Jamie Mayer makes magical things happen. No, she is not a magician. Rather, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy (ISLL) affiliate Dr. Mayer is a professor in NIU’s Speech-Language Pathology program within the School of Allied Health and Communicative
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A little inclement weather didn’t deter the School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders Outreach team from promoting their clinics on Oct. 1. Carrie Callahan (pictured) joined Joy Robackouski, Mariah Cheyney and Sherrill Morris during the DeKalb County Community Expo that took
Read more Jamie Mayer, associate professor of Speech-Language Pathology, School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders, has earned the 2020 NIU Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award for her contributions in and out of the classroom. Students repeatedly report that Mayer is truly gifted in
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DeAnna Harris-McKoy, NIU associate professor in the School of Family and Consumer Sciences, has been named director of NIU’s Specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy program. She replaces J. Mark Killmer who retired Sept. 1. Harris-McKoy is a licensed marriage and family
Read moreNIU’s College of Health and Human Sciences announced the winners of the 2020 Awards for Excellence in teaching, research and service during the online college meeting held Aug. 17. J. Mark Killmer, D. Scott Sibley and King Chung were each recognized for their
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Dahlia Roman, family coordinator of NIU Child Development and Family Center, was recently named a Hometown Hero by DeKalb radio station 94.9 WDKB. The award, which highlights people in the community who are doing positive things, is given out weekly by the
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Milijana Buac, assistant professor of Speech-Language Pathology in the School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders, was recently named a recipient of the 2020 Advancing Academic-Research (AARC) Award. Established in 2004 by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the AARC Award is given to pre-tenured, doctorate-level faculty to
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In April 2020, Allison Gladfelter, assistant professor, and NIU alum, Kacy Barron, published an article titled “How Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Language Disorder, and Typical Language Learn to Produce Global and Local Semantic Features” in the journal, Brain Sciences (https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/4/231).
Read more Language is a fundamental aspect of being human. Being able to understand and produce language allows one to create strong social and emotional bonds with friends and family and to fully participate in society. It is therefore not surprising that when parents
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Does your pet Husky wear cool glasses? CISLL’s Deputy Director Dr. Allison Gladfelter’s’ does. However, her Husky is a stuffed animal which lives in her HUSKIES research lab (HUman Speech KInematics Experimental Studies) at NIU. And the cool glasses are part of an infrared movement tracking system
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