Dr. Jonathan Preston, Speech Production Laboratory Director
Associate Professor, Syracuse University Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders
Office Phone: 315.443.3143 / E-mail: jopresto@syr.edu
Dr. Preston is a certified speech-language pathologist. He completed his PhD at Syracuse University in 2008.
He also completed postdoctoral training at Haskins Laboratories, where he retains a research affiliation.
Go to Jonathan Preston’s Faculty Page.
Megan Leece, Research Speech Language Pathologist
Office Phone: 315.443.1351 / E-mail: mcleece@syr.edu
Megan Leece is a certified speech-language pathologist who works in the laboratory on various research projects. Visit Megan’s profile.
Nina R. Benway, PhD candidate
E-mail: nrbenway@syr.edu
Nina is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist who is pursuing a PhD. Her interests are in assessment and treatment of school-age children with speech sound disorders, including twice exceptional children. Visit Nina’s profile.
Nicole Caballero, PhD student
E-mail: nfcaball@syr.edu
Nicole is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist. She conducts assessments and treatment with children with speech sound disorders as part of our research, and she is pursuing a PhD part-time. She also works in the Gebbie Speech-Language Clinic.
Benedette (Benny) Herbst, PhD student
E-mail: bmherbst@syr.edu
Benedette is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist and PhD student. Her interests are in childhood speech sound disorders, including childhood apraxia of speech.
Dr. Molly Beiting, postdoctoral scholar
Email: mabeitin@syr.edu
Dr. Beiting is a certified speech-language pathologist and researcher with interests in speech sound disorders, particularly the assessment and treatment of children with complex communication profiles. Molly completed her PhD at Temple University in 2022.
Current Lab Personnel
Michela Eivers (UG student)
Kerry McNamara (SLP)
Former students
Haley Rankin-Baur