Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Researchers in SLHS are constantly seeking to improve our scientific understanding of the mechanisms of typical speech, language, and hearing systems, to determine how these systems may be disrupted by injury, disease, or age, and to develop therapeutic methods and instruments to prevent or remediate these disorders in the future. This work provides evidence on which clinical practice is based Undergraduate students interested in learning more about how research is conducted in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences are encouraged to contact individual faculty who are investigating research on topics of interest. Students working in research laboratories may receive course credit for their participation by registering for either SLHS 490 or SLHS 498.
Research typically falls within one or more of the following broadly defined areas:
- Hearing Science; Hearing Disorders
- Language Science; Language Disorders and Disabilities
- Speech, Swallowing, and Voice Science; Speech, Swallowing, Voice Disorders
SLHS 490/498 is a course where students work as research assistants on projects managed by a faculty member or graduate student in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences.
Benefits of the SLHS 490/498 experience include
- gaining hands-on experience in data collection
- learning research skills like data analysis, interpretation, and writing
- helping you assess whether research is a component you want in your career
- developing contacts for future letters of recommendation and job references
- enhancing competitiveness in applications for graduate school in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences or other professional schools.
Current SLHS 490/498 Position Announcements
The faculty below have indicated openings for Summer 2022:
- Jiyeon Lee (Contact Dr. Josh Weirick to apply)
- Laurence Leonard (Contact Dr. Pat Deevy to apply)
- Allison Schaser (Schaser Lab Volunteer Research Assistant Application)
The faculty below have indicated openings for Fall 2022:
- Joshua Alexander
- Arielle Borovsky (LLaMA Lab Application Form)
- Françoise Brosseau-Lapré (Child Phonology Lab Application Form)
- Natalya Kaganovich (Lab Flyer - Send CV to Jen Schumaker to apply)
- Jiyeon Lee (Contact Dr. Josh Weirick to apply)
- Georgia Malandraki (I-EaT Lab Application Form)
- Allison Schaser (Schaser Lab Volunteer Research Assistant Application)
The faculty below have indicated openings for Spring 2023:
Purdue Programs
- Purdue Undergraduate Research Website
- Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship (DURI)
- Purdue Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
- Undergraduate Summer Research Program
- Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation
Beyond Purdue
- National Science Foundation, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
- National Institutes of Health, Research and Training Opportunities
- MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U-STAR) Awards (T34)
- UNCF/Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Awards
- Council on Undergraduate Research.
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