SCSD Professor Serves as Guest Editor for Top-Tier Journal

School of Communication Science and Disorders Professor Yunjung Kim was invited to serve as Guest Editor for the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, a leading journal in the field. Her forum “Native Language, Dialect, and Foreign Accent in Dysarthria” was published in a collection of papers from international scholars. She also participated in the forum as an author of two articles, “Raising Awareness About Language-and Culture-Specific Considerations in the Management of Dysarthria Associated with Parkinson’s Disease within the United States” and “Does native language matter in perceptual ratings of dysarthria?”

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SCSD Professor travels to Australia and Japan to Present Research

Dr. Sladjana Lukic, assistant professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, delivered two presentations at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia in Nara, Japan, and she gave a talk in a symposium at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language Conference in Brisbane, Australia, in October. In Japan, Lukic presented …

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SCSD Student Presents Research at ASHA

Communication Science and Disorders senior Samantha Bikulcius will present her Honors in the Major research at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association conference in Seattle, Washington, on December 7, 2024. Bikulcius’s research was selected as a Meritorious Poster at the convention, a special designation for proposals judged to be exceptional during their review process. Her study, “The Relationship …

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Student Spotlight: Alyssa Croft

Public Relations student Alyssa Croft presented “Words in Big Business: How Scienceploitation has Invaded Consumer Society” at the President’s Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence on October 10, 2024. The presentation was the culmination of 10 months of work on the project, made possible by an IDEA Grant Croft received last March.

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iSchool Professor Embarks On A Fulbright Scholar’s Adventure in Bologna, Italy

iSchool associate professor Dr. Shuyuan Mary Ho Metcalfe has begun her Fulbright Scholar’s journey at the University of Bologna in Italy. During her time in Bologna, Metcalfe has goals to expand her research in a more practice-oriented space, to build out her research networks through global connection and collaboration, and to translate her personal experience to an institutional one by increasing Florida State University’s international engagement.

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