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Language Across the Lifespan:

Communication and Aging Laboratory


* LAB * Acknowledgements
* Collaborators * Current Projects
* Abstracts and Papers * Events

Collaborators

Research of this nature is collaborative. Current and previous collaborators include:

  • Former Research Training Program in Communication and Aging Predoctoral Trainees (1983 - 2003)
  • Former Postdoctoral Trainees
  • Faculty Associates
  • Research Assistants

Former Research Training Program in Communication and Aging Predoctoral Trainees

  • Jaye Shaner, Ph.D in Communication Studies, now at Georgia State University
  • Melanie Morgan, Ph.D. in Communication Studies, now at Purdue University
  • Ruth Herman, Ph.D. in Psychology, now at Kansas University
  • Karen Kemtes, Ph.D. in Psychology,
  • Laureen O'Hanlon, Ph. D. in Speech-Language-Hearing, 1999, now at California State University, Sacramento
  • Dixie Vandeputte, Ph.D. in Psychology
  • Tracy Mitzner, Ph. D. in Psychology, 2001, now at the School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
  • Kristi Williams, Ph. D. in Gerontology, 2001, now at the School of Nursing, University of Kansas Medical Center
  • Jordan Soliz, Ph. D. in Communication Studies, 2004, now at University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  • Kris Kahle, Ph. D. in Psychology, 2004, now at UC-Irvine
  • Deborah Eakin, Ph.D. in Psychology, 2003, now at Mississippi State University.

Former Postdoctoral Trainees

  • Dr. Virgil Adams, now at California State University, Channel Islands
  • Dr. Dana Murphy, now at Nipissing University, Ontario, CA
  • Dr. Pamela Saunders, now with Georgetown University Medical School.
  • Dr. Jeff Small, now at University of British Columbia
  • Dr. Anne Vittoria, now at State University of New York, Cortland
  • Dr. Michiko Nohara-LeClair, now at Lindenwood University, St. Louis
  • Dr. Lori Altmann, now at the University of Florida
  • Dr. Angela Crow, now at Georgia Southern University

Faculty Associates

  • Dr. Mary Lee Hummert, Professor, Communication Studies
  • Dr. Kelly Lyons, Director of Research, Parkinson's Disease Center, University of Kansas Medical Center
  • Dr. Joan McDowd, Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy Education, University of Kansas Medical Center
  • Dr. Janet Marquis, Director, Research Design and Analysis Unit, Schiefelbusch Institute of Life Span Studies

Research Assistants

  • Tina Alaniz, Child Language
  • Katie Allen, B.A. in Psychology
  • Andrea Arlotti, M. A. in Speech-Language-Pathology
  • Cheryl Anagnopoulos, Ph. D. in Psychology
  • Meredith Bayles, B.A. in Psychology
  • Katie Brockman, B. A. in Speech-Language-Hearing
  • Catherine Billington, Current Graduate Student in the Child Language Doctoral Program
  • Ying Ju Chen, Child Language
  • Him Cheung, Ph.D. in Psychology
  • Hintat Cheung, Ph.D. in Child Language
  • Sonia Culver, M. A. in Speech-Language-Hearing
  • Jenifer Curtis, Psychology
  • Andrea Finter, M.A. in Speech-Language-Hearing
  • Patrice Ferrell, M.A. in Speech-Language-Hearing
  • Syke Folker, M.A. in Gerontology
  • Hope Gerhing, M.A. in Speech-Language-Hearing
  • Julia Gubarchuk, M.A. in Psychology
  • Tamara Harden, M. A. in Human Development
  • Heather Humphrey, Psychology
  • Sarah Hovel, B. A. in Speech-Language-Hearing
  • Jennifer Huseman, B.A. in Psychology
  • James Jackson, Ph.D. in Psychology
  • Sybil Jones, Psychology
  • Kris Kwansy, Psychology
  • Donna Kynette, B.A. in Psychology
  • Cindy Lian, Ph. D. in Speech-Language-Hearing
  • C. J. Liu, M. S. in Occupational Therapy Education, Ph. D. in Gerontology
  • Kelly Lyons, Ph.D. in Psychology
  • Alicia MacKay, Ph.D. in Psychology
  • Whitney McKredy, B.A. in Psychology
  • Karen McCollum Schultz, Ph.D. in Psychology
  • Kim Metcalf, Ph.D. in Psychology
  • Deepthi Mohankumar, Ph.D. in Gerontology
  • Jennifer Nartowicz, B. A. in Sociology,
  • Suzanne Norman, Ph.D. in Psychology
  • Kevin O'Brien, Ph.D. in Psychology
  • Katherine Prenovost, Ph. D. in Psychology
  • Shalyn Oberle, B.A. in Psychology
  • Megan Othick, M.A. in Speech-Language-Hearing
  • Shannon Rash
  • Karla Rice, M.A. in Child Language
  • Ellen Rozek, Psychology
  • Adam Ross, B. A. in Environmental Science, 2002
  • RaLynn Schmalzried, M.A. in Psychology
  • Richard Sprott, B.A. in Psychology
  • Aaron Sumner, M. A. in Psychology
  • Marilyn Thomson, Ph. D. in Educational Psychology
  • Vince Townsend, A. A., Haskell Indian Nations University
  • Rose Walrod, A.A.
  • Jen Warren, B.A. in Psychology
  • Kristi Williams, Ph.D. in Gerontology
  • Jing Wang, M.A. in Linguistics