1. Where did you grow up? I grew up in Blountstown, FL. Blountstown is a rural community with approximately 5000 people, and it is one of the small towns you pass on the way to Panama City. 2. What made you choose FSU? I have been a fan of FSU since I was a young …
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Research news from the CCI School of Communication Science & Disorders
Meet SCSD Doctoral Student: Iris Davis
Michelle Therrien Attends Google Conference
Earlier this month Assistant Professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders Michelle Therrien was invited to a workshop at Google in San Francisco. The workshop brought experts in speech, language, and neurology together with Google researches, engineers, and product managers to discuss recent advances in machine learning for people with disabilities. Therrien’s background …
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Collaboration Receives $25,000 in Funding
Each semester, the Office of Proposal Development hosts events called Collaborative Collisions. These events encourage researchers from all FSU Colleges, Departments, and Centers to come together and discuss potential collaborations around specific topics. In the past, topics have included “Smart Cities,” “Environment,” and “Mental Health and Well-Being.” “The goal of Collaborative Collision events is to …
CONTINUE READINGSummer of Success for Dr. Constantino
Dr. Christopher Constantino, an assistant professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, has been awarded an Advancing Academic-Research Careers (AARC) grant from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). This award is designed to support academic-research careers of junior-level faculty in the field of communication science and disorders. Dr. Constantino was awarded one of ten …
CONTINUE READINGListen Camp Connects Children Experiencing Hearing Loss
Founded by faculty member and speech-language pathologist Linda Sasser, FSU’s L.L. Schendel Speech and Hearing Clinic hosted its first-ever Listen Camp in late July. Partnering with the FSU School of Communication Science and Disorders graduate program in Speech-Language Pathology, the camp provided fun activities for eight campers suffering with hearing loss. Aged from kindergarten to …
CONTINUE READINGCCI 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 …
CONTINUE READINGBarton-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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