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 […]

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)

  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 […]

As we head into the summer, we wanted to highlight some of the recent accomplishments in the SLHS department. Read below to learn more about the recent awards received by Dr. Maggu, Dr. Tufts, and AuD student, Zane Carey!    Dr. Akshay Maggu was selected to attend the Lessons for Success program in April 2024.  […]

Emily Bowmar and Monica Fenwick presented the results of their final research projects for the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) training grant on Friday, April 26th. Emily’s topic was “Access to Developmental Services for Individuals with Autism.” Monica’s topic was “National Resources for Individuals with IDD and Dementia.” They were excited to […]

We celebrated the conclusion of this spring’s Collaborative Learning and Academic Engagement (CLAE) program with a delightful ice cream social, open to all undergraduate students in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) program. It was a beautiful sunny day filled with chocolate and vanilla ice creams and a variety of toppings. CLAE Purpose: For […]

Sirrah Galligan is the Educational Program Manager and Clinical Program Administrator for the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department at UConn. Sirrah graduated with her undergraduate degrees in Journalism and Communications at UConn and went on to get a Master’s degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs from Drexel University. Sirrah has always had a […]