Madelyn Parrott isn’t letting COVID-19 stop her from making a difference in the community. For the senior in NIU’s School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders, making community connections is more important now than ever before. “This semester has been very difficult
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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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The spring class of 2020 hasn’t had a traditional conclusion to their studies, but they do have a lot of great accomplishments, memories and advice to share. Over the summer months we’ll be profiling some of them. Ariana Carbajal Degree earned: B.S.
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Several NIU faculty, including Josephine Ebomoyi, Paul Priester, M. Courtney Hughes, Kari Hickey, and Janet Olson have pivoted their research to take on COVID-19-related studies. Learn more.
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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).
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Over 170 students from NIU and University of Illinois at Chicago met last week for the annual Interdisciplinary Case Study. Students in NIU’s audiology, dietetics, medical laboratory science, nursing, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology, and pharmacy students from UIC participated in a
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Cassidy VanZuiden’s Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day (URAD) project — exploring why children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) echo or parody speech — grew into a national award-winning project and then a published research paper in a prestigious journal. VanZuiden, who graduated
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Graduated: May 2009 Degree: Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology Experience at NIU: Eboni received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from NIU. Some of Eboni’s most memorable experiences include her clinical work at Kishwaukee Hospital doing swallowing study practice, working with tracheostomy and
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Graduated: May 2006 Degree: Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology Experience at NIU: Regina was a non-traditional student who attended NIU in search of her second profession after a career change from accounting. She served as Dr. Sherrill Morris’ teaching assistant for COMD 221
Read moreAnna Cannone (’18, M.A. Speech-Language Pathology), recently presented a free class on augmentative and alternative communication to the Superhero Center for Autism in Loves Park, Illinois. Read the complete story.
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