The Department offers students the opportunity to participate in research projects conducted by members of the CSD faculty.
Individual faculty member's areas of clinical and research expertise are shown below. Students who are interested in research opportunties may contact individual faculty members directly or the Department Chair for more information.
Academic Faculty Expertise
Dawn C. Botts
bottsdc@appstate.edu
- School-age language disorders
- Instructional methods for children with language-learning disabilities
- Children and adults with language and literacy deficits
- Speech sound disorders
- Assessment methods
- Clinical education and supervision
Jennifer C. Buff
buffjc@appstate.edu
- Childhood apraxia of speech
- Speech perception
- Motor speech development
- Speech sound disorders
Laura Chapman
chapmanlr@appstate.edu
- Adult neurogenic language disorders (aphasia, dementia, mild cognitive impairment, language and aging)
- Cognitive underpinnings of language, studied via pupillometry and eyetracking
- Contemplative practices (e.g., mindfulness, meditation) in communication sciences and disorders
- Contemplative pedagogy
Gail Donaldson
donaldsongs@appstate.edu
- Electrical stimulation of the auditory system
- Sound and speech perception in cochlear implant users
- Bimodal (electric-acoustic) hearing
- Anatomy and physiology of the auditory system
Stefan Frisch
frischsa@appstate.edu
- Speech production
- Ultrasound imaging of articulation
- Speech perception
- Second language acquisition
- Language modeling
R. Jordan Hazelwood
hazelwoodrj@appstate.edu
- Swallowing and swallowing disorders
- Standardization of assessment
- Interprofessional education
- Clinicial research ethics
- Traumatic brain injury
- Voice disorders
Rachel Hoge
hoger@appstate.edu
- Developmental language disorder
- Second language acquisition/bilingual language development
- School-based services for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- Literacy instruction for people with complex communication needs
- Development and psychometric evaluation of language and literacy tests for bilinguals
- Cultural competence in speech-language pathology
Joseph F. Klein
kleinjf@appstate.edu
- Stuttering
- Cluttering
- Counseling in communication sciences and disorders
- Employment factors for people with communication disorders
Emily Lakey
lakeyer@appstate.edu
- Autism
- Social aspects of communication
- Preschool language disorders
- Interprofessional collaboration and education
Angela Losardo
losardoas@appstate.edu
- Infant communication/preschool and school-age language disorders
- Alternative/cross-cultural assessment
- Comparative language/literacy intervention research
- Interdisciplinary personnel preparation
- Severe communication disorders/autism spectrum disorders
Gary H. McCullough
mcculloughgh@appstate.edu
- Swallowing disorders
- Voice disorders
Kim McCullough
mcculloughkc@appstate.edu
- Evaluation of mild cognitive impairment
- Treatment of mild cognitive impairment
- Interprofessional education
- Aphasia
Benjamin Russell
russellba@appstate.edu
- Cochlear implants
- Hearing aids
- Diagnostic hearing evaluations (pediatric and adult)
- Speech perception with reduced spectral cues
- Vestibular evaluation
Clinical Educator Expertise
Karalee Cole
- Early intervention assessment and treatment
- Parent/caregiver training
- Preschool language disorders
- Early literacy
- Interprofessional collaboration and education
Kristin Crawford
phillipskl1@appstate.edu
- SLP services in the prison setting
- Professional Development
- Speech and language disorders in school age populations
Bliss Hemric
hemricb@appstate.edu
- Preschool language disorders
- Early literacy
- Preschool screenings
- Speech sound disorders
- Early childhood professional collaboration
Emily B. Hornback
hornbacker@appstate.edu
- Rehabilitation for geriatrics/adults in skilled nursing facility
- Progressive neurological diseases
- Cognitive-linguistic Impairment
- Dysphagia
Emily Hutelmyer
hutelmyerek@appstate.edu
- Dysphagia
- Aphasia
- Progressive neurological disorders (Parkinson's disease, PSP, ALS)
- Head and neck cancer
Sherry L. Street-Tobin
streetsl@appstate.edu
- Language disorders in infant/toddler/preschool populations
- Instructional methods in preschool settings
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Down syndrome
- Emergent literacy
- Phonological disorders
Jennifer P. Van Gilder
vangildrjp@appstate.edu
- School-age language
- Literacy
- Phonologic awareness
- Central auditory processing
Sarah Young
youngsm@appstate.edu
- Voice evaluation (Videolaryngostroboscopy)
- Voice treatment
- Instrumental evaluation of swallowing (MBSImP)
- Cognitive-linguistic impairment following TBI
- Parkinson's voice therapy (LSVT)
- Interprofessional collaboration and education