Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Tufts on her recent award from the DOD/Defense Health Agency/Edare for her project on Multi-User, Reliable Hearing Protection Fit Test System with Integrated Education. This award is a Phase II SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research), which focuses on stimulating technological innovation. This project aims to improve the process of fit-testing hearing […]

Interested in adjunct teaching in the UConn SLHS Department? Please send an email to slhs@uconn.edu with your name, resume, and what you’d consider your area(s) of expertise.  Adjunct teaching allows you to have an educational impact on future SLPs and AuDs, gain valuable teaching skills, interact with students, and become a part of the UConn […]

Last weekend, members from Dr. Erika Skoe’s Auditory Brain Research Lab attended Windham’s Annual Multicultural Latin Festival to provide free hearing screenings and recruit community members for their ongoing NSF-funded study on bilingualism and the brain. Copy and paste this link if you’re interested in participating in the study!  https://uconn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a5J2bmTP4Lrpum2

Meet Adrián García-Sierra, Ph.D.! Dr. García-Sierra is an Associate Professor in the department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS), as well as the Associate Department Head of the SLHS Undergraduate Program. He is also the Principal Investigator of the Speech Perception & Language Development Lab. Dr. García-Sierra began his career as an undergraduate student […]

Sunday, June 23rd was the Walk4Hearing in the Yard Goats stadium. UCONN SLHS was well represented with SAA having their own team (shown Ashley Paul, Georgia Pendergast, Aaron Kaszas, Rachel Corsetti, Eliza Mulkern, Stella Bragoni), Torri Ann Woodruff-Gautherin walking for CT Hand and Voices, and Kathy Cienkowski walking for the Eastern CT HLAA Chapter. In […]

One of our alumni, Monica Fenwick (MA-SLP class of 2024), just competed in and won the Miss Connecticut 2024 title on June 22, 2024! Through hard work, perseverance, and dedication, Monica earned her master’s in speech-language pathology from the department of SLHS at UConn this past May while simultaneously completing the CT LEND grant requirements […]

Congratulations to Dr. Lindsay Butler for receiving the Pre-K Junior Faculty Career Development Award. The Pre-K junior faculty career development award is sponsored by UConn Health’s Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering. It is a 2-year interactive program to equip junior faculty to become leaders in clinical and translational science. Dr. Butler’s award will […]

Congratulations to Kacie Wittke (left) and Nicole Gallagher (right) for their promotions to Associate Clinical Professor and Full Clinical Professor, respectively. Very well earned! You make us proud! (trophies courtesy of Dr. Emily Myers)

Elizabeth Eagan is an SLHS BA, MA, and PhD alumna whose interest in the field of speech-language pathology stemmed from early exposure to her aunt’s work as an SLP, where she assisted in programming AAC devices for her aunt’s students whenever a child’s voice was needed. She also loved going to work with her mom, […]

  Check out these webinars offered by the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN – the division of the PA Bureau of Special Education)! These webinars are free and they offer ASHA hours for those professionals who are interested. Links to read more about the webinars and to RSVP are provided below.   “Believe […]