Ph.D. Student Profiles
Current Students (in alphabetical order)
Portia Carr
- When you started the program: Fall 2018
- Program Mentor: Dana Moser, Ph.D.
- Topics of major and minor study:
- Major: Neurogenic Language Disorders
- Minor: Neurogenic Cognitive Communication Disorders
Elizabeth Cleveland
- When you started the program: Fall 2017
- Program Mentor: Gregory Robinson, Ph.D.
- Topics of major and minor study:
- Major: Child Language Development and Disorders
- Minor: Multi-Cultural Studies
Evan T. Finley
- When you started program: Summer 2017
- Program Mentor: Samuel R. Atcherson, Ph.D.
- Topic(s) of major and minor study:
- Major: Aural (Re)habilitation
- Minor: Psychosocial Aspects of Hearing Loss
Completed Dissertations (ordered by year of completion starting with 2010)
Sheryl S. Shoemaker, Ph.D. (2010)
- Dissertation: The impact of dichotic auditory training in children
- Chair: Dee Lance
- Committee: Samuel Atcherson, Kim McCullough, Laura Smith-Olinde, and Ken Sobel
Joy Eldona Good, Ph.D. (2011)
- Dissertation: The effects of morphological awareness on reading, spelling, and vocabulary skills
- Chair: Dee Lance
- Committee: Betholyn Gentry, Brent Gregg, Jacquie Rainey, and Valentina Taran-Michael
Stamela (Matina) Balou, Ph.D. (2011)
- Dissertation: Videomanometric measures of head rotation and chin tuck in head & neck cancer patients
- Chair: Gary McCullough
- Committee: Brendan Stack, Richard Zraick, Farshad Aduli, Kim McCullough, Robert Logan, Beth McWeeney, and Peggy Snoddy
Laura Shotts, Ph.D. (2012)
- Dissertation: The ability of temporal air pressure and airflow measures to discriminate subjects receiving velopharyngeal insufficiency surgery
- Chair: Thomas Guyette
- Committee: Richard Zraick, Donna Kelly, Laura Smith-Olinde, and Bonnie Smith
Erin Kamarunas, Ph.D. (2012)
- Dissertation: Effects of topical nasal anesthesia on fiberoptic endoscopic examination of swallowing with sensory testing
- Chair: Gary McCullough
- Committee: Kim McCullough, Mark Mennemeier, Robert Logan, and Richard Zraick
Melanie (Lowry) Meeker, Ph.D. (2012)
- Dissertation: An analysis of communicative participation in an elderly population
- Chair: Kim McCullough
- Committee: Gary McCullough, Richard Zraick, Robert Logan, and Usen Akpanudo
Balaji Rangarathnam, Ph.D. (2013)
- Dissertation: Telemedicine versus traditional treatment for muscle tension dysphonia
- Chair: Gary McCullough
- Committee: Richard Zraick, Ozlem Tulunay-Ugur, Kim McCullough and Kathryn Bayles
Donna Thomas, Ph.D. (2013)
- Dissertation: Examining phonemic awareness in children with expressive phonological disorders
- Chair: Dee Lance
- Committee: Kim Mccullough, Betholyn Gentry, Brent Gregg, and Jacquie Rainey
Sharon Jones, Ph.D. (2014)
- Dissertation: The impact of on-line cognitive training: P300 and behavioral differences in executive function in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders
- Chair: Betholyn Gentry
- Committee: Samuel Atcherson, Kim McCullough, Susan Moss-Logan, Greg Robinson, and Ken Sobel
Amy Shollenbarger, Ph.D. (2014)
- Dissertation: First grade students’ awareness of final consonant clusters in monomorphemic words: Does dialect matter?
- Chair: Gregory Robinson
- Committee: Betholyn Gentry, Dee Lance, Mike McDaniel, and Valentina Taran
Chenell Loudermill, Ph.D. (2014)
- Dissertation: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Reading Comprehension and Morphological Awareness Skills
- Chair: Betholyn Gentry
- Committee: Kathy Shapley, Gregory Robinson, Jennifer Hume, and Kent Layton
Andi Toliver-Smith, Ph.D. (2014)
- Dissertation: Multicultural Infusion in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Curriculum: A Case Study
- Chair: Gregory Robinson
- Committee: Betholyn Gentry, Nannette Nicholson, Amanda Nolen, and David Briscoe
Julie Beard, Ph.D. (2015)
- Dissertation: The Use of Social Stories in Reducing Disruptive Behavior in Children with Language Impairment
- Chair: Dee Lance
- Committee: Elson Bihm, Betholyn Gentry, Brent Gregg, Gregory C. Robinson, and Michael Scoles
Amy Engelhoven, Ph.D. (2016)
- Dissertation: “The Effects of Self-Esteem, Coping, and Voice-Related Quality of life on Participation Before and After Botox Treatment”
- Chair: Richard Zraick
- Committee: Ozlem Tulunay, Thomas Guyette, Kristie Hadden, and Zoran Bursac
Ahmad Alanazi, Ph.D. (2017)
- Dissertation: “The Use of Simulation in Audiology Education to Improve Students’ Professional Competency”
- Advisor: Nannette Nicholson
- Committee: Samuel Atcherson, Cliff Franklin, Michael Anders, Laura Smith-Olinde
Ashlen Thomason, Ph.D. (2017)
- Dissertation: “The Effect of Premotor Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the Fluency of Adults who Stutter during Choral Reading”
- Chair: Brent A. Gregg
- Committee: Betholyn Gentry, Thomas Guyette, Dee Lance, Dana Moser
Megan (Scott) Selman, Ph.D. (2017)
- Dissertation: “Comparison of Acoustic Startle Responses in School-Age Children Who Stutter and Their Fluent Peers”
- Chair: Brent A. Gregg
- Committee: Betholyn Gentry, Dee Lance, Kevin, Garrision, J. Art Gillaspy
Sarah Warren, Ph.D. (2017)
- Dissertation: “Identification and Deactification of Cochlear Electrodes with Poor Electrode-Neural Interface: Clinical Practice and Outcomes”
- Chair: Samuel Atcherson
- Committee: Cliff Franklin, Patti Martin, John Dornhoffer, Anthony Spahr, and Charles Finley
Bonnie Slavych, Ph.D. (2017)
- Dissertation: “Adherence to Voice Therapy for Individuals with Muscle Tension Dysphonia: The Impact of Select Demographic and Patient-Reported Variables”
- Chair: Richard Zraick
- Committee: Ozlem Tulunay, Thomas Guyette, Kristie Hadden, and Zoran Bursac