The mission of the Department of Communication Disorders is to prepare competent speech-language pathologists. Students are trained to provide ethical service delivery to a broad spectrum of individuals with communication disorders. Students in this program earn a Master of Communication Disorders (MCD).
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Impacts Of The COVID-19 Pandemic on Kindergarten Student Behavior, Hannah L. Allen
What do Nurses Know About Stuttering? A Preliminary Study, Baleigh Nicole Boling
The Reading and Phonological Awareness Skills of Elementary English Language Learners Post COVID-19 Pandemic, Mollie Virginia Jane Breckenridge
Hearing Loss VS Length of Employment in The Steel Industry, Sarah Jane Hattle
Central Auditory Processing in Musicians Versus Non-Musicians, Madison Rae Moritz
The Effects of Personal Listening Device Use on Hearing Loss and Amplification Stigma, Chelsea Tipton
Articulation Versus Motor Speech? Supervisor Perspectives of SLP Graduate Students: A Qualitative Study, Maddison Verser
Knowledge On Long-Term Impacts of Sport-Related Concussions in Female High School Athletes, Kelcie Wehrum
The COVID-19 Pandemic & Language Development of Preschool Children Living in the Arkansas Delta, Molly Grace Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Assessing Generalization Within the Barton Reading and Spelling System, Abby Antici
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) Services, Hope A. Lemmons
Rock Steady Boxing: Addressing Voice Disorders in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease, Andria Mullins
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Counseling In Communication Disorders: How Are Universities Preparing Students?, Ashley Camp
Pragmatic Abilities in Adolescents and Young Adults with Hearing Loss, Addison Marie Emberson
Do Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Students Practice Daily Vocal Hygiene Regimens?, Jennifer Giddings
Teachers Knowledge/Use of Morphological Awareness Instruction in the Classroom, Alexa Rae Grissom
Acute Neurogenic Stuttering as A Symptom of Concussions in Collegiate Athletes, Kayleigh Hennemann
The Effect of Voice Demand on the Perception of Voice in Collegiate Athletic Coaches, Olivia Faith Metzgar
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Facilitators And Barriers to The Use of Aac by Practicing SLPs, John Fred Chunn
Speech-Language Pathologists’ Knowledge and Implementation of Thyroid Hormone Diseases and Allergies on Voice, Kirsten Combs
Survey Of Current Therapy Methods for Treatment of Reading Fluency and Comprehension, Brooke Elizabeth Darnell
Speech-Language Pathologist Confidence in Dysphagia Management, Fiona May Fuller
The Speech Language Pathologists’ Understanding of And Interaction with The Functional Health Literacy of Parents with Infants in The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Emily Elizabeth Gardner McCullough
The Acoustical Characteristics of An Individual with Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia Receiving Botox Injections, Hope Noelle Higginbotham
Salivary Cortisol Levels of Children with Reading Difficulties, Alexandria Gaines Jarrett
Therapy Approaches for Broca’s Aphasia: Consultative Vs. Clinician Directed, Stacey Nichole Mott
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Collegiate Rugby Players' Knowledge of Concussions, Julia E. Bell
Student Knowledge of Preterm Infant Feeding and Swallowing Therapy Protocols, Hailey Ashlyn Hickerson
Health Literacy Related to Modified Barium Swallow Studies, Katherine Johnson
Exposure, Knowledge, And Experience of Graduate Students in Communication Disorders on Treating Speech/Language Issues in Adults with Neurological Disorders Using Singing-Based Therapy, Tassie Lee Murphree
A Literature-Based Approach to Morphological Awareness Intervention, Morgan Stone
High School Students' Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Kaitlyn Danielle Wiles
Gender Differences in The Knowledge-base of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Kayla Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Differences In Perceptions of Singing Voice Quality in Vocal Performance and Communication Disorders Students, Kelsey Faye Joiner
Acoustic Characteristics of Ghanaian Ewe Accented American English, Prudence Barbara Deladem Mortoti
Understanding Roles for Collaboration: Teacher and Speech-Language Pathologist, Brooke Myrick
An Examination of the Impact of Dialect on First Graders’ Reductions of Final Consonant Clusters in Spelling, Travis M. Nodine
Letter Reversals in L2 Learners and the Link Between Letter Reversals and Phonemic Awareness Skills, Bayley Renee Politte
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
A Concurrent Validity Study of Listening Comprehension Measures in English Language Learners (ELLs), Jessica A. Day
Should it stay or should it go? The case of silent 'e' in derived word spelling., Olivia Peek Goodon
The Effectiveness of Video Modeling in Word-Finding Therapy for Individuals Diagnosed with Aphasia, Hannah Catherine Harris
Improving The Reading Comprehension Skills of Hispanic Youth That Attend an After-School Program, Brooke McCurley
The Impact of Language Acquisition Through Motor Planning (LAMP) On Speech and Language Development in Children with Developmental Delays (DDS), Ella Corrine McDaniel
