Awards and Honors

AWARDS AND HONORS

Research 

  • Ohio University Faculty Newsmaker (2016) from media coverage of research and expertise
  • Best Poster Award: National Association of Teachers of Singing for poster, “The saliency of the “singer” identity and the pursuit of the “ideal” singer as measured by the SIAA (Singer Identity and Attitudes) questionnaire” (2016)
  • Research and Creative Activity Award, College of Health Sciences and Professions, Ohio University (2015)
  • Community-Engaged Research Award, College of Health Sciences and Professions, Ohio University (2014)
  • College of Health and Human Services Scholarly Activity Award (2007-2008).  Improving Access to Computers for Young Children with Significant Disabilities Using FLASH Animation.
  • Ohio University College of Health and Human Services Scholarly Activity Award. (2005-2006).  The influence of reading first person narrative accounts on the attitudes of businesspeople toward individuals with severe communication impairments.
  • Editor’s Award (2004): Augmentative and Alternative Communication for article “Performance of typically developing four- and five- year old children with AAC systems using different language organization techniques”

Teaching

  • Ohio University College of Health and Human Services Exemplary Teaching Award (2008)
  • Ohio University College of Health and Human Services Student Advisory Council Outstanding Teacher Award (2006)
  • Kligman Doctoral Student Fellowship (2003-2004)
  • American Speech-Language Hearing Foundation Graduate Student Scholarship (2002)
  • Federally funded Traineeship to train Speech-Language Pathologists in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (1997-1999)

Travel

  • Ohio University International Travel Fund, Center for International Studies, Ohio University (2010)
  • Ohio University International Travel Fund, Center for International Studies, Ohio University (2008)