Student Achievements

Our graduate students have written in academic publications and presented at major conferences, including the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) annual convention and the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ISHA) annual convention.

Publications

Neri, N., & Gorman, B. K. (2023). Racial and ethnic disparities in identification of ASD. The ISHA Voice, 48(4).

Nora Neri, graduate student
Brenda Gorman, faculty mentor

Gorman, B. K., Martinez, G., & Pina Garcia, L. (2021). Dual-language narrative intervention outcomes for a bilingual adolescent with Down syndrome. Bilingual Research Journal. doi.org/10.1080/15235882.2021.1999340

Guadalupe Martinez, graduate student
Lindsay Pina Garcia, undergraduate and graduate student
Brenda Gorman, faculty mentor

Orizaba, L., Gorman, B.K., Fiestas, C., Bingham, G., & Patton-Terry, N. (2020). A comparison of two narrative assessment measures for Spanish-speaking preschoolers. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools. doi.org/10.1044/2019_LSHSS-19-00103

Lorena Orizaba, graduate student
Brenda Gorman, faculty mentor

Porod, T. K., & Gorman, B. K. (2020). Home and clinical literacy practices for children with cleft lip and palate. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 57(10), 1216-1229. doi.org/10.1177/1055665620924938

Therese Porod, graduate student
Brenda Gorman, faculty mentor

Presentations

Fernando, E.V. & Ding, R. (2024, February). Subjective complaints and its validity as compared to objective measures in patients with Dysphagia. Poster presentation: Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention, Rosemont, IL.

Eman Fernando, graduate student
Ruiying Ding, faculty mentor

McTague J. & Ding, R. (2024, February). Music therapy for communication disorders. Poster presentation: Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention, Rosemont, IL.

Joe McTague, graduate student

Gorman, B. K., Palacios Coello, F., Alcalá Aristimuño; Pina García, L., & Vargas, S. (2022, November 17-19). Capacity building for global equity: Access to child language assessment data in Ecuador. Poster presentation: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Lindsay Piña Garcia, graduate student
Brenda Gorman, faculty mentor

Gorman, B. K. & Pina García, L. (2022, June 16). Valoración dinámica de la narrativa. Oral presentation: Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca Ecuador.

Lindsay Piña Garcia, graduate student
Brenda Gorman, faculty mentor

Amelio, C. & Kremkow, J. M. D. (2022, November). Assessing interprofessional knowledge sharing: An exploration of dental knowledge regarding patients with autism spectrum disorder [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Candice Amelio, graduate student
Jennifer Kremkow, faculty mentor

Bogusz, A. & Kremkow, J. (2022, February 11-12). The effects of AAC intervention exposure on social interactions between students with ASD and their TD peers in the classroom [Poster presentation]. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Rosemont, IL, United States.

Angela Bogusz, graduate student
Jennifer Kremkow, faculty mentor

Evangelopoulos, A. & Kremkow, J. (2022, February 11-12). The use of low and high tech AAC supports in the rehabilitation of persons with aphasia [Poster presentation]. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Rosemont, IL, United States.

Andriana Evangelopoulos, graduate student
Jennifer Kremkow, faculty mentor

Jordan, K. (2022, February 11-12). Intervention approaches for preterm infant dysphagia [Poster presentation]. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Rosemont, IL, United States.

Kaitlyn Jordan, graduate student
Ruiying Ding, faculty mentor

Love, A., Rabenburg, M., Maxon Ferguson, L., & Morean, D. (2022, February 11-12). Cognitive deficits following chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A systematic review [Poster presentation]. Illinois Speech and Hearing Convention, Rosemont, IL, United States.

Analise Love, graduate student
Megan Rabenburg, graduate student
Lauren Maxon Ferguson, faculty mentor
Diane Morean, faculty mentor

Rabenburg, M., Love, A., Maxon Ferguson, L., & Morean, D. (2022, February 11-12). Cognitive deficits following chemotherapy for pediatric Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: A systematic Review [Poster presentation]. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Rosemont, IL, United States.

Megan Rabenburg, graduate student
Analise Love, graduate student
Lauren Maxon Ferguson, faculty mentor
Diane Morean, faculty mentor

Rush A. & Ding R. (2022, February 11-12). The effectiveness of rTMS in treatment of dysphagia [Poster presentation]. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Rosemont, IL, United States.

Allison Rush, graduate student
Ruiying Ding, faculty mentor

Fritzshall, A. & Kremkow, J. M. D. (2021, February 4-6). Influence of clients’ low socioeconomic status on clinical practice of school-based speech-language pathologists [Poster presentation]. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Rosemont, IL, United States.

Adam Fritzshall, graduate student
Jennifer Kremkow, faculty mentor

Kozlowski, A. & Kremkow, J. M. D. (2021, May). Peer mentoring improving psychosocial outcomes for individuals with autism [Poster presentation]. Elmhurst College Research Symposium, Elmhurst, IL, United States.

Alyssa Kozlowski, graduate student
Jennifer Kremkow, faculty mentor

Long, M. & Kremkow, J. M. D. (2021, May). Speech, language, and literacy intervention considerations and best practices for infants and children with Down Syndrome [Poster presentation]. Elmhurst College Research Symposium, Elmhurst, IL, United States.

Mary Long, graduate student
Jennifer Kremkow, faculty mentor

Maliszewski, M. & Kremkow, J. M. D. (2021, May). Expanding expressive language with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) [Poster presentation]. Elmhurst College Research Symposium, Elmhurst, IL, United States.

Monique Maliszewski, graduate student
Jennifer Kremkow, faculty mentor

Nelson, A. (2021, February 4-6). Tutorial for cognate therapy: Spanish-English bilingual children using academic vocabulary [Poster presentation]. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Rosemont, IL, United States.

Amy Nelson, graduate student
Brenda Gorman, faculty mentor

Ramos, E. & Kremkow, J. M. D. (2021, May). Multicultural considerations for Latinx families with children with autism spectrum disorder [Poster presentation]. Elmhurst College Research Symposium, Elmhurst, IL, United States.

Estela Ramos, graduate student
Jennifer Kremkow, faculty mentor

Rush A. & Ding R. (2021, February 4-6) The effectiveness of rTMS in treatment of dysphagia [Poster presentation]. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Rosemont, IL, United States.

Allison Rush, graduate student
Ruiying Ding, faculty mentor

Wlodarski, C. & Kremkow, J. M. D. (2021, February 4-6). School-based SLPs and culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) populations [Poster presentation]. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Rosemont, IL, United States.

Celina Wlodarski, graduate student
Jennifer Kremkow, faculty mentor

Alexander, A. & Kremkow, J. (2020, February 6–8). Speech-language pathologists’ response to echolalia [Poster presentation]. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Rosemont, IL, United States.

Allison Alexander, graduate student
Jennifer Kremkow, faculty mentor

Gorman, B. K., Gabriel, A., & Mendoza Virgen, I. (2020, November). Lenguaje y lectura infantil: Intervención narrativa (Child language and literacy: Narrative intervention) [Oral presentation]. Ministerio de Salud Pública, Dirección Nacional De Discapacidades, Ecuador.

Aurora Gabriel, graduate student
Ivonne Mendoza Virgen, graduate student
Brenda Gorman, faculty mentor

Graessle, L., & Kremkow, J. M. D. (2020, February 6–8). Do certified speech-language pathologists find core vocabulary boards effective? [Poster presentation]. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Rosemont, IL, United States.

Lauren (Graessle) Johnson, graduate student
Jennifer Kremkow, faculty mentor

Lezza, A., & Kremkow, J. (2020, February 6-8). At-home communication effects of DIR/ Floortime [Poster presentation]. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Rosemont, IL, United States.

Angela Lezza, graduate student
Jennifer Kremkow, faculty mentor

Paolucci, M. & Ding R. (2020, November). Dysphagia in Parkinson’s disease [Poster presentation]. Elmhurst University Health Science Fair, Elmhurst, IL, United States.

Megan Paolucci, graduate student
Ruiying Ding, faculty mentor

Paver, L. & Kremkow, J. M. D. (2020, February 6-8). Parent perspectives on the use of equine therapy in the treatment of autism spectrum disorder [Poster presentation]. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Rosemont, IL, United States.

Lauren Paver, graduate student
Jennifer Kremkow, faculty mentor

Simpson, H., & Ding, R. (2020, February 6-8). Perceptions of communication: Healthcare professionals & patients with TBI [Poster presentation]. Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Rosemont, IL, United States.