Expertise

Research interests:

  • Spoken language production, cognitive processes, and fluency development in young children who do and do not stutter
  • Assessment and diagnosis of developmental stuttering in preschool children

Her primary research interests include the study of spoken language production, executive function, attention, and fluency development in young children who do and do not stutter. She also teaches undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in fluency disorders.

Her research interests include the study of spoken language production, cognitive processes, and fluency development in young children who do and do not stutter. She also has over 20 years of experience assessing and diagnosing preschool children for suspected developmental stuttering.

The primary focus of our research is on domain-general cognitive processes, spoken language production, and fluency development.

Research:

  • Cognitive-Linguistic Processes in Developmental Stuttering
    • Project 1: Executive Function
    • Project 2: Controlled Attention
    • Project 3: Interaction Between Domain-General Processes and Spoken Language Production
  • Spoken Language Development in Childhood Stuttering

Research interests: Fluency disorders (stuttering), psycholinguistics, cognitive processes (executive function and attention), and personality development (temperament)

Communities
Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology, Cognitive Science
Degrees
PhD, Vanderbilt University, Speech and Hearing Sciences, 2002
MA, University of Minnesota, Speecha and Language Pathology, 1996
BA, University of Minnesota, Sociology and Psychology, 1992
Keywords
language acquisition and development speech pathology & disorders
Associations
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
International Fluency Association