The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and the Graduate School co-host the annual celebration to honor the postdoctoral commu
nity and recognize the scholars, who are joined by their guests, faculty mentors and University leaders.
Taylor Snodgrass, “Beyond the Current Error: What a Child’s Speech History Reveals About Treatment Success.” (Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). Faculty mentor: Jonathan Preston, professor of communication sciences and disorders)
Snodgrass examines why children with residual speech errors—sounds like “r” that persist past the typical age of mastery—respond differently to treatment based on their developmental history. She found that children with an early, broader speech history show smaller treatment gains than those identified later. Her work suggests that speech-language pathologists should consider both developmental history and a child’s ability to notice and work with the sound structure of spoken language when setting treatment expectations.
Claire Cooke, a first year M.S.-SLP student, was one of three students in the ACC who was awarded the Jim & Pat Thacker Scholarship for postgraduate students. According to the scholarship announcement the scholarship is designed to honor students who will pursue postgraduate work who “…have performed with distinction in both the classroom and their respective sport, while demonstrating exemplary conduct in the community.” Claire earned her undergraduate degree at Syracuse University through the Falk College of Sport & Human Dynamics in Human Development & Family Science in 2021.