Faculty/Staff Detail

Education

PhD, Purdue University

MA, University of Massachusetts Amherst

BA, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Teaching

SHH 270 Introduction to Communication Disorders

SHH 300 Normal Language Development

SHH 473 Neuropathologies of Language & Speech

SHH 641 Multiculturalism

SHH 669 Language Disorders-School Age Speech Pathology

SHH 670 Phonology & Articulation Disorders

Publications

Finneran, D., Moyle, M., Nash, A., & Chen, S. (in press 2025). What OF it? Coding the unmarked of-preposition in language samples from young AAE speakers. Seminars in Speech and Language.

Finneran, D., & Hutchins, T. L. (in press 2025). Test review of Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Test–Fourth Edition. In J. F. Carlson, K. F. Geisinger, J. L. Jonson, & N. A. Anderson (Eds.), The Twenty-Second Mental Measurements Yearbook. https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/buros-center-for-testing/9780910674713/the-twenty-second-mental-measurements-yearbook/. Retrieved from https://marketplace.unl.edu/buros/

Baldwin, E., Heilmann, J., Finneran, D., Cho, C., & Moyle, M. (2022). Dialect density, language abilities, and emergent literacy skills of prekindergarten children who speak African American English. Journal of Research in Reading, 45(4), 567-586.doi: 10.1111/1467-9817.12410. Awarded the 2023 Wiley Research in Literacy Education Award.

Heilmann, J., Finneran, D., & Moyle, M. (2022). Comparing measures from computer-administered and examiner-administered narrative retells in Spanish: A pilot study. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(5), 2175-2185. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00008

Patel, D., *Butzer, D., Williams, B., Dev, D., Horm, D., Finneran, D., Lowery, B., Campbell, J., & Sisson, S. (2022 online). Food waste, preference, and cost: Perceived barriers and self-reported food service best practices in family child care homes. Childhood Obesity. https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2021.0251

Williams, B., Sisson, S., Lowery, B., Dev, D., Horm, D., Campbell, J., Finneran, D., & Graef-Downard, J. (2022). Relationships between proximity to grocery stores and Oklahoma Early Care and Education classroom nutrition practices. Preventive Medicine Reports, 29, 101917.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101917

Williams, B., Sisson, S., Dev, D., Lowery, B., Campbell, J., Finneran, D., Graef-Downard, J., Horm, D., & Whaley, L. (2021). Associations between community-built environments with early care and education classroom physical activity practices and barriers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), 6524. doi:10.3390/ijerph18126524

Finneran, D., Heilmann, J., Moyle, M., & Chen, S. (2020, published online 2019). An examination of cultural-linguistic influences on PPVT-4 performance in African American and Hispanic preschoolers from low-income communities. Journal of Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 34(3), 242-255. doi: 10.1080/02699206.2019.1628811 Publication featured in The Informed SLP (2019), Is the PPVT-4 a good choice for culturally and linguistically diverse preschoolers?

Finneran, D. (2020). Test review of Test of Language Development-Primary-Fifth Edition. In J. F. Carlson, K. F. Geisinger, & J. L. Jonson (Eds.), The twenty-first mental measurements yearbook. Buros Center for Testing, Lincoln, NE.

Moyle, M., Heilmann, J., & Finneran, D. (2014). What is the NRT measuring? An examination with at-risk African American preschool children. Journal of Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 28, 682-696. doi:10.3109/02699206.2014.882990

Finneran, D., & Leonard, L. (2010). The role of linguistic input in third person singular –s use in the speech of young children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 53, 1065-1074. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2009/09-0056)

Finneran, D., Francis, A., & Leonard, L. (2009). Sustained attention in preschool-age children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 52, 915-929. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2009/07-0053)

Finneran, D., Leonard, L., & Miller, C. (2009). Speech disruptions in the sentence formulation of school-age children with specific language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 44, 271-286. doi:10.1080/13682820902841385

Leonard, L., Miller, C., & Finneran, D. (2009). Grammatical morpheme effects on sentence processing by school-aged children with specific language impairment. Journal of Language and Cognitive Processes, 24, 450-478. doi:10.1080/01690960802229649

Miller, C., Leonard, L., & Finneran, D. (2008). Grammaticality judgments in adolescents with and without language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 43, 346-360. doi:10.1080/13682820701546813

Leonard, L., Deevy, P., Kurtz, R., Krantz Chorev, L., Owen, A., Polite, E., Elam, D., & Finneran, D. (2007). Lexical aspect and the use of verb morphology by children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 50, 759-777. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2007/053)

Leonard, L., & Finneran, D. (2003). Grammatical morpheme effects on MLU: “The same can be less” revisited. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 46, 878-888. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2003/068)

Service

Mentor, American Speech-Language Hearing Association Mentoring Academic-Research Careers (MARC) Program

Ad-hoc reviewer, professional research journals

Academic Advisor, Department of Communication Disorders & Sciences (Chair), SUNY Cortland

Curriculum Committee, Department of Communication Disorders & Sciences (Chair), SUNY Cortland

Curriculum Committee, School of Professional Studies, SUNY Cortland

Green Ambassador, SUNY Cortland