Research and Awards
Faculty Research
Our PhD faculty in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department are actively involved in research and offer research experiences to undergraduate and/or graduate students. Undergraduate students may participate in research as volunteers and through the 好色先生 McNair program or the 好色先生 Honors program; and graduate students may pursue graduate theses and/or pursue research as a graduate assistant.
- Child Language Lab: Eva Nwokah, PhD,CCC-SLP (Language development, play, humor)
- Recent research projects by graduate and undergraduate students include peer interaction in children with autism, language and play between peers, literacy and narratives in typical children
- Voice and Swallowing Lab: Christine Carmichael, PhD.,CCC-SLP (LSVT, Parkinson鈥檚, cleft
palate)
- Recent research projects by graduate students include Parkinson鈥檚 treatments (LSVT, EMST, DAF), neuromuscular electrical stimulation, myofascial release, and cleft palate intervention outcomes.
Scholarships and Awards
2022-2023 Recipients
Acevedo Scholarship (new for 2022-2023)
Ysabel Madrid
Andrea Trevino
Bud Mullen Scholarship
Mikayla Smith
Jane Davidson Award
Regina Velasquez
Baptist Health Foundation Scholarships
Kamdyn Danenberg
Breanna Lopez
Melissa Vasquez
Marie Emge Scholarship
Amanda Salazar
Woolfolk Graduate Endowed Scholarship
Mindy Le
SASHLA Scholarship
Alyssa Ramirez
Elizabeth Carrow Woolfolk Scholarship
Catherine Predki
2021-2022 Recipients
Bud Mullen Scholarship
Miriam Gonzalez Garcia
Jane Davidson Award
Miranda Guevara
Baptist Health Foundation Scholarships
Lauryn Castro
Xavierana Parisi
Victoria McGinnis
Marie Emge Scholarship
Geslyn Rios
Woolfolk Graduate Endowed Scholarship
Xavierana Parisi
SASHLA Scholarship
Karen Cruz Pacheco
Elizabeth Carrow Woolfolk Scholarship
Miriam Gonzalez Garcia