SCSD Professor Carla Wood Receives National Research Grant

Carla Wood, Professor in FSU’s School of Communication Science and Disorders and Christopher Schatschneider, Professor in Psychology at FSU recently received federal funding in partnership with Hillsborough County Public School District to evaluate students’ writing outcomes in approximately 44 elementary schools. The research grant from the National Center for Education Research (NCER) of the Institute of …

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Professor Presents Papers at Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Conference

FSU School of Communication Science and Disorders Assistant Professor, Sana Tibi, Ph.D.,  had two spoken papers at two invited symposia at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading 2018 annual conference. She traveled to Brighton, United Kingdom, in July to present her research. Dr. Tibi was invited by Professor Ludo Verhoeven –from the Behavioural Science …

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Lisa Fitton is Improving Childhood Literacy

Lisa Fitton, Ph.D., recently earned her doctorate degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Florida State University this spring. She first began her involvement in research while attending Michigan State University, working under family therapy professor, Dr. José Rubén Parra-Cardona. Fitton’s role in the research project was helping develop an English instructional program for Spanish-speaking …

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Students Participate in 18th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium

CCI students participated in FSU’s 18th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. An annual showcase for undergraduate student researchers to present their work to the university community, the symposium is an interdisciplinary event that showcases research and creative activities across campus. “It is great to see so many students from CCI participating …

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Abby Delehanty Wins PEO Scholar Award

School of Communication Science and Disorders doctoral candidate, Abby Delehanty, is one of the recipients of the 2018 Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) Scholar Award. An organization dedicated to promote educational opportunities for women, the P.E.O. makes differences in the lives of women around the world through educational grants, loans, awards, and special projects. the P.E.O. …

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Comm Disorders Professor, Hugh Catts, Joins Harvard, MIT on $30M ‘Reach Every Reader’ Project

School of Communication Science and Disorders Director and Professor, Hugh Catts, Ph.D., joins Yaacov Petscher at the Florida Center for Reading Research to partner with the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Integrated Learning Initiative on a five-year, $30 million Reach Every Reader project. Through individualized assessment and interventions, the …

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Comm Disorders Professors Lead the Way

School of Communication Science and Disorders faculty have been in the spotlight over the last couple of weeks – and for good reason. Associate Professor Toby Macrae’s leadership of a federally-funded speech-language pathology project for graduate students was recently featured on FSU’s News site and shared on Tallahassee Democrat’s website. Through the project, students learn …

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