Shannon Hall-Mills Named FLASHA President

Dr. Shannon Hall-Mills, an assistant professor at FSU School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD), is the new president of FLASHA, the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists. In addition to working as a speech language pathologist (SLP) in education-based settings and early childhood centers, Dr. Hall-Mills has spent the entirety of her career …

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CCI Faculty Awarded Summer Grants

Each year, Florida State’s Council on Research and Creativity (CRC) offers summer funding to research projects through the First Year Assistant Professor Program (FYAP). This is a grant program designed to provide first-year assistant professors with “summer salary support to facilitate their research and/or creative activities,” says the website. The grant is available to all …

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Barton-Hulsey and Romano Presented at National Conference

At the beginning of April, two Assistant Professors in the School of Communication Science and Disorders presented their research at the 52nd Annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in San Antonio, Texas. This is known as “one of the premier conferences in the United States for behavioral scientists conducting research …

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Best & Brightest Awarded at CCI Honors Recognition Ceremony

FSU’s College of Communication and Information (CCI) honored over 75 exceptional students, faculty, community partners, student organizations, and alumni at the College’s annual Honors Recognition Ceremony and Reception on Friday, April 5, 2019. Family and friends of CCI community members traveled from near and far to gather in Miller Hall for a presentation of awards. …

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Powerful Posters: SCSD Research Rounds Mini-Conference

On Friday, April 12, the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) and the School of Communication Science and Disorders hosted the 2019 SCSD Research Rounds Mini-Conference. This event invited students, faculty, staff, community clinicians, and SCSD alumni to submit poster presentations of projects, methods, or studies they have been a part of that made …

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SCSD Faculty & Alumni Collaborate to Publish Early Childhood Research

The School of Communication Science & Disorders‘ Communication and Early Childhood Research and Practice Center (CEC-RAP) faculty and staff along with Kids Incorporated are celebrating the publication of two research endeavors in Early Childhood Research Quarterly this month. Assistant Director for CEC-RAP, Mollie Romano, and Kelly Windsor published “Increasing deictic gesture use to promote the language development …

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SCSD Professor Publishes Research on Youth Speech Sound Disorders

Kelly Farquharson, Associate Professor for the School of Communication Science & Disorders and director of the Children’s Literacy and Speech Sound (CLaSS) lab at Florida State University, has published two new research papers. The first paper, titled “What if it isn’t ‘just artic’: The Case for the Single Sound Error” has been accepted for publication at Perspectives …

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