Research

Faculty in the Division of Communication Sciences and Disorders are well recognized for their expertise in wide-ranging areas within the discipline, authoring highly regarded textbooks, scholarly works, and original research articles that have been published in prestigious national and international journals. CSD boasts several faculty-led research laboratories furnished with state-of-the-art equipment. These labs not only support faculty scholarship, but also serve as a welcoming home for any undergraduate or graduate student interested in participating in research activities or in conducting their own investigations.

School-Age Language Acquisition and Disorders Lab (SALAD)

The School-Age Language Acquisition and Disorders Lab (SALAD) is directed by Dr. Jayne Brandel, Associate Professor in the Division of Communication Sciences and Disorders. The dual purpose lab provides clinical research opportunities to both graduate and undergraduate students regarding language-based disorders for school-age students as well as resources for practicing speech-language pathologists in the West Virginia schools.

Speech Motor Control Laboratory

Under the direction of Dr. Kimberly Meigh, the Speech Motor Control Lab investigates how speech is produced through the lens of memory processing. The lab takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying typical speech acquisition and the transfer effects that occur during motor learning. Its overarching goal is to step back from traditional models of speech motor control to re-examine a fundamental question: What exactly is learned during speech acquisition, and how is that learning represented in memory?