Join us! We're hiring two research assistants to work at our lab site in Indianapolis to support recruitment and data collection on an NIH funded project on language development. ![]()
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We are so proud of post-doc Sabrina Horvath who is starting as an Assistant Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)! We are so proud of her and excited to see her take this next step in her career to start her own lab at MUSC!
We love getting to work with Purdue undergraduate students -- check out the recent college spotlight on one of our amazing lab research assistants, Kennedy SkipperStudents in the Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) have interests ranging from business to education to social sciences to healthcare and beyond. Take a minute to get to know one of our HHS students below, and then see more on our website ➡️ www.purdue.edu/hhs/virtual/spotlight/index.php![]()
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🚂 Why Purdue University? "...because I knew that the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences department at Purdue was, and is, one of the top in the nation, and I wanted to learn from the best."![]()
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We are so proud of Dr. Justin Kueser for successfully defending his dissertation last week! 🎉🎉Congratulations to Dr. Justin Kueser on successfully defending his dissertation titled "Semantic and structural factors in sentence comprehension and word learning." His committee members Drs. Laurence B. Leonard, Arielle Borovsky, Jeffrey Karpicke, and Amanda Seidl are so proud of all that he's accomplished! Justin is set to graduate in August and we wish him all the best!![]()
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For families with 3- to 5-year olds: Mimah King, a graduate student at Purdue, is looking for more families to take part in her dissertation study about learning during play. Families can take part completely online - check out Mimah's post below for more information!
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We're so lucky and honored to have such a generous and knowledgeable colleague like Larry - check out the spotlight below!SLHS is spotlighting our department's longest-serving faculty members this summer, beginning with Rachel E. Stark Distinguished Professor Laurence B. Leonard, who has been teaching at SLHS since 1978. ![]()
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Q: Could you describe one or two highlights from your research career?![]()
"I wish I could say that I found the precise cause of language disorders in children or developed the most effective therapy procedure for these children. But I cannot. However, my colleagues and I have chipped away at some of the important issues and I believe we have moved the field forward. My highlights include having the good fortune of working with so many talented PhD students, Master's students, and postdoctoral fellows, as well as colleagues here at Purdue and around the world. In terms of a very specific highlight, I would put at the top of the list my experience living in Italy for six months to study what language disorders in children look like in another language. That decision proved to be a professional (and personal) life-changer." ![]()
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Q: What are you currently researching?![]()
"Although I continue to have a very strong interest in syntax and morphology, my colleagues and I are currently studying word learning in young children with developmental language disorder. Our main focus is on the benefits of retrieval practice. It has been a very productive project and it looks like we will have the opportunity to continue this line of research for another five years."![]()
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Q: Do you have any advice for SLHS students?![]()
"The best piece of advice I can give is something that PhD students keep hearing me say all the time. However, I think it applies to students pursuing clinical work as well. The advice: Make sure that you seek employment in a place that rewards the specific things you want to do. That way, your successes are all the more satisfying, and if you are not successful in achieving a goal, it will not be because the system was standing in the way. Hey, we all fall short once in a while, right?"![]()
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SLHS is so fortunate to have Dr. Leonard on our team! Learn more about his research in the Child Language Research Laboratory here: www.purdue.edu/hhs/slhs/research/labs/child_language/index.html ![]()
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*Today's post is dedicated to welcoming Barb to our LLaMA Lab team!*![]()
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Barb is a speech language pathologist with many years of experience in private practice and as a First Steps provider. She has also provided clinical supervision to graduate students in the Purdue Speech Clinic. Her areas of expertise include early intervention and stuttering management in children and adults. In addition to her clinical practice, she has served as a research associate and project coordinator for several NIH-funded grants awarded to Purdue SLHS faculty members. She is looking forward to working with everyone on Dr. Borovsky’s LASER2 team as we explore early language and vocabulary skills in toddlers. We are very excited to have her join us!
Congratulations to post-doc Sabrina and undergraduate research assistant Jaelyn for their poster presentation, and graduate student Justin for his talk at this year's Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders (SRCLD) last week. We're so proud of you!
We are very excited to welcome our new Project Coordinator Claney to LLaMA Lab!![]()
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Claney is a recent graduate of the University of West Florida with a major in Psychology and a minor in Statistics. She split her time between two child development labs at UWF where she explored environmental contexts of the development of preschoolers' self-regulation as well as the influence of socioeconomic status on young children's language development. She is interested in a future in School Psychology with a focus on intervention and prevention in the school system of developmental and learning disorders through community, school, and home collaboration. We are very excited to have her join us!
We are so proud of our LLaMA Lab members Grace Lovell and Sarah Nicolas Cruz - we congratulate them on their 2021 Chappelle Fellowship Award! We wish them best of luck in pursuit of their Master's!Congratulations to this year's Chappelle Fellowship recipients - Mikahla Combs, Grace Lovell, Sierra Mendoza, Sarah Nicolas Cruz, Halle Shoults, and Mackenzie Zorn! The Charles C. Chappelle Fellowship provides a one-year fellowship to students with undergraduate degrees from Purdue for the furtherance of postgraduate research at the University. Recipients are selected on the basis of character, intellectual ability, and promise of degree attainment. All 6 recipients will be pursuing their Master's in Speech-Language Pathology. ![]()
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*Congratulations to our graduating research assistant Jaelyn*![]()
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Jaelyn is graduating with a double major in Anthropology and Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences with minors in Linguistics and Psychology. She's been in the LLaMA Lab since 2019, completed a LSAMP-sponsored project in the lab, and is even a co-author of a paper under review! Jaely was accepted at four top-ranked graduate programs, and we're thrilled to announce that Jaelyn picked Purdue's Speech-Language Pathology program out of all of them! We're so excited to see what you do next!
*Congratulations to graduating LLaMA Lab member Jenny!*![]()
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We are thrilled to announce that Jenny will be starting the Physical Assistant (PA) program at Temple University-Lewis Kratz School of Medicine in Philadelphia this upcoming June! Jenny graduated in Spring 2021 with a major in Brain and Behavioral Sciences and a Pre-PA concentration, and she was a member of the LLaMA Lab her junior year. We are excited for this new chapter in her education! Congratulations Jenny!
*Congratulations to our graduating research assistant Grace!*![]()
Grace studied Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences with a minor in Psychology, and she completed an honors thesis in the LLaMA Lab exploring social play's effects on vocabulary development in young children. Grace will start Purdue University's Master of Speech-Language Pathology program in the fall. Congratulations Grace!
Congratulations to research assistant Maria Bushman for receiving the Outstanding Sophomore Award from Purdue National and International Scholarships Office!Four Purdue University Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences students have received the Outstanding Sophomore Award from Purdue National and International Scholarships Office (NISO)! Congratulations to Maria Bushman, Erin Frain, Macy Griffis, and Renee Kohlmeier! Well done! #PurdueSLHS #PurdueHHS
Today's celebration post is dedicated to another one of our amazing undergraduate students: Sarah! Sarah is majoring in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences with minors in Psychology and Spanish, and will be graduating this May. During her time in the lab, she worked on her Honors thesis project exploring parent engagement during play and its effects on early language skills and presented her poster recently. She will be attending Purdue University's Speech Language Pathology program in the Fall. Congratulations Sarah!!
Hooray for LLAMA lab graduate student, Michelle Indarjit who is this year's Ringel award recipient to support her research on sensory processing and early language learning.This year's Robert L. Ringel Research Award recipient is Michelle Indarjit! This award is gifted to honor the memory and legacy of the late Bob Ringel, who inspired his students to take their research to new heights. The award assists one Ph.D. student in actualizing an idea or vision for their research that would be difficult to accomplish without the support. Michelle's research aims to determine whether and how individual and combined senses (namely, Visual, Tactile, and Auditory) support word-learning in 24–30-month-old children. Congratulations Michelle!![]()
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Today, we are celebrating Lizzy! Lizzy will be graduating this May with a Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences major and Spanish minor. Lizzy has made tremendous contributions to our verb features projects, and she will be attending University of Memphis - Speech Language Pathology program to pursue her Master's in the fall. We are very proud of Lizzy's accomplishments and we congratulate her again!
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month! We're so proud to be part of a department with fabulous resources to support healthy communication at all ages. Do you or a loved one struggle to speak, hear, swallow or communicate? Check out the links to the M.D. Steer clinics below for more resources --May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, a time to raise awareness about communication disorders and available treatment options that can improve the quality of life for those who experience problems speaking or hearing. We encourage you to check out the programs available in the M.D. Steer Speech, Language, and Swallowing Clinic (www.purdue.edu/hhs/slhs/clinics/speech_language.html) and the M.D. Steer Audiology Clinic (www.purdue.edu/hhs/slhs/clinics/audiology.html) to learn more about taking charge of your hearing and speech health. #BHSM #PurdueSLHS #PurdueHHS
**Congratulations to graduating LLaMA Lab member Candace! ** ![]()
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Candace double majored in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences *and* Brain and Behavioral Sciences. She is one of the first members of LLaMA Lab, she has been with us all throughout her undergraduate years, and completed an honors thesis in the lab. Candace will be attending Boston University's Master of Public Health program, and we are so proud of her! Congratulations, Candace!
As we head into finals week at Purdue, we look forward to celebrating our LLaMA Lab members, and we wish everyone good luck on their final projects and exams!
