Students, Faculty, and Research that have Been Part of the Honors Program in Communication Disorders & Sciences

	Year Graduated with Undergraduate Degree in CDS	Student's Name	Faculty Mentor	Honor's Thesis Title	Summary of Research from Presentations or Publications
	1999	Kara Hilgenburg	Jean Smitley & Rebecca Throneburg	Effects of Phonological Awareness Training in Kindergarten on Reading Skills of First Grade Students	Honors Research Handout ASHA Presentation 2000 Masters Research College of Science Expo
		Shara Barlage	Lynn Calvert & Rebecca Throneburg	Effects of Collaboration versus Pull-Out on the Improvement of Individual Short-Term Speech and Language Objectives	Masters Research Poster/Handout from ASHA 2001
	2000	Ann Kaminski	Gail Richard	The Impact of Fast ForWord on Language Skills
		Courtney Benefiel	Lynn Calvert & Rebecca Throneburg	A Descriptive Study of Service Delivery Employing Collaborative Classroom-Based or Pull-Out Service Delivery	Combined Honors & Masters Research Poster/Handout from ASHA 2001
	2001	Rebecca Smith	Brenda Wilson	The Validity of Cognitive Distance in Normal Discourse	Journal Article Co-Authored by Faculty Mentor and Student Researcher
		Sara Weaver	Mary Anne Hanner	Communication Disorders and Sciences Students' and Vocal Students' Knowledge of Vocal Anatomy, Physiology, Hygiene, and Production	Masters Research on Phonological Awareness Poster/Handout from ASHA 2003
	2002	Miranda Heuerman	Brenda Wilson	Assessing Local and Global Coherence in Subjects with Normal Cognition	Journal Article Co-Authored by Another Honors Student, Student Researcher, and Faculty Mentor
	2003	Jamie Rascher	Frank Goldacker	The Effects of Vocal Hygiene Training on High School Cheerleaders' Voices
		Lindsey Moffett	Lynn Calvert & Rebecca Throneburg	Comparison Between Different Measures of Syntactic Skills: Standardized Test and Narration	Honors Research combined with Glover's Honors Research Poster/Handout from ASHA 2003
		Rebecca Traen	Richard Jacques & Frank Goldacker	The Efficacy of Laughter and Music as Therapy Facilitators in Aphasia
		Miranda Glover	Lynn Calvert & Rebecca Throneburg	Comparison Between Different Measures of Semantic Skills: Standardized Test and Narration Results	Honors Research combined with Moffett, see above Masters Research Poster/Handout from ASHA 2004
		Joy Schmitz	Gail Richard	The Effects of Structured versus Non-Structured Language Sampling Methods on Expressive Language Output in Children	Combined Honors & Masters Research Poster/Handout from ASHA 2004
		Jessica Catto	Jean Smitley & Rebecca Throneburg	A Survey of Upperclassmen in Speech-Language Pathology Special Education, and Elementary Education Regarding Areas Related to Reading Instruction	Masters Research on Professional's Knowledge Poster/Handout from ASHA 2004
2004		Aimee Wheat	Brenda Wilson	Comparing Discourse Performance According to Elicitation Procedure	Slides from ASHA 2004 poster (LINK-need to send this file yet)
2005		Amanda Poettker	Brenda Wilson	Assessment of Communication Improvement after Neurofeedback Therapy	Slides from Departmental Presentation of Honors Research
		Brittney Yakey	Lynn Wilkerson & Rebecca Throneburg	Comparing Phonological Awareness Skills for Children with Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Children with Normal Hearing	Slides from Departmental Presentation of Honors Research
		K. Lenee Moseley	Frank Goldacker & Rebecca Throneburg	A Comparison of Habitual Pitch to Derived Optimum in Normal Speakers	Slides from Departmental Presentation of Honors Research
		Caroline Dahlstrom	Gail Richard	The Effect of Tactile and Vestibular Sensory Stimulation on Off-Task Behaviors in a Child with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder	Slides from Departmental Presentation of Honors Research
2006		Kristina Allen	Lynn Calvert & Rebecca Throneburg	Traditional Scheduling versus Block Scheduling in the School Setting for Articulation Treatment	Slides from Departmental Presentation of Honors Research
		Alyssa Hagerman	Trina Becker & Rebecca Throneburg	Strategies associated with improved story comprehension	Slides from Departmental Presentation of Honors Research
		Margaret Pedziwatr	Gail Richard	The Use of Social Stories to Modify Inappropriate Behaviors in a Child with Autism	Slides from Departmental Presentation of Honors Research
		Cassie Shuemaker	Brenda Wilson	Collaborative Referencing for Verb Therapy	Slides from Departmental Presentation of Honors Research
		Whitney Sturm	Lynn Wilkerson & Rebecca Throneburg	Computer-Based Speech Perception Training for a Child with Hearing Aids	Slides from Departmental Presentation of Honors Research
2007		Brittany Barker	Jill Fahy & Rebecca Throneburg	Comprehension of Facial Expression/Emotions by Children with SLI	Slides from Departmental Presentation of Honors Research
		Katie Pippin	Jill Fahy & Rebecca Throneburg	Executive Function Ability in Children with SLI and Normal Comparison Group	Slides from Departmental Presentation of Honors Research
		Ashley Eichorst	Gail Richard	Comprehension of Prosody by Children with Language Disorders	Slides from Departmental Presentation of Honors Research
2008		Laura Colgan	Trina Becker & Tina Veale
		Danielle Laprairie	Lynn Calvert & Rebecca Throneburg
		Ashleigh Zumwalt	Brenda Wilson
		Rebecca Renaker	Jean Smitley
		Jodi Dyke	Tina Veale