Doctoral of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Baca, Rosalinda, Ph.D., 2009. Dissertation: A Longitudinal Study of Language Growth in Young Children with Hearing Loss. Advisor: Christine Yoshinaga-Itano.

Hile, Amy, Ph.D., 2009. Dissertation: Deaf Children's Acquisition of Novel Fingerspelled Words. Advisor: Brenda Schick. Now an instructor at Gallaudet University.

Uhler, Kristin M., Ph.D., 2008. Dissertation: Longitudinal Study of Infant Speech Perception in Young Cochlear Implant Candidates:  Three Case Studies. Advisor: Christine Yoshinaga-Itano.

Langer, Elizabeth Caldwell, Ph.D., 2007. Dissertation: Classroom Discourse and Interpreted Education: What is Conveyed to Elementary School Children using Interpreters. Advisor: Brenda Schick.

Thomson, Vickie, Ph.D., 2007. Dissertation: A Programmatic Analysis of a Newborn Hearing Screening Program for Evaluation and Improvement. Advisor: Christine Yoshinaga-Itano. Now Director of Newborn Screening Programs for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Children with Special Health Care Needs Unit.

Davis, Nikki, Ph.D., 2006. Dissertation: Evaluation of Phonological Sensitivity in Preschool Age Children. Advisor: Lynn Synder. Now serving in a postdoctoral research position at Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development

Mahler, Leslie Ann, Ph.D., 2006. Dissertation: Intensive behavioral voice treatment of Dysarthria secondary to stroke. Advisor: Lorraine Ramig. Now an assistant professor at University of Rhode Island.

Rossi-Katz, Jessica, Ph.D., 2006. Dissertation: The Contribution of Lower-level and Higher-level Processes to Age-Related Changes in Competing Speech Perception. Advisor: Kathryn Arehart. Now a visiting assistant professor at Metro State College of Denver.

Kurland, Jacquie, Ph.D., 2005. Dissertation: Nonverbal semantic decisions in chronic, moderate-to-severe nonfluent aphasia: An fMRI Investigation. Advisor: Gail Ramsberger. Dr. Kurland completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgetown University in the lab of Dr. Rhonda Friedman and is now an assistant professor in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences - Department of Communication Disorders at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Meinke, Deanna, Ph.D., 2005. Dissertation: Detailed DPAOE Level/Phase Maps in Normal and Noise-Damaged Human Ears. Advisor: Kathy Arehart. Now an assistant professor at University of Northern Colorado.

Gale, Elaine, Ph.D., 2004. Dissertation: Initiation, joint attention, and language in mother-child interaction with toddlers who are deaf. Advisor: Brenda Schick. Now an assistant professor in Special Education at Hunter College, City College of New York.

Doctorate of Audiology (Au.D.)

Cardon, Garrett, Au.D., 2008. Capstone: Central Auditory Maturation in Infants & Children with Auditory Neuropathy/Dys-synchrony. Mentor: Anu Sharma
     
Portnuff, Cory D. F., Au.D., 2008. Capstone: Teenage MP3 Player Use:  A Risk to Hearing? Mentor: Kathryn Arehart
 
Zerr, Jamie, Au.D., 2008. Capstone: Question Development in Deaf/Hard of Hearing Preschoolers. Mentor:  Christie Yoshinaga-Itano

Garafalo, Melissa, Au.D., 2007. Capstone: Predictors of Expressive Language in Children with Hearing Loss at 48 Months of Age. Mentor: Laura Kepler

Moushey, Jamie, Au.D., 2007. Capstone: Progresive Hearing Loss in Children. Mentor: Laura Kepler

Nelson, Rebecca, Au.D., 2007. Capstone: Vowel Production in 7- to 12-month Old Infants with Hearing Loss. Mentor: Laura Kepler

Nicholson, Denise, Au.D., 2007. Capstone: The Use of Total Communication Prior to Implantation in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users. Mentor: Christine Yoshinaga-Itano

Simpson, Allison, Au.D., 2007. Capstone: Expressive Language and Personal Social Skill Development in Young Children with Hearing Loss. Mentor: Christine Yoshinaga-Itano

Barnes, Jennifer, Au.D., 2006. Capstone: The use of Frequency Modulated Systems with Toddlers and their Families. Mentor: Kathryn Arehart

Nemanov, Lyubov, Au.D., 2006. Mentor: Kathryn Arehart

Strong, Darcy, Au.D., 2006. Capstone: Vestibular evoked magnetic potential. Mentor: Kathryn Arehart

Past M.A. Thesis Students

Hannon, Elizabeth M., M.A., 2009. Laryngeal Behavior Following Two Forms of Intensive Speech Treatment in Parkinson Disease. Mentor: Lorraine Ramig

Szameitat, Shannon M., 2009. Phonological Processes in Child Acquisition of ASL. Mentor: Brenda Schick

Vargo, Amanda M., M.A., 2008. Talking about the Past: The role of Adult Talk Timing on Children’s Recall of a Past Event. Mentor: Brenda Schick

Clark, Anna, M.A., 2007. Acoustic Correlates of Linguistic Prosody in the Speech of Children with Cochlear Implants:  A Comparison with Typical-Hearing Peers. Mentor: Don Finan