Past Graduate Award Recipients

Emily Napoli

• First language dialect experience as a source of individual differences in vowel acquisition
• Home Department: Linguistics, advised by Dr. Cynthia Clopper
• Visiting Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Mark Pitt

Gerardo Lopez

• Exploring the Perception of Synthesized Voices within a Musical Context
• Home Department: Music, advised by Dr. Anna Gawboy
• Visiting Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Laura Wagner

Nicole Viola

• Developing QUEST (Quitting Using Executive function Strategy Training) Tobacco Cessation Component Development for Youth Experiencing Homelessness with Acquired Brain Injury
• Home Department: Speech & Hearing, advised by Dr. Jennifer Lundine
• Visiting Department: Public Health, advised by Dr. Julianna Nemeth

Seyed Ali Alavi Bajestan

• Detecting Auditory Selective Attention from EEG Data using Deep Neural Networks
• Home Department: Computer Science and Engineering, advised by Dr. Donald Williamson
• Visiting Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Mark Pitt

Xiaozhi Yang

• Gaze influences political decision making: a combine computational modelling and eye-tracking approach
• Home Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Ian Krajbich
• Visiting Department: Communication, advised by Dr. Jason Coronel

Yu Jin Song

• The role of cognitive ability in processing prosodic prominence by adults and children
• Home Department: Linguistics, advised by Dr. Shari Speer
• Visiting Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Laura Wagner

Zachary Lookenbill

• "We Got the Beat": Synchronization and Beat Perception in Marching Band and Drumline
• Home Department: Music, advised by Dr. Anna Gawboy
• Visiting Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Rosalee Meyer

Jingyi Chen

• Modeling language acquisition from speech with neural networks
• Home Department: Linguistics, advised by Dr. Micha Elsner
• Visiting Department: Computer Science and Engineering, advised by Dr. Eric Fosler-Lussier

Zachary Lookenbill

• A Game of Musical Telephone: Using Iterated Learning to Understand the Transmission of Musical Tempo
• Home Department: Music, advised by Dr. Daniel Shanahan
• Visiting Department: Communications, advised by Dr. Robert Bond

Christopher Holt

• Investigating the linguistic bias in speech-language pathologists with three dialects
• Home Department: Speech & Hearing, advised by Dr. Robert Allen Fox
• Visiting Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Laura Wagner

Jory Ross

• Encoding Flexibility and Attentional Constraints on Socioindexical Perception
• Home Department: Linguistics, advised by Dr. Cynthia Clopper
• Visiting Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Laura Wagner

Jessica Stark

• Exploring the Roles of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Episodic Memory and Cerebral Blood Flow in Healthy Older Adults
• Home Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Scott Hayes
• Visiting Department: Clinical Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, advised by Dr. Deb Kegelmeyer

Anita Shankar

• Inflammation-Related Neural Correlates of Cognitive Function in Older Adults
• Home Department: Psychology, advised by Dr. Ruchika Prakash
• Visiting Department: Psychiatry, advised by Dr. Jan Kiecolt-Glaser

Shanmukha Battula

• Improving Intelligibility of Reverberant Speech in combined Speech and Non-speech Interference
• Home Department: Computer Science Engineering
• Visiting Department: Speech and Hearing Sciences
• Advisors: Dr. DeLiang Wang and Dr. Eric Healy

Preston Lennon

• Aphantasia and Conscious Thought
• Home Department: Philosophy
• Visiting Department: Psychology
• Advisors: Dr. Declan Smithies and Dr. Alex Petrov

Holly Lind-Combs

• Using Dynamic Time Warping and Levenshtein Distances to Predict Variability in Perception of Non-Ambient Accents
• Home Department: Speech and Hearing Sciences
• Visiting Department: Linguistics
• Advisors: Dr. Rachael Frush Holt and Dr. Cynthia Clopper

Michael McKenna

• Validating and Extending a Whole-Brain Functional Connectivity Model of Alzheimer's Disease Pathology
• Home Department: Psychology
• Visiting Department: Neurology
• Advisors: Dr. Ruchika Prakash and Dr. Douglas Scharre

Connor Rouillier

• Delimiting the Boundary Between Object File Representation and Ensemble Representation of Plural Objects and its Interaction With Morphological Form
• Home Department: Linguistics
• Visiting Department: Psychology
• Advisors: Dr. Andrea Sims and Dr. Nikole Patson

Kristina Bowdrie

• Effects of Parental Self Efficacy and Involvement in Early Intervention
• Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Dr. Rachael Frush Holt

Samantha Burgess

• Visual Cues as an Aid in the Auditory Segregation of Music
• Department of Music Theory, Dr. Laura Wagner

Sammy Gardner

• Situating Gesture in Musical Understanding
• Department of Music, Dr. Laura Wagner

Eric Johnson

• Improving Speech Intelligibility Using Machine Learning
• Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Dr. DeLiang Wang

Victoria Sevich

• Are Phonological Representations in CI Users Similar to "Normal"?
• Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Dr. Cynthia Clopper

Bethany Frick 

• Lexical Categories in Children with Autism who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
• Home Department: Speech and Hearing Science; Advisor: Allison Bean
• Visiting Department: Psychology; Advisor: Laura Wagner

Eric Johnson

• Using AI to Solve the Speech-in-Noise Problem
• Home Department: Speech & Hearing Science; Advisor: Eric Healy 
• Visiting Department: Computer Science and Engineering; Advisor: DiLiang Wang

Elizabeth Monzingo

• MRI Investigation of Neural Differences in Aural Skills between Pianists and Non-Pianist Musicians
• Home Department: Music; Advisor: Daniel Shanahan
• Visiting Department: Speech & Hearing Science; Advisor: Yune Lee

Lindsey Reymore

• Investigating the Neural Bases of Crossmodal Descriptions of Musical Timbre
• Home Department: Music; Advisor: Dan Shanahan
• Visiting Department: Speech and Hearing Science; Advisor: Yune Lee

Ben Seicol

• Characterization of calcium-dependent changes in synaptic function of the endbulb of Held in the cochlear nucleus following noise-induced hearing loss in young mice.
• Home Department: Otolaryngology; Advisor: Ruili Xie
• Visiting Department: Speech and Hearing Sciences; Advisor: Yune Lee

Nicholas Shea

• Ecological Models of Communication in Vernacular Musical Styles
• Home Department: Music Theory; Advisor: Anna Gawboy
• Visiting Department: Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design; Advisor: Vita Berezina-Blackburn

Ying Yu

• Testing the Appearance of Change in 3D Shape in a Virtual-Reality Environment
• Home Department: Psychology; Advisor: Alexander Petrov
• Visiting Department: Department of Philosophy; Computer Science and Engineering; Advisor: Declan Smithies; Jian Chen

Aaron Argall

• A Programmable Neural Interface Mimicking Synaptic Plasticity
• Home Department: College of Medicine, Advisor: Min Zhou
• Visiting Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering ,  Advisor: Liang Guo

Andrew Blank

• Contributions of Caregiver Stress and Self-Efficacy to Neurocognitive Outcomes for Children with Hearing Loss
• Home Department: Speech and Hearing Science, Advisor: Rachael Frush Holt
• Visiting Department: Psychology, Advisor: Dr. Laura Wagner

Qianli Feng

• A PCA functional alignment in fMRI multi-voxel pattern analysis
• Home Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering; Advisor: Aleix Martinez   
• Visiting Department: Psychology; Advisor: Julie Golomb

Trevor Marcho

• Exploring the effects of music and movement on cognitive behaviors of patients with Parkinson's Disease: A pilot study
• Home Department: Music; Advisor: Eugenia Costa-Giomi
• Visiting Department: Speech & Hearing Science; Advisor: Yune Lee

Lindsey Reymore

• Color and Tone Color: Audio-Visual Crossmodal Correspondences with Musical Instrument Timbre
• Home Department: Music; Advisor: Anna Gawboy
• Visiting Department: Psychology; Advisor: Delwin Lindsey

Lifeng Jin

• Help training better doctors: deep paraphrase detection with semi-supervision for virtual patients      
• Home Department: Linguistics, Advisor: Dr. William Schuler
• Visiting Department: Computer Science and Engineering, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Eric Fosler-Lussier

Zack Jones

• Processing indexical phonetic variability in children
• Home Department: Linguistics, Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Clopper
• Visiting Department: Psychology, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Laura Wagner

Katherine Miller

• Children’s Perceptual Capabilities with a Near Accent and a Distant Dialect
• Home Department: Speech and Hearing Science, Advisor: Dr. Rachael Frush Holt
• Visiting Department: Psychology, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Laura Wagner

Ramprakash Srinivasan

• A Common Neural Basis for Production, Recalling and Perception of Facial Actions in Humans
• Home Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Advisor: Dr. Aleix Martinez
• Visiting Department: Psychology, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Julie Golomb

Jordan Vasko

• Parameter Optimization for a Technique to Segregate Speech from Noise for Individuals with Hearing Loss
• Home Department: Speech and Hearing Science, Advisor: Dr. Eric Healy
• Visiting Department: Computer Science and Engineering, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Deliang Wang

Ying Yu

• The Veridicality of Human 3D Shape Perception
• Home Department: Psychology, Advisor: Dr. Alex Petrov
• Visiting Department: Philosophy, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Declan Smithies

Lucia Bennetti

• Musical Scoundscapes of Deaf Infants
• Home Department: Music, Advisor: Dr. Eugenia Costa-Giomi
• Visiting Department: Otolarynology, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Derek Houston

Brittney Carter

• Testing an Advanced Technique to Derive Speech Band Importance Functions
• Home Department: Speech & Hearing Science, Advisor: Dr. Eric Healy
• Visiting Department: Eye and Ear Institute, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Federick Apoux

Jordan Prox

• A Biological Brain Pacemaker for Selective Neuronal Pacing in the Hippocampus Ex Vivo
• Home Department: Neuroscience, Advisor: Dr. Min Zhou
• Visiting Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Liang Guo

Brittney Schirda

• A Multilevel Examination of Trait Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation in Multiple Sclerosis
• Home Department: Psychology, Advisor: Dr. Ruchika Prakash
• Visiting Department: Neurology, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Michael Racke

Lindsay Warrenburg

• Evaluating Emotional Perspective Induced by Music Listening
• Home Department: Music, Advisor: Dr. David Huron
• Visiting Department: Psychology, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Lisa Libby

Xiao Wu

• Investigate the Neural Substrates of Phonological Access by Using an Artificial Language
• Home Department: Psychology, Advisor: Dr. Zhong-Lin Lu
• Visiting Department: East Asian Language and Literature, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Marjorie Chan

Daniel Berman

• Topographic Maps of Depth in Human Visual Cortex
• Home Department: Psychology, Advisor: Dr. Julie Golomb
• Visiting Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Aleix Martinez

Ellen Dossey

• Effect of Social Biases on Phonetic Imitation
• Home Department: Linguistics, Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Clopper
• Visiting Department: Psychology, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Laura Wagner

Tarek Farouni

• Decoding the Pixels of Face Image from the Voxels of fMRI BOLD Activity Patterns
• Home Department: Psychology, Advisor: Dr. Zhong-Lin Lu
• Visiting Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Aleix Martinez

Ramprakash Srinvasan

• Understanding Facial Expressions of Emotion - A Functional Neuro-Imaging
• Home Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Advisor: Dr. Aleix Martinez
• Visiting Department: Psychology, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Julie Golomb

Caitlyn Trevor

• Animated Performance: "Better" Music Means Larger Movements
• Home Department: Music, Advisor: Dr. David Huron
• Visiting Department: Design/ACCAD, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Maria Palazzi

Yongchen Wang

• Highly Efficient Acoustic Neural Stimulation Enabled by Piezoelectric Zinc Oxide Nanowires
• Home Department: Biomedical Engineering, Advisor: Dr. Gunjan Agarwal
• Visiting Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering & Neuroscience, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Liang Guo

Claire Arthur

• Can Distractors Inhibit a ‘Chills’ Response to Music?
• Home Department: Music, Advisor: Dr. David Huron
• Visiting Department: Psycholog, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Andrew Leber

Evan Jaffe

• A Novel Word Space Model for Measuring Semantic Similarity
• Home Department: Linguistics, Advisor: Dr. William Schuler
• Visiting Department: Computer Science and Engineering, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Eric Fosler-Lussier

Kodi Weatherholtz

• The Bounds of Flexibility in Spoken Word Recognition: Cross-talker and Cross-system Generalization of Perceptual Learning for Speech
• Home Department: Linguistics, Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Clopper
• Visiting Department: Psychology, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Mark Pitt

Hyungwook Yim

• Genetic and Neural Basis of Episodic Memory Development
• Home Department: Psychology, Advisor: Dr. Vladimir Sloutsky
• Visiting Department: Pediatrics, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Christopher Bartlett

Sarah Yoho

• Improving Extraction of Speech from Noise Using a Novel “Variable-LC” Technique
• Home Department: Speech and Hearing Science, Advisor: Dr. Eric Healy
• Visiting Department: Computer Science and Engineering, Visiting Advisor: Dr. DeLiang Wang

Claire Arthur

• Investigating Talent as a Factor of Music Appreciation
• Home Department: School of Music, Advisor: Dr. David Hurron
• Visiting Department: Psychology, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Andrew Leber

Nathan Condit-Schultz

• Rhyme and Rhythmic Organization in Poetry and Rap
• Home Department: School of Music, Advisor: Dr. David Hurron
• Visiting Department: Linguistics, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Mary E. Beckerman

Alisha Janssen

• Cognitive Training for Relapsing- Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: Broad Transfer to Executive Functioning Attention and Manual Dexterity
• Home Department: Psychology, Advisor: Dr. Ruckika Shaurya Prakash
• Visiting Department: Neurology, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Aaron Boster

Qingyang Yan

• The Development of Perceptual Dialect Categories from Childhood through Adulthood
• Home Department: Linguistics, Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Clopper
• Visiting Department: Psychology, Visiting Advisor: Dr. Laura Wagner

Hyungwook Yim

• Developmental Mechanisms for Episodic Memory