Intercampus Program in Communicative Disorders, University of Kansas

09/03/2026

Mohammad Karbakhsh received a Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award (RMPTA). This award is designed to support the research career development of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in communication sciences and disorders by pairing them with experienced mentors for collaborative activities at the ASHA Convention’s Research Symposium. Way to go, Mohammah!

09/03/2026

Please join me in congratulations two graduates who sucessfully defended their disserations!

Kylie Helm successfully defended her dissertation (8/13) “Understanding Parent Perspectives on Language Acquisition in Low SES Environments".

Karina Saechao defended her dissertation (8/25) “Exploring the Utility of Grammaticality Judgment Tasks with Black Ebonics Speaking Adults in Oakland, California”

09/03/2026

The University Honors Program has welcomed five University of Kansas faculty members to its cohort of Honors Faculty Fellows for fall 2026, increasing its count to 12, including our own, Kris Pedersen, Clinical professor, Department of Speech-Language-Hearing!

https://news.ku.edu/news/article/university-honors-program-announces-five-additions-to-honors-faculty-fellow-cohort

08/28/2026

Fall Welcome Party 2026! Thankful for community and sunshine together at Teocali Rooftop! ☀️🐥

08/27/2026

Please join me in congratulating Nancy C. Brady for being selected for the 2026 Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - Language Section, Editor’s Award!

https://pubs.asha.org/journals/asha_journal_awards

Additionally, check out Nancy’s award-winning article:

Prelinguistic Communication Complexity of Children With Neurogenetic Syndromes https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00477

Purpose: Communication complexity and communicative function are important features of prelinguistic communication that are related to later lang...

08/20/2026

Dr. Saja AlSulaimani successfully defended her capstone entitled "Co Designed Partner Training Materials for SLPs to Use with Families for Carryover of Principles of ECoLoGiC Treatment at Home" on July 31st, 2026. Please join me in congratulating Dr. Saja AlSulaimani on this achievement! 😄

Chair - Marion Leaman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Committee Members - Lindsey Heidrick, SLPD, CCC-SLP, and Melanie Somogie, M.A., CCC-SLP

08/18/2026

Please join me in congratulating Raúl Rojas, Ph.D., CCC-SLP. 😄

Congratulations to this year's cohort of Senior Administrative Fellows! The Senior Administrative Fellows Program cultivates the leadership skills and organizational know-how of tenured KU faculty through a yearlong exploration and mentoring curriculum.

🔴Juliana Carlson, social welfare
🔵Patrick Downes, management The University of Kansas School of Business
🔴Arpita Ghosh, counseling psychology University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences
🔵Melissa Grady, music education
🔴Justin Hutchison, civil, environmental & architectural engineering
🔵Adi Masli, accounting The University of Kansas School of Business
🔴Mikhail Medvedev, physics & astronomy
🔵Hannah Park, visual communication design
🔴Raúl Rojas, speech-language-hearing Intercampus Program in Communicative Disorders, University of Kansas
🔵Zijun Wang, pharmacology & toxicology University of Kansas School of Pharmacy

08/07/2026

Ali Jamos, PhD student, has been selected to receive an Audiology/Hearing Science Research Travel Award (ARTA) to attend this year's ASHA convention! Great job, Ali!! 😁

08/07/2026

Please join me in congratulating Claire Coulter, AuD student, and Maria Sosa, SLP student, have been named to the 3rd Cohort of U-CHaMP Scholars!

U-CHaMP is designed to inspire and prepare future healthcare professionals to practice in rural Kansas. Throughout the year, Scholars participate in educational programming focused on the healthcare needs of rural and underserved communities, along with student success activities. Nine of this year's Scholars are from rural communities. In addition to the Scholars, more than 100 U-CHaMP Ambassadors are exploring health professions while learning about rural healthcare needs and opportunities in Kansas.

Way to go! :)

08/06/2026

Dr. Susan Koerner, Ph.D. was interviewed for about AAC and Early Intervention. She was joined by Hannah O’Rear who works for Johnson County Infant Toddler Services and is a KU IPCD graduate!

Check it out!