The Moms Project

Sarah Alvarez
Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences
Investigating linguistic markers in writing for detecting cognitive decline

Katelyn Baldwin
Social Work
Factors Impacting Participation in Food Assistance Programs: A Systematic Review

Gabriella Brown
Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences
Learning Effect Impacts Quick Speech-in-Noise Test Reliability

Evelyn Harris
Criminology
A Biopsychosocial Explanation of Criminal Offending: Toward a Tool for Reform

Nicole Kawa
Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences
Exploring Inferencing, Theory of Mind, and Affect Recognition as Predictors of Language Development and Reading Achievement in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Caroline Kelley
Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences
Language Beyond the Spectrum

Sabrina Sengdao
Social Work
Examining How Caregivers Navigate Grief Following a Person(s) Death by Substance Use and the Effects of Support Received on Wellbeing

Stephanee Aggor
Criminology
The research will examine cybercrime victimization and its impact on well-being; it will introduce the negative health effects of trauma from victimization and propose interventions to reduce victimization and promote resilience.

Nicole Brborich
Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences
The study implemented a bilingual intervention to enhance the narrative production and comprehension skills of Spanish-English bilingual children. By improving these skills, the intervention aimed to improve the children's ability to understand and analyze narrative stories and comprehend academic content, in both Spanish and English.

Emely Hernandez
Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences
We are working towards creating Spanish NLM (narrative language measures) assessments that are equal to its English counterparts for bilingual children. Our goal is to enhance both of their languages during some of their most crucial developmental years.

Danielle Lagana
Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences
My research project is conducted in the USF Neurophysiology of Aging Lab and this study longitudinally explores potential early indicators of cognitive change in a diverse population of older adults. This study hypothesizes that auditory processing, mood, sleep health, linguistic features, hearing loss, and loneliness can help us predict cognitive change.

Isabella Rios
Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences
My research focuses on developing Spanish Narrative Language Measure assessments in the form of stories. Our purpose is to create these stories for children, kindergarten through 2nd grade, to ensure they are parallel to their English versions concerning story grammar and language complexity.

Sally Selevan
Aging Sciences & Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences
My research will focus on three research projects focused on aging and cognitive health evaluation in elders with hearing loss. My work has the potential to impact clinical practice and improve the quality of life for older adults with hearing loss.

Alexandria Smith
ASL Interpreting
My research is producing a biopsychosocial medical model for dDeaf individuals to preserve and respect dDeaf culture and the community.

Sienna Tyson
Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences
In my research project, we are examining the behavioral and neuroscientific aspects of language performance across the lifespan.  We will be researching these features of language performance using discourse-level language tasks and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).

Jolie Visgaitis
Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences
My research is in partnership with the Glazer Children’s Museum in downtown Tampa and our research team has collected data from observations of 263 child-caregiver dyads in order to measure museum engagement. By observing children of all ages as well as caregivers of all ages, this research study aims to enhance positive, meaningful relationships across generations.

Lena Bayyat
Communication Sciences and Disorders Language, Speech, and Hearing Science
Tell Me More - The Relationship Between the Perceptual Accessibility of Vocabulary and K-3 Students' Narrative and Expository Language.

Cassandra Hendry
Communication Sciences and Disorders Language, Speech, and Hearing Science
Broadening Spectrum: Insight into the impact that inferencing has on mathematics in children with autism spectrum disorder

Julia Hoonhout
Behavioral Healthcare Across the Lifespan
Perceptions of methadone treatment among people in recovery from opioid addiction.

Breanna Zurita
Communication Sciences and Disorders Language, Speech, and Hearing Science
Inferencing Ability and its Relation to Comprehension in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders” which is part of her ongoing work with mentors on a study called “Language Beyond the Spectrum

Sarah Al Falatah
Biomedical Sciences, Minor in Criminology
Race, Solitary Confinement and Mental Health: An Analysis of the Influence of Inmate Race and Mental Health on Solitary Confinement Placement

Jade Brown
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Tell Me More

Iman El-Kolalli
Communication Sciences and Disorders, minor in Psychology
Broadening the Spectrum: Exploring the Contributions of Communication, Inferencing and Social Perception Skills on Language Development in Children with ASD

Irene Febres
Communication Sciences and Disorders (Concentration in Language, Speech & Hearing), Minor in Applied Linguistics
Examining how the effects of parent co-implemented vocabulary and storytelling intervention for children with ASD falls in line with positive aging

Karley Deason
Aging Sciences
Personality and Sleep Health: Do Lifestyle Habits Play A Role?

Jessica O'Reilly
Communication Sciences and Disorders & Applied Behavior Analysis
Contributions of Communication, Inferencing, and Social Perception Skills to Reading and Math Performance

Adriana Pereira
Criminology & Health Sciences
A limit to positive aging: Elder abuse of non-English speakers

Danielle Stuermer
Aging Sciences
Advance Care Planning and Disparities Between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Older Adults

Mikaela Hemenway
Behavioral Healthcare and Psychology

Ashley Minano
Communication Science & Disorders

Anthony Suda
Aging Sciences and Nursing
Mind, Mood, and Food: The Mind-Body Connection and Its Implications for Aging

Ardhys De Leon
Psychology & Behavioral Healthcare
The Relationship of Marchman Act Protective Custody Holds During Emerging Adulthood and Baker Act Examinations During Childhood

Flandra Ismajli
Social Work & Sociology
Nutrition Enhancement among Individuals Diagnosed with Psychiatric, Developmental, and Physical Disabilities

Sierra Rowland
Behavioral Healthcare & Public Health
Stakeholder Perceptions of Prenatal Substance Use in Hillsborough County

Sarah Serralta
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Stress and Burnout in Interpreter Training Students

Haley Beutler
Behavioral Healthcare & Industrial Engineering
Alternative and Complementary Treatment Option: Perception of Consumer

Cecelia Ferguson
Aging Sciences & Nursing

Robyn Gerry
Behavioral Healthcare

Allyson Lindsay
Language, Speech and Hearing

Katie Colin
Language, Speech, & Hearing
Impact of dementia on language

Cecelia Ferguson
Nursing/Gerontology
Relationship between physical activity and sedentary behavior on fatigue and depression among breast cancer survivors

Crystal Johnson
Behavioral Healthcare
Effectiveness of Family Dependency Treatment Court

Stephanie Raymond
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Brain activity during clear speech versus conversational speech: Individuals with hearing loss or English as a second language

Elizabeth Crowley
Gerontology
Large-scale implementation of an internet-based program to identify early signs of cognitive decline - the Cogstate Brief Battery (Cog-BB)

Megan Porter
Language, Speech, Hearing Science
Quality of life of individuals who have been diagnosed with Meniere's disease

Jacqueline Rivera
Behavioral Healthcare
Determine life factors that can be targeted to prevent the use of alcohol, marijuana and tobacco among school-age youth in Hillsborough County

Lisa Rivera
Behavioral Healthcare
Prevalence of opioid misuse (prescription drug abuse) among Hispanic populations

Karissa Varnum
Language, Speech, & Hearing Science
Impact of musically-adapted stories on increasing socially appropriate behaviors of children with autism

Amanda Armstrong
Criminology
Pressures affecting mothers' decision to seek treatment for substance use problems

Melissa Barongi
Behavioral Healthcare
Impact of parenting skills training on mothers receiving treatment for substance abuse

Victoria Marino
Long Term Care Administration
Caring for Adults Recovering from the Effects of Stroke (CARES) Project