UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Associate Department Head ( Undergraduate ) and Associate Professor
- Research
Dr. Garcia-Sierra's research interests include: brain plasticity, language development, event related potentials, speech perception, and bilingualism.
Job Titles:
- Department Head and Professor
Dr. Houston received his doctorate in cognitive psychology from Johns Hopkins University in 2000, focusing on how typically developing infants segment words from fluent speech and recognize words across different talkers. After graduating, he constructed the world's first laboratory to investigate the speech perception and language skills of deaf infants who receive cochlear implants at Indiana University. Since then, his work (supported by NIDCD) has investigated the role of early auditory experience and parent-child interactions on cognitive, linguistic, and social building blocks of language development. He also engages in community-based participatory research aimed at addressing barriers families face in obtaining high-quality early intervention services for their children.
Job Titles:
- Educational Program Administrator
Job Titles:
- Associate Department Head ( Audiology ) and Associate Professor
Job Titles:
- Financial Assistant
- Business Operations Specialist
Job Titles:
- Associate Department Head ( Clinical Education ) and Associate Clinical Professor, Speech - Language Pathologist
Ms. Soares Gonzales' clinical interests include: clinical education/supervision; adult neurogenic communication disorders; adult and pediatric feeding/swallowing disorders, and voice disorders.
Job Titles:
- Clinic Director ( UConn Speech and Hearing Clinic ) and Clinical Professor
Job Titles:
- Associate Department Head ( Speech Language Pathology ) and Associate Professor
Dr. Spaulding studies the nature, identification, and outcomes of young children, adolescents, and adults with Specific Language Impairment. Dr. Spaulding's research program is designed to enhance the evidence-base behind our clinical decision-making.
Research interests: Assessment in children with language impairment; executive functioning in children with language impairment