Doctoral Seminar Series

This seminar series explores research issues in the areas of speech, hearing, child language, and adult language. Presentations are given by members of the department and also by distinguished researchers from other academic, medical, and corporate institutions. As indicated in the table below, many presentations are offered for ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level; Professional area). In these cases, CEUs are free to USF faculty and students. There will be a $10.00 fee for others seeking CEUs.

Unless otherwise noted in the table below, presentations take place on Fridays from 2:15-3:30pm in PCD 4004. Although the presentations are open to the public, the series is arranged as a component of a course for doctoral students which begins at 1:00pm. ***Therefore: Attendees who are not enrolled in the class are asked to wait outside the classroom if they arrive more than 10 minutes before the start of the presentation (i.e. prior to 2:05pm for presentations that begin at 2:15pm).

Current schedule (Spring 2013)   | Fall 2012 schedule   | Past seminar schedules

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Parking information: Lot 3D/3C/3B (Fine Arts lot) is closest to the PCD building and has a vending machine for visitor parking permits

Questions?  Contact Jean Krause


Spring 2013 SCHEDULE

Jan 18
PCD 4004
Frank Lin
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health
"Hearing Loss and Healthy Aging"
0.1 CEUs
Feb 1
PCD 4004
Ying-Yee Kong
Department of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology
Northeastern University
"Contributions of Low-Frequency Acoustic Cues to Speech Perception in Cochlear Implants"
0.1 CEUs
Feb 22
PCD 4004
Natalie Douglas
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of South Florida
"Factors Contributing to Speech-Language Pathologist Evidence-Base Practice Use: A Mixed-Methods Study in Skilled Nursing Facilities within the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services Framework"
no CEUs
Mar 22
PCD 4004
Beverly Trezek
Department of Counseling and Special Education
DePaul University
"Conducting Translative Research in Literacy and Deafness"
0.1 CEUs
Apr 12
PCD 4004
Anthony Pak Hin Kong
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Central Florida
"A multi-modal and multi-level framework for aphasic discourse analysis: how to use linguistic, prosodic, and non-verbal information to inform us about aphasia?"
0.1 CEUs
Apr 26
PCD 4004
Gail Donaldson
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of South Florida
"Vowel identification by cochlear implant users: contributions of spectral and duration cues"
0.1 CEUs

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of South Florida is approved by the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology.  Each seminar is offered for .1 CEU (intermediate level; professional area). ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.


Fall 2012 SCHEDULE

Sep 7
PCD 4004
Kyna Betancourt
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of South Florida
"Nonword Processing in Bilingual Kindergarteners: Do Phonotactics Count?"
no CEUs
Sep 21
PCD 4004
Ruth Bahr and Elaine Silliman
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of South Florida
"Relative Clause Perspective Shifting by Elementary-Age Spanish-English Bilinguals: Implications for Cognitive-Syntactic Interactions in Two Languages"
0.1 CEUs
Oct 5
PCD 4004
Rachel McArdle
Audiology and Speech Pathology Service
Bay Pines VA Healthcare System
"Using Speech Signals to Assess Functional Compromise"
0.1 CEUs
Oct 19
PCD 4004
Jennifer Kent-Walsh
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Central Florida
"Targeting Children's Language Skills via AAC Interventions"
0.1 CEUs
Nov 2
PCD 4004
Michelle Troche
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
University of Florida
"Airway protective disorders: mechanisms of dysfunction and rehabilitation"
0.1 CEUs
Nov 30
PCD 4004
Rodney Vanderploeg
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
USF Health
"The Components of Executive Functioning in Traumatic Brain Injury"
0.1 CEUs

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of South Florida is approved by the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology.  Each seminar is offered for .1 CEU (intermediate level; professional area). ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.


Previous seminar series:

2011-2012

2007-2011 (not available)

2006-2007

2005-2006

2004-2005