ACADEMIC YEAR 2009-2010
Project title: Impact of familiarity on discourse cohesion, coherence, and repetitive topics for an individual with dementia of the Alzheimer’s type: A qualitative investigation
Undergraduate student researchers: Alyssa J. Riehle (’11) & Alicia M. Gloede (’10)
Faculty mentor: Brent Thomas Wilson, Ph.D.
Project duration: Fall 2009 – Summer 2010
Faculty mentor: Brent Thomas Wilson, Ph.D.
Project duration: Fall 2009 – Summer 2010
Project outcomes:
- Gloede, A. M., Riehle, A. J., & Wilson, B. T. (2010). Impact of familiarity on discourse cohesion, coherence, and repetitive topics for an individual with dementia of the Alzheimer’s type: A qualitative investigation. Poster presented at Scholars’ Day, Cortland, NY.
- Riehle, A. J., Gloede, A. M., & Wilson, B. T. (2010). Impact of familiarity on discourse cohesion, coherence, and repetitive topics for an individual with dementia of the Alzheimer’s type: A qualitative investigation. Poster presented at the 13th meeting of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, Oslo, Norway. (conference travel and participation funded by SUNY Cortland Undergraduate Research Council and the President’s Office)
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Left to right: Wilson, Riehle, Gloede
Oslofjord Cruise, Oslo, Norway
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Left to right: Riehle, Gloede
Outside Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica, Holmenkollen, Norway
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ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011
Project title: Semantic encoding in adults who stutter: Non-speech responses to visual stimuli
Undergraduate student researcher: Michaela A. Granato (’11)
Faculty mentor: Irena Vincent, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Project duration: Summer 2010 – Spring 2011
Project funding: Undergraduate 2010 Summer Research Fellowship (awarded by SUNY Cortland Undergraduate Research Council) and Faculty Research Program Grant (awarded by SUNY Cortland Research and Sponsored Programs Office)
Project outcomes:
- Granato, M. A., & Vincent, I. (2011). Semantic encoding in adults who stutter. Poster presented at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Ithaca, NY. (conference travel and participation funded by SUNY Cortland Undergraduate Research Council)
- Granato, M. A., & Vincent, I. (2011). Semantic encoding in adults who stutter. Technical session presented at Scholars’ Day, Cortland, NY.
- Granato, M. A., & Vincent, I. Semantic encoding in stuttering: Non-speech responses to visual stimuli. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA, 2011.
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Left to right: Vincent, Granato
Scholars' Day, Cortland, NY
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Project title: A functional exploration of "yea" in converstions with an individual with Alzheimer's disease: A conversational analytic perspective
Undergraduate student researchers: Jennifer Polan (’11) & Corissa Timpone (’11)
Faculty mentor: Brent Thomas Wilson, Ph.D.
Faculty mentor: Brent Thomas Wilson, Ph.D.
Student mentor: Alyssa J. Riehle ('11)
Project duration: Spring 2011
Project duration: Spring 2011





