Alumni

2026

• Katherine Andrade, Ph.D.
• Sadie Camilliere, Ph.D.
• Sophie Levi, Ph.D.
• Christina Sen, Ph.D.

2025

• Dalia Garcia, Ph.D.
  Clinical Fellow, Life Cycle Development and Recovery
• Abigail John, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University
• Brennan Terhune-Cotter, Ph.D.
  Postdoctoral Researcher, University College of London

2024

• Noelle Abbott, Ph.D.
  Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington
• Elizabeth Anderson, Ph.D.
  Postdoctoral Associate, Georgetown
• Alicia Escobedo, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, CSU San Bernardino
• Jacob Momsen, Ph.D.
  Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale
• Ashlie Pankonin, Ph.D.
  Postdoctoral Fellow, University of South Carolina
• Emily Saunders, Ph.D.
  Postdoctoral Researcher, Boston University

2023

• Carolyn Baker, Ph.D.
  Pacific Science and Engineering- Cognitive Scientist
• Cristy (Sotomayor) Guerrero, Ph.D.

2022

• Niloofar Akhavan, Ph.D.
  Amazon Data Scientist
• Quynh Dam, Ph.D.
  Associate Director, Bilingual Development in Context Laboratory, San Diego State University
• Meghan McGarry, Ph.D.
  Postdoctoral Fellow, Gallaudet University
• Jonathan Robinson Anthony, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, CSU San Bernardino

2021

• Philip Combiths, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
  Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
• Brittany Lee, Ph.D., CF-SLP
  Assistant Professor, Chapman University

2020

• Gabriela Meade, Ph.D.
  Associate Consultant and Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic in Minnesota

2019

• Irina Potapova, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
  Clinical Faculty, San Diego State University
  Associate Director, Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders
• Erin Smolak, Ph.D.
  Postdoctoral fellow, Boys Town National Research Hospital

2018

• Chris Brozdowski, PhD
  Postdoctoral Fellow, RWTH, Aachen University

2017

• Stephanie De Anda, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Associate Professor, University of Oregon
• Natalie Sullivian, PhD
  Speech-Language Pathologist, Therapy Specialists

2016

• Samantha Engel, PhD
  Research Scientist, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Center for Aphasia Research & Treatment
  Instructor, San Diego State University (SLP-Essentials on-line program)
• Kristi Hendrickson, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
• Kristen Secora, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee
• Shannon (MacKenzie) Sheppard, PhD
  Postdoctoral Fellow and CFY, Johns Hopkins University, in Dr. Argye Hillis’s S.C.O.R.E. Laboratory

2015

• Hanna Gelfand, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Private Practice Owner
• Michelle Gravier, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Associate Professor, CSU East Bay
• Philip Lai, PhD
  Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Kearney
• Dorothy Yang, PhD
  Lecturer, San Diego State University, University of California at San Diego

2014

• Jonathan Udoff, PhD
  Senior Data and Business Intelligence Analyst, UC San Diego

2013

• Erica Ellis, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Full Professor and Interim Department Chair, CSU Los Angeles
• Roberto Gutierrez, PhD
  Chief Commercial Officer, Oru Kayak, San Francisco, CA
• Amy Pace, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Assistant Professor, University of Washington
• Lara Polse, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Speech-Language Pathologist, Davis Joint Unified School District

2012

• Marguerite McQuire, PhD
  Postdoctoral Fellow, Anjan Chatterjee, Department of Neurology, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania
• Darin Woolpert, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Senior Lecturer and Program Director, University of Vermont

2011

• Kathleen Davenport, PhD
  Dicerna Pharmaceutical
• Brandon Keehn, PhD
  Professor, Purdue University

2009

• Alycia Cummings, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Assistant Professor; Communication Sciences & Disorders (CSD), Idaho State University-Meridian
• Skott (Freedman) Jones, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Associate Professor, Ithaca College
• Josee Poirier, PhD
  Director, Program Design & Research, MeYou Health
• Gabriela Simon-Cereijido, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Professor, CSU Los Angeles Chair, Department of Communication Disorders

2008

• Shannon (Austermann) Hula, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Post-doctoral Clinical Research Scientist, Veterans Research Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA

2007

• Jenny Staab, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Senior Research Analyst, Public Health Division, Oregon Department of Public Health

2006

• Analia L. Arevalo, PhD
  Research Scientist & Coordinator, Graduate Extension Course in Neuroscience, University of São Paulo Medical School
• Ryan Downey, PhD
  Executive Director, Education Records Bureau
• Gowri Iyer, PhD
  Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health, Public Health Foundation of India
• Edwin Maas, PhD
  Associate Professor, Temple University
• Suzanne Moineau, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Professor, CSU San Marcos
• Shannon Rae Rodrigue, PhD
  Clinical Supervisor, Early Education Center for Autism Developmental Specialist, San Diego Regional Center
• Elizabeth (Oster) Samimi, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Speech-Language Pathologist, Sharp Memorial Hospital

2005

• Maria Cristina Saccuman, PhD
  Research Scientist, Vita e Salute San Raffale University, Milan, Italy

2003

• Janet Calderon, PhD
  Associate Professor, Adventist University of Health Science

2002

• Barbara Conboy, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Associate Professor, University of Redlands

2000

• Kathryn Kohnert, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota