South Dakota
Brittany Schmidt
Autism Behavioral Consulting
Clinical Research Grant
Awarded $50,000 - $75,000
Adam Buchwald
Associate Professor, New York University
Proposal: Combining Aphasia Rehabilitation With Robot-Assisted Arm Therapy
Suma Devanga
Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University
Proposal: The Collaborative Referencing Intervention (CRI) in Aphasia: Replication and Extension of a Phase-II Treatment Study
Pui Fong Kan
Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
Proposal: Identifying Bilingual Children at Risk for Language Impairment: Evidence From a Response-Speed Judgment Task
Windi C. Krok
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Proposal: Validating a Sentence Diversity Priming Task as a Dynamic Assessment
Emily D. Quinn
Assistant Professor, Oregon Health and Science University
Proposal: Optimizing a Remote Caregiver-Implemented Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention (ORCA)
New Century Scholars Research Grant
Awarded $25,000 each
Kim R. Bauerly
Assistant Professor, University of Vermont
Proposal: The Effects of Attentional Focus on Speech Motor Control in Adults Who Stutter With and Without Social Evaluative Threat
Marika King
Assistant Professor, Utah State University
Proposal: Bilingual Codeswitching Using Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Panying Rong
Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
Proposal: A Novel Multimodal Framework for Automated Objective Evaluation of Speech Impairment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Yagmur Seven
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Kansas
Proposal: Development and Initial Validation of the Family Need Assessment Survey
Alan Wisler
Assistant Professor
Utah State University
Proposal: Validation and Toolkit Development for Non-Linear Kinematic Speech Stability Measures
New Investigators Research Grant
Awarded $10,000 each
Nichol Castro
Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
Proposal: Determining the Distance of Spreading Activation in the Phonological Network of Persons With Aphasia to Inform Selection of Treatment Generalization Probes
Mackenzie E. Fama
Assistant Professor, The George Washington University
Proposal: Inner Speech and Executive Function Ability in Aphasia
Annalise Fletcher
Assistant Professor, Utah State University
Proposal: Assessing Speaker Implementation of Communication-Based Treatment Strategies
Jessica Gormley
Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Proposal: Teaching Acute Care Providers to Use Visual Supports and Create Communication Opportunities in Healthcare Routines: Effects of a Just-in-Time Augmentative and Alternative Communication Training
Christopher C. Heffner
Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
Proposal: Speech Perception in Parkinson’s Disease: Loudness and Rate
Thea Knowles
Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
Proposal: Prominence and Communicative Intent in Dysarthria
Marion C. Leaman
Assistant Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center
Proposal: Therapeutic Use of Everyday Communication to Improve Conversation in Aphasia
Kelsey Mandak
Assistant Professor, Carlow University
Proposal: Development and Evaluation of the Family-Centered Augmentative and Alternative Communication Scale
Jessica Obermeyer
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Proposal: Treatment to Improve Multi-Modality Discourse Production in Mild Aphasia: An Extension of Findings From Attentive Reading With Constrained Summarization-Written
Pumpki Lei Su
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Delaware
Proposal: Word Learning from Infant-Directed Speech in Bilingual Children
Lois Bloom Language Development Research Fund
Student Research Grant in Audiology
Ira M. Ventry and Brad W. Friedrich Memorial Funds
Awarded $2,000
Jani Hammit
PhD Candidate, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Mentor: Candace Hicks
Proposal: Event-Related Potentials of Linguistic Dichotic Ability and Binaural Integration in Adults With Normal Hearing
Student Research Grant in Early Childhood Language Development
Arlene M. and Noel D. Matkin Memorial Fund
Awarded $2,000 each
Keysha Martinez-Torres
PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Mentor: Stephen Camarata
Proposal: Social Validity of a Teletherapy Parent Training Program for Latinx Families of Children With Autism
Sarah Lynn Neiling
PhD Candidate, The University of Arizona
Mentor: Mary Alt
Proposal: Telehealth and Train-the-Trainer Service Delivery Models for Word-Learning Treatment (VAULT): A Single-Case Experimental Study With Latine Late Talkers
New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship
Awarded $10,000 each
Rachel Hahn Arkenberg
PhD Candidate, Purdue University
Area of Study: Neurophysiology of Pediatric Swallowing and Speech
Nina Benway
PhD Candidate, Syracuse University
Area of Study: Artificial Intelligence for the Treatment of Motor-Based Speech Sound Disorder
Katelyn Berg
PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Area of Study: Improving Cochlear Implant Outcomes
Wayne and Marilyn Olsen Audiology Research Fund
Kiera Berggren
PhD Candidate, James Madison University
Area of Study: Dysphagia and Dysarthria in Myotonic Dystrophy
Ankita Bhutada
PhD Candidate, University of South Alabama
Area of Study: Swallowing Functions in Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders and Exercise Physiology
James Borders
PhD Candidate, Columbia University
Area of Study: Rehabilitation of Swallowing and Cough Dysfunction
Sharice Clough
PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Area of Study: Cognitive-Communication Disorders, Multimodal Communication, and Memory
Sisan Cuervo
PhD Candidate, University of Cincinnati
Area of Study: Early Language and Literacy Development for Children at Risk
Kimberly Dahl
PhD Candidate, Boston University
Area of Study: Voice, Vocal Pathologies, and Gender-Diverse Voice and Communication
Quynh Dam
PhD Candidate, San Diego State University/University of California San Diego
Area of Study: Clinical Assessment and Treatment for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations
Michelle Erskine
PhD Candidate, University of Maryland
Area of Study: Dialect Variation, Language Processing and Literacy Achievement for Children
Hilary Miller
PhD Candidate, Boston University
Area of Study: Neural Mechanisms Underlying Speech Motor Control, Speech Motor Learning
Jessica Salley Riccardi
PhD Candidate, Case Western Reserve University
Area of Study: Long-Term Impacts of Childhood Acquired Brain Injury
Kristin Schaffer
PhD Candidate, The University of Texas at Austin
Area of Study: Patient-Centered and Care-Partner Inclusive Treatment in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Carla Tierney-Hendricks
PhD Candidate, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Area of Study: Implementation Science Research in Aphasia Rehabilitation
Anumitha Venkatraman
PhD Candidate, Purdue University
Area of Study: Voice and Laryngeal Biology and Physiology
Graduate Student Scholarship
Awarded $5,000 each
Kristen Bennett
MS Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Speech-Language Pathology
Denisha Campbell
PhD Candidate, Florida State University
Speech-Language Pathology
Paige Ellis
MS Candidate, Arizona State University
Speech-Language Pathology
Adriana Garcia
MS Candidate, Texas State University
Speech-Language Pathology
Samantha Ghali
PhD Candidate, University of Kansas
Child Language
Rachel Lam
AuD Candidate, Towson University
Audiology
Jennifer Lowe
AuD Candidate, East Tennessee State University
Audiology
Elizabeth Lydon
PhD Candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Lesley Meza
MS Candidate, Marquette University
Speech-Language Pathology
Kendra Peffers
MA Candidate, Michigan State University
Speech-Language Pathology
Camryn Perez
MS Candidate, University of Washington
Speech-Language Pathology
Rebecca Richardson
MS Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Speech-Language Pathology
Shraddha Shende
PhD Candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Kathryn Tweedie
MS Candidate, University of Washington
Speech-Language Pathology
Susan Wong
AuD Candidate, Washington University in St. Louis
Audiology
International Student Scholarship
Kala Singh Memorial Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Mariana Mendes Bahia
PhD Candidate, Syracuse University
Speech-Language Pathology
Anne Billot
PhD Candidate, Boston University
Behavioral Neuroscience
Suzanne Coomer
MS Candidate, Rush University
Speech-Language Pathology
Minority Student Scholarship
Minority Scholarship Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Caleb Hunter
MS Candidate, Emerson College
Speech-Language Pathology
Summer Khaleq
MS Candidate, California State University, Sacramento
Speech-Language Pathology
Rocio Velasquez
MA Candidate, University of Central Florida
Speech-Language Pathology
NSSLHA Scholarship
NSSLHA Scholarship Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Madeline Hale
MS/PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Speech-Language Pathology
Iliana Lambert
MA Candidate, University of Maryland
Speech-Language Pathology
Dayana Lituma-Solis
MS Candidate, Southern Connecticut State University
Speech-Language Pathology