Curricula Vitae in Communication Sci & Disorders

Name	Personal Focus	Summary
Dr. Charley Adams Clinical Assistant Professor	Speech	Dr. Adams' areas of interests are neurogenic disorders, stuttering, accent training, and literacy.
Suzanne M Adlof, PhD Associate Professor	Language development and disorders, Reading acquisition and disorders, Reading and language deficit subgroups, Word learning, Early identification and intervention	The long-term goals of my research are to improve the early identification of language and reading difficulties and develop effective interventions to remediate those difficulties. Ongoing projects are aimed at understanding developmental similarities and differences between reading and language subgroups, including dyslexia and specific language impairment, examining vocabulary development in children and adolescents, and developing effective pre-literacy interventions for young children.
Jamy Archer Clinical Assistant Professor	Therapy, Communication	Ms. Archer's areas of interest are auditory-verbal therapy, total communication with use of sign, dynamic stimuli presentation (iPad, Smartboard, and dysphagia
Dr. Meisam Arjmandi Assistant Professor	investigate the mechanisms and factors influencing the auditory, speech, and language development, develop improved diagnostic tools, personalized interventions and treatments for hearing impairment	Dr. Arjmandi is the Director of Translational Auditory Neuroscience Lab in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. He incorporates his cross-disciplinary research background in auditory neuroscience, speech perception and production, and biomedical engineering to study the neuroscience of human communication and hearing impairment.
Elizabeth Barnes Clinical Assistant Professor	speech impairments, fragile x syndrome	Ms. Barnes areas of interest are phonological development in children with Fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, and Autism, the relationship between speech rate and intelligibility in children with Fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, and the relationship between speech sound errors and syntactic complexity.
Dr. Heather Shaw Bonilha Professor	Developing collaborative research relationships with other researchers and clinicians, Improving the diagnosis and treatment of persons with voice disorders, Using knowledge of neurological injury to individualize and predict success of rehabilitation	Heather Bonilha is Research Assistant Professor and the founder and director of the Voice Clinic, part of the University of South Carolina Speech & Hearing Research Center.
Mrs. Eugenia Crosby-Quinatoa Clinical Assistant Professor	Speech-Language Hearing, Language & Literacy, Habilitation of Spoken language in children with hearing loss & Cochlear Implant	Gina Crosby-Quinatoa, Ph.D./M.S.P., CCC-SLP, LSLS CertAVT, is a bilingual speech-language pathologist and Clinical Assistant Professor at the Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina. Her research focuses on re/habilitation for pediatric and adult hearing loss, culturally responsive clinical practices, interprofessional community health partnerships, and family literacy practices in underrepresented and marginalized communities.
Dirk-Bart Den Ouden, PhD Associate Professor	neuroscience, aphasiology, linguistics	My background is in formal phonology and syntax, which I use to investigate how the brain supports language functions in healthy and aphasic speakers. One goal of my research is to improve treatment outcomes through a neurophysiological approach to stroke-induced deficits (cortical stimulation), in combination with behavioral language training. Along the way, I have used various experimental methods, such as fMRI, EEG and reaction time tasks. I also maintain an interest in linguistic theory.
Laura Droege Clinical Assistant Professor		Dr. Droege has interest in pediatric and adult cochlear implants and bi-modal hearing solutions.
Dr. Lisa Marie Fitton Associate Professor	Bilingualism, Assessment, Literacy development	My research objective is to disrupt educational inequities experienced by children in the U.S. My expertise is at the intersection of rigorous quantitative methods & multilingual language/literacy development. My current work focuses on investigating and improving assessment to identify bilingual learners at risk for reading difficulty. I also collaborate with content-area experts to apply innovative methods to address questions with relevance to education in the areas of language and reading.
Dr. Julius Fridriksson Vice President	Neurogenic Communication Disorders, Neuroimaging in Aphasia, Treatment of Aphasia	Dr. Julius Fridriksson is the Vice President for Research and Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of South Carolina, and Director of the Aphasia Laboratory. Work in the Aphasia Laboratory seeks to clarify the relationships between brain damage and speech/language impairments.
Laura Heidenreich Clinical Instructor		Laura Heidenreich, MS, CCC-SLP is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health.
Dr. Heather Nicole Herrod Burrows Clinical Assistant Professor	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Dr. Heather Nicole Herrod Burrows is an Audiologist and received her Doctorate of Audiology from the University of Florida in 2003.
Dr. Abigail Lee Hogan Assistant Professor	infant siblings of children with ASD and infants with fragile X syndrome, methods of assessing physiological differences (eye tracking, heart activity, electroencephalogram	Abby Hogan is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Jane Roberts’ Neurodevelopmental Disorders Lab. Dr. Hogan completed her doctoral degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University in 2016. Her graduate research investigated the relation of physiological arousal and visual processing to social-communicative functioning in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their siblings.
Dr. Jessica Klusek Associate Professor	Autism, Fragile X syndrome, Pragmatic language	Jessica Klusek is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health.
Dr. Sigfus Kristinsson Assistant Professor		Kristisson Sigfus, Ph.D. is a Research Assistant Professor for the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health.
Professor William Matchin Assistant Professor		William Matchin, Ph.D works to bridge the gaps between linguistics, neuroscience, and aphasia, particularly with respect to syntax. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health.
Angela N. McLeod, PhD Clinical Associate Professor	Literacy Acquisition, Language Development, Cultural and Linguistic Diversity	Angela McLeod is Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the Arnold School of Public Health. Her research interests include literacy acquisition, language development, and cultural and linguistic diversity.
Caryn F. Melvin Clinical Instructor		Caryn F Melvin, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a Clinical Associate Professor in the department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health.
Dr. Hannah Midles Clinical Assistant Professor
Juliana O Miller Clinical Assistant Professor	Place graduate students into external clinical practicum sites, Find/vet/maintain relationships with practicum sites and supervisors	Juliana O. Miller, MS, CCC-SLP is the Director of External Practicum/Clinical Instructor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health.
Ms. Crystal A Murphree-Holden Clinical Assistant Professor	Speech, Language	Ms. Murphree-Holden's research and teaching interests are Speech and Language Skills in Preschool and School Age Populations, Professional Standards and Ethical Practices, and Functional Communication Skill Outcomes.
Jean Neils-Strunjas Department Chair/Professor	studies development of cognition and communication across the age span, explores methods to slow the progression of dementia	Dr. Neils-Strunjas studies development of cognition and communication across the age span, including diseases of aging that result in dementia. She explores methods to slow the progression of dementia through interventions provided by interprofessional teams that include faculty and students from speech-language pathology, exercise science, and psychology. For example, she implemented an exercise and social engagement program, Bingocize®, for persons with dementia in nursing home settings.
Dr. Erin Lindsay Reedy Research Assistant Professor
Joanna Scoggins Clinical Assistant Professor		Joanna Scoggins earned her M.Ed. in Speech Language Pathology from University of Georgia, Athens, GA in 2001 and her B.S.Ed in Communication Sciences for Disorders (Magna Cum Laude) from University of Georgia, Athens, GA in 1999.
Ariana Silverstein Clinical Instructor
Dr. Erin Laurel Smolak Assistant Professor	development of language and cognition (e.g., attention, working memory), language development in children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), understand the underlying deficits of DLD using behavioral and eye tracking methodologies	Erin Smolak, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health.
Catherine Stromberg Clinical Instructor		Catherine Stromberg, M.C.D., CCC-SLP is a Clinical Instructor in the department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Arnold School of Public Health.
Dr. Elizabeth A Will Assistant Professor	early atypical development and co-occurring autism in genetic conditions assoc with Downs syndrome, attention and motor phenotypes	Dr. Will's research investigates early atypical development and co-occurring autism in genetic conditions associated with intellectual disability, specifically Down syndrome. She is particularly interested in attention and motor phenotypes and aims to understand how they interact across development to shape outcomes related to cognition, communication, and co-occurring conditions including autism and ADHD.