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 OLLU McNair program or the OLLU 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’s,
cleft palate)
- Recent research projects by graduate students include Parkinson’s treatments (LSVT, EMST, DAF), neuromuscular electrical stimulation, myofascial release, and cleft palate intervention outcomes.
- Multi-Lingual Lab: Casey Taliancich-Klinger, PhD, CCC-SLP (Bilingual language acquisition;
bilingual assessment diagnostic indicators of impairment in bilingual/CLD populations)
- Recent research projects by graduate students include a study exploring speech revisions in bilingual and monolingual children and examining heritage language transmission.
Scholarships and Awards
2018-2019 Scholarship Recipients
Baptist Health Foundation Scholarships
Melanie Torres and Rachel Marroquin
Marie Emge Scholarship
Daija Smith
HJ BD Scholarship
Aliah Hamoudeh
Ravel Scholarship
Lorena Aceves Hernandez
SASHLA Scholarship
Macey McKnight
Elizabeth Woolfolk Endowed Scholarship
Lorena Aceves Hernandez and Taiya Ryan
2017-2018 Scholarship and Award Recipients
Baptist Health Foundation Scholarships
Kristen Hatch and Casey Leal
Marie Emge Scholarship
Rachel Marroquin
Elizabeth Woolfolk Endowed Scholarship
Christine Northington
Ravel Scholarship
Sarah Hanson
SASHLA Scholarship
Stephanie Hernandez
Woolfolk Scholarship
Miranda Alvarez
Bud Mullen Award
Brittany Boandl
Jane Davidson Award
Erika Galindo