I am a PhD student in Jan Edward’s Learning to Talk lab. I earned an MS in Speech Pathology from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. My research interests are largely driven by my clinical knowledge and experiences, and I hope my work will inform clinical practices. I am most interested in phonological and lexical development, factors affecting language acquisition in young children, and methods of assessing speech production. I have explored how transcription, perception, and acoustic analyses can be used to better characterize consonants produced by 2-5-year-old children. In the future, I would like to apply these various assessment measures to fully understand differences in speech development for children with cochlear implants.
Areas of Interest
- Phonological development
- Language acquisition
- Cochlear implants
- Speech production measures
- Speech perception
- Language processing
Degrees
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MSSpeech Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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BACommunication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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BAScandinavian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Cert.European Studies
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
Email
ajohns51 [at] umd.edu
