Student Research

Marywood University CSD undergraduate and graduate students conduct research that contributes to their coursework as well as to the Speech-Language Pathology profession.  Some recent examples include:

 

"The Relationship between Autism Quotient and Theory of Mind in Healthy Normal Adults."

• Students:  Emily Degnitz, Abigail Johnson, Bethany Savacool
  

• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijayachandra Ramachandra
  

• Presentation Venue: Marywood University Research Forum 2010.
  

 

 

"The Influence of Musical Training on the Phonological Loop and the Central Executive"

• Students: Colleen Meighan, Jillian Gradzki
  

• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijayachandra Ramachandra
  

• Presentation Venues:  Marywood University Research Forum 2010, The 2010 Pennsylvania Speech Language and Hearing Convention, The Penn State 11th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Seattle, Washington.

 

"Semantic vs. Non-Semantic Whole Word Reading Therapy for Pure Alexia: A Case Study"

• Student:   Lauren Lettieri

• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijayachandra Ramachandra

• Presentation Venues:Science of Aphasia, Potsdam, Germany  Marywood University Research Forum 2010

 

 

 

"A Meta-Analysis of Therapies for Agrammatism Due to Aphasia."

• Students:  Marilee Sobrinski, Caitlin Donahue

• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bruce Wisenburn

• Presentation Venue: Marywood University Research Forum 2010.

 

 

 

"The Effects of Musical Training on Phonological and Functional Working Memory"

• Students: Bethanie LeCureux and Moira Pope
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijay Ramachandra
• Presentation Venue: Marywood University Research Forum 2009.

 

"Age-Related Changes in Processing Vocal Emotions"

• Students: Nina DePalma
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijay Ramachandra
• Presentation Venues: Marywood University Research Forum 2009.

 

"Novel Word Learning in People with Aphasia: The Role of Judgements-of-Learning and Phonological Memory"

• Students: Jillian Jones, Kimberly Flanagan, Morgan Reilly, Nicholas Bollinger
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijay Ramachandra
• Presentation Venues: Marywood University Research Forum 2009,  The 47th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia (Boston 2009)

"Fast Mapping in Healthy Young Adults: The Effects of Immediate vs. Delayed Judgments-of-Learning"

• Students: Marissa Ruda and Bryna Rickenbach
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijay Ramachandra
• Presentation Venues: Marywood University Research Forum 2009.

"Age-Related Changes in Behavioral and Physiological Responses to Vocal Emotions"

• Students: Keith Albright, Rebecca Masko, Jason Berry, Elaina Rickards
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijay Ramachandra
• Presentation Venues: Marywood University Research Forum 2009.

 

"Fast Mapping in Adults: The Influence of Gender & Metamemory"

• Students: Bethanie LeCureux, Moira Pope, Bryna Rickenbach, and Marissa Ruda,
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijay Ramachandra
• Presentation Venues:
  • Marywood University Research Forum, 2008
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Chicago, 2008
  • Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, 2009

 

 

"Neural Basis of Auditory Emotions"

• Student: Nina DePalma, and Marywood CSD alumna Sara Lisiewski Conrad '08
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vijay Ramachandra
• Presentation Venue:
  • European Societies of Neuropsychology, Edinburgh, Scotlan, Marywood Undergraduate Research Forum 2008.

• Research focus: The study of mirror neurons in the brain, measuring heart rate and skin conductance, among 25 volunteer undergraduate students as they listened to and thought about various vocal emotions.