Members

Brianna Daunhauer is a senior in the undergraduate Communication Sciences and Disorders program, with minors in Disabilities in Society and Deaf and Hearing Sciences. She works in the Speech Development Lab to study the effects of poverty and chronic ear infections on language development. She plans to work as an SLPA before attending graduate school to become a pediatric speech-language pathologist, specializing in infant feeding/swallowing and early intervention. 

Lauren Diao is an undergraduate student majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders, with minors in Disabilities in Society and Linguistics. She currently works in the Speech Development Lab, focusing on how factors such as poverty and auditory challenges influence language development in children. In the future, Lauren plans to attend graduate school to become a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist, with the long-term goal of opening her own private practice. 

Caroline Fuss is an undergraduate student majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders with minors in Disabilities in Society and Education Studies. She is currently working in the Speech Development Lab and is particularly interested in how poverty-related risk factors impact language development among children. Caroline plans to attend graduate school and become a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist.

Naomi Glover is an undergraduate majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders with minors in Disabilities in Society and Linguistics. She currently works in the Speech Development Lab, and in the future, hopes to attend graduate school to pursue a career as a clinical Speech-Language Pathologist. 

Erin McEvoy is an undergraduate student majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She works in the Speech Development Lab and is interested in the effects of poverty and chronic ear infections on language development. In the future, Erin aspires to attend graduate school and become a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist.

Emme Schnell is an undergraduate student majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders with minors in Deaf and Hearing Sciences and Disabilities in Society. She currently works in the Speech Development Lab and aspires to become a Audiologist focusing on pediatric care.

Sophie Spangrud is an undergraduate student majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders with a minor in Deaf and Hearing Sciences. She is currently working on a research project in the Speech Development Lab, focusing on how living in poverty can affect auditory and language development in children. In the future, she plans to attend graduate school to become a medical speech-language pathologist, with a special interest in neurological disorders.

Theresa Steiner is an undergraduate student majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders with a minor in Disabilities in Society. She currently works in the Speech Development Lab and plans to pursue graduate studies to become a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist.

Cassidy Stumer is an undergraduate student majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders with minors in Disabilities in Society and Deaf and Hearing Sciences. She currently works in the Speech Development Lab and hopes to pursue a career in Speech-Language Pathology, specializing in pediatrics in either a school or clinical setting.

Melanie Tippens is an undergraduate student majoring in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience with a minor in Deaf and Hearing Sciences. She currently works in the Speech Development Lab studying how poverty-related risk factors influence language development in children. In the future, she aspires to attend graduate school and become a researcher full time studying neurological development and neurodegenerative disorders.