Alumni

Former Doctoral Students

Name Degree Year
 Thesis Title
Ja Young Choi, PhD 2022 The cognitive and neural bases of processing talker variability in speech perception google-scholar-16px
Jayden Lee, PhD 2022 Efficient localization of the cortical language network and its functional neuroanatomy in dyslexia google-scholar-16px
Terri Scott, PhD 2020 Neural bases of phonological working memory. google-scholar-16px

Former Masters Students

Name Degree Year
 Thesis Title
Ayesha Alam, MS 2022 Listening effort under three types of auditory masking conditions, as measured by pupillometry, in young normal-hearing listeners. linkedin_16px
Lue (Stella) Shen, MS 2021 Learning to identify emotional voices. google-scholar-16px
Jamie Chin, MS, CCC-SLP 2020 Examining morphological differences in Heschl’s gyrus between neurotypical and dyslexic brains. linkedin_16px
Maya Saupe, MS, CCC-SLP 2020 Perceptual adaptation to speech in calibrated noise. linkedin_16px
Rita Sio Nga Kou, MS, CCC-SLP 2019 Time course of talker adaptation. linkedin_16px
Alexandra Kapadia, MS 2019 Effects of type, token, and talker variability in speech processing efficiency. google-scholar-16px
Isabelle Nastaskin, MS, CCC-SLP 2019 The effect of talker familiarity on talker normalization. linkedin_16px
Andrea Chang, MS, CCC-SLP 2018 Effects of early language experiences on the auditory brainstem. linkedin_16px
Cecilia Cheng Cheng (程诚), MS 2017 Can visual feedback improve English speakers’ Mandarin tone production?
Laura Haenchen, MS, CCC-SLP 2017 Noninvasive neurostimulation of sensorimotor adaptation in speech production linkedin_16px
Jennifer Golditch, MS, CCC-SLP 2017  – – – linkedin_16px
Deirdre McLaughlin, MS, CCC-SLP 2017 Talker identification is not improved by lexical access in the absence of familiar phonology. google-scholar-16px
Michelle Lee, MS, CCC-SLP 2016  – – – linkedin_16px
Rebecca Lember, MS, CCC-SLP 2015 Lexical effects in talker identification. linkedin_16px
Elizabeth Petitti, MS, CCC-SLP 2015 A fundamental pitch perception bias for tone language speakers. linkedin_16px

Former Undergraduate Students

Name Degree & Major Lab Tenure
Stephanie Roy 2022, B.S.
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Thesis: “The role of indexical features in feedforward streaming during cocktail party listening.”		 Fall 2021 – Spring 2022 linkedin_16px
Megan Lee* 2022, B.S.
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences		 Fall 2021 linkedin_16px
Juliet Henderson 2021, B.S.
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences		 Spring 2021 linkedin_16px
Grace Mecha 2021, B.S.
Behavior & Health		 Fall 2018 – Spring 2021 linkedin_16px
Michelle Njoroge* 2020, B.A.
Neuroscience		 Fall 2017 – Summer 2020 linkedin_16px
Chinazo Otiono 2021, B.A.
Psychology		 Fall 2018 – Summer 2019
Nicole Chen* 2021, B.S.
Computer Engineering		 Fall 2018 – Summer 2019 linkedin_16px
Amabel Antwi 2021, B.S.
Behavior and Health		 Fall 2018 – Spring 2019 linkedin_16px
Kamilah Harruna 2021, B.S.
Health Science		 Fall 2018 – Spring 2019 linkedin_16px
Yijing Trista Lin 2019, B.A.
Psychology		 Fall 2018 – Spring 2019 linkedin_16px
Allen Qu 2019, B.S.
Computer Engineering		 Fall 2017 – Fall 2018 linkedin_16px
Kristina Furbeck* 2018, B.S.
Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
Thesis: “Acoustic features associated with similarity judgments of voices”		 Summer 2017 – Spring 2018 linkedin_16px
Cassandra Chan* 2018, B.S.
Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences		 Spring 2015 – Spring 2018 linkedin_16px
Lauren Gustainis 2018, B.S.
Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
Thesis: “Forming talker expectations from visual cues”		 Fall 2015 – Spring 2018 linkedin_16px
Tyrone Hou* 2018, B.A.
Computer Science		 Spring 2015 – Spring 2017 linkedin_16px
Dana Gordon 2017, B.S.
Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences		 Spring 2017 linkedin_16px
Alina Razak 2017, B.S.
Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
Thesis: “Who’s at the cocktail party? Effects of noise on talker identification”		 Fall 2015 – Spring 2017 linkedin_16px
Jonathan Mirsky* 2018, B.A.
Neuroscience		 Fall 2015 – Spring 2016 linkedin_16px
Elly Hu* 2016, B.A.
Neuroscience		 Spring 2014 – Spring 2016 linkedin_16px
Deirdre McLaughlin* 2015, B.S.
Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences		 Fall 2013 – Spring 2015 google-scholar-16px
Molly Cleveland* 2015, B.S.
Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences		 Spring 2014 – Spring 2015 linkedin_16px
Carly Schimmel* 2015, B.A.
Neuroscience		 Spring 2015 linkedin_16px
Kara Ryan 2016, B.S.
Human Physiology		 Spring 2014 – Summer 2014 linkedin_16px
Jane Kelley*
 2014, B.A.
English		 Spring 2014 linkedin_16px
Monica Arrieta 2014, B.S.
Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences		 Spring 2014
Rosa (Cecilia) Blanco 2014, B.S.
Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences		 Spring 2014 linkedin_16px

Undergraduate research support provided by:
*Student Research Award(s) from the BU Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

Former Doctoral Rotation Students

Name Rotation Term
Rohan Deshpande (BU BME) Fall 2021
Makaila Banks (BU GPN) Fall 2020
Stuart Babcock (BU GPN) Spring 2017 linkedin_16px
Julia Chartove (BU GPN) Spring 2015 google-scholar-16px
Nathan Perkins (BU GPN) Spring 2015 google-scholar-16px
Sophie Schwartz (BU GPN) Fall 2014 google-scholar-16px

Former Research Faculty & Staff

Name Position Term
Gabrielle-Ann Torre, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow 2019-2021 google-scholar-16px
Sung-Joo Lim, PhD Research Assistant Professor,
Postdoctoral Fellow		 2020-2021
2017-2019		 google-scholar-16px
Yaminah Carter Research Analyst 2017-2020 linkedin_16px
Jessica Tin Research Analyst 2017-2020 linkedin_16px
Kristine Strand, Ed.D., CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist,
Research Associate Professor		 2015-2018
Emily Thurston Research Analyst 2016-2017 linkedin_16px
Ja Young Choi Research Analyst 2014-2016 linkedin_16px
Sara Dougherty Research Analyst 2014-2016 linkedin_16px