Department News

  • 2022-2023 Colloquium Series
    October 2, 2022 "Sleep to Learn: Towards Improving the Retention of Speech in Adults with Learning Disabilities" Presented by: Dr. Sayako Earle, University of Delaware November 7, 2022 "Behavior Change for Physical Activity in People with Parkinson's Disease" Presented by: Dr. Cristina Colón-Semenza, University of Connecticut February 6, 2023 "Functional Laryngeal Disorders: Brain Learns Pain" Presented by: Christina Kang, The Voice Forum, LLS March 6, 2023 "Teletherapy for Speech Therapy Services" Presented by: Annie Tyrell and Annie Iovanella, TeleTalk Therapy
    Posted on September 24, 2022
  • 2021-2022 Colloquium Series
    October 4, 2021 "Lessons Learned from Aphasia Telepractice: The Impact of Social Determinants of Health and Other Factors" Presented by: Dr. Charles Ellis Jr., East Carolina University November 1, 2021 "Noisy Environments During Childhood: Language Disparities Later in Life?" Presented by: Dr. Carlos Benitez-Barrera, University of Texas February 7, 2022 "Diagnostic Stability of Language Impairment in Autistic Young Adults" Presented by: Dr. Teresa Girolama, University of Connecticut March 7, 2022 "Opening the Door: Lessons Learned from Auditory Neuroscience Fieldwork" Presented by: Dr. Erika Skoe, University of Connecticut
    Posted on September 1, 2021
  • 2020-2021 Colloquium Series
    October 5, 2020 "ASHA and the Eight Percent: Implications and Considerations" Presented by: Valerie Johnson, PhD, CCC-SLP, Rutgers University November 2, 2020 "Letters of Recommendation, Unconscious Bias, and Admissions in CSD Graduate Programs" Presented by: Dr. Brandi L. Newkirk-Turner, Jackson State University December 7, 2020 SLHS Diversity Workshop Presented by: Paula Calandra, Elizabeth Collin, Madison Thompson, Madison Perriolat, Aurora Amadeo, and Corrine Sylvain
    Posted on October 1, 2020
  • 2019-2020 Colloquium Series
    October 2, 2019 "Northeastern U. Voice Bank" Presented by: Dr. Rupel Patel, Northeastern University November 6, 2019 SLHS Doctoral Students December 4, 2019 "How can CSD professionals provide a culturally responsive service to multicultural/diverse populations with reference to research and shared experiences?" Presented by: Dr. Sharimila Ambrose, SUNY Plattsburgh February 5, 2020 "Considerations in Group Conversation Treatment for Aphasia" Presented by: Dr. Elizabeth Hoover, Boston University March 4, 2020 "My Beautiful Stutter" Film Viewing April 1, 2020 Dr. Jonathan Preston, Syracuse University
    Posted on October 1, 2019
  • 2018-2019 Colloquium Series
    September 5, 2018 "Effects of receptive language ability on the neural representation of phonetic category structure" Presented by: Ms. Julia Drouin, University of Connecticut "Functional plasticity of phonetic category structure in children" Presented by: Ms. Ashley Parker, University of Connecticut October 3, 2018 "Generation Z: Are you ready?" Presented by: Dr. Amanda Stead, Pacific University November 7, 2018 "Objects are closer than they appear in the mirror" Presented by: Mr. Frank Filipetti, Grammy-winning sound engineer and proud UConn Alumnus December 5, 2018 "Listener sensitivity to structured phonetic variation" Presented by: Dr. Rachel M. Theodore, University of Connecticut February 6, 2019 Presented by: Dr. Sarah Ferguson, University of Utah March 6, 2019 "MusiConn: An Acoustical, Behavioral, and Bi logical AuDyssey into Noise Exposure" Presented by: Dr. Erika Skoe, Dr. Jennifer Tufts, Ms. Sarah Camera, and Ms. Ashley Parker, University of Connecticut May 1, 2019 UConn LEND: Update Presented by: Nicole Gallagher, M.S., University of Connecticut
    Posted on October 1, 2018
  • 2017-2018 Colloquium Series
    September 6, 2017 Pamela Fuhrmeister and Andre Lindsey, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Connecticut October 4, 2017 Lisa Edmonds, Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University November 1, 2017 Sharon Curhan, M.D., Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine March 6, 2018 Julius Fridriksson, Ph.D., Center for the Study of Aphasia Recovery, University of South Carolina April 4, 2018 Kathleen Cienkowski, Ph.D. and Bernard Grela, Ph.D., Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Connecticut
    Posted on October 1, 2017
  • 2016-2017 Colloquium Series
    October 5, 2016 "Trainees today, scholars forever: An SLHS doctoral student blitz" Presented by: Doctoral Trainees of SLHS, University of Connecticut November 2, 2016 "Plasticity in speech perception" Presented by: Dr. Emily Myers, University of Connecticut December 7, 2016 "Can inner-ear-specific proteins act as serological biomarkers of disease?" Presented by: Dr. Kourosh Parham, University of Connecticut Health Center February 1, 2017 "When hands speak as loud as words:” The impact of gesture on human communication and its disorders" Presented by: Dr. Laura Morett, Yale University March 1, 2017 "Listening effort: Phenomenology, psychology, physiology and application" Presented by: Dr. Alexander Francis, Purdue University April 5, 2017 "Language and cognition in d/Deaf children: Solving the right problems, and solving the problems right" Presented by: Dr. Matthew Hall, University of Connecticut
    Posted on October 1, 2016