ARC Director:
director & PI
Emily K. Plowman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
ARC Fellows:
Post Doctoral Fellow
Cara Donohue, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Clinical Fellow
Kayla Croft, M.S., CF-SLP
ARC Managers:
clinical research manager
Amber Anderson, M.S., CCC-SLP
Laboratory manager
Lauren DiBiase, M.S., CCC-SLP
ARC Graduate Students:
Justine Allen, M.S., CCC-SLP
Doctoral Student
Alessandra Rodrigues, B.A.
Master’s Thesis Student
Masters Thesis Student
Madison Lee, B.S
Masters Thesis Student, Research Assistant
Connie Feeney, B.S.
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student
Caroline Milikin, B.S.
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student
Emily Bateh, B.S.
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student
Jessica Abbate, B.S.
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student, Research Assistant
Amy Ashley, B.S.
Graduate Research Assistant
Kelly Leonard, B.S.
Graduate Research Assistant
ARC Undergraduate Students:
Julia Eby
UMMP Mentee
AJ Patel
Engineering Research Rotation Student
Joelle Simpson
Undergrad Thesis Student
Sophia Benson
Undergrad Thesis Student
Justin Docal
Undergrad Thesis Student
ARC Alumni
clinical fellow, 2019
Amber Anderson, M.S., CCC-SLP
Clinical Trials Manager; Research Speech Language Pathologist
undergraduate honors thesis, 2015 – 2016
Julia Apostol, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist Advent Health
undergraduate honors thesis, 2017 – 2018
Amanda Bostwick, B.S.
SLP Graduate Student University of Florida
undergraduate honors thesis, 2016-2017
Maya Burns, MOT, OTR/L
Pediatric Occupational Therapist
graduate student, 2017 – 2019
Jennifer L. Chapin, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist AAC Specialist, ALS Association
Clinical fellow, 2020
Lauren Dibiase, M.S., CCC-SLP
ALS Clinical Trials Manager; Research Speech Language Pathologist
undergraduate honors thesis, 2017-2018
Julia Eckart, B.S.
University of Florida
undergraduate honors thesis, 2016 – 2017
Leann Grange, B.S.
Graduate Student, Rutgers University
Undergraduate honors thesis, 2019 – 2020
Kasey McElheny, B.S.
Graduate Student, Rhode Island
visiting doctoral student, 2018 – 2020
Danny Nunn, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist,
masters thesis, 2017 – 2018
Rachel O’Neal, M.A., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist University of California, San Diego
mASTERS thesis, 2016 – 2017
Michelle Saade, M.A., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist, John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
clinical fellow & Doctoral Student 2015-2020
Raele Robison, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin Madison
doctoral student 2014 – 2018
Lauren Tabor Gray, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Co-Director, Phil Smith Neuroscience Institute and ALS Center
Visiting doctoral student
Ashley Waito, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
doctoral student
Stephanie Watts, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor, Voice and Swallowing Center, College of Medicine, University of South Florida
clinical fellow, 2018
Jessica Zipper, M.A., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist U.F. Health Shands Rehabilitation Hospital
UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESIS, 2020 – 2021
Shanie Elkarif
Columbia University
UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESIS, 2020-2021
Elenora Mocevic
University of Florida
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student, Research Assistant
Shelby Lawrence, B.S.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
GRADUATE CLINICAL PRACTICUM STUDENT
Tara Segalewitz, B.S.
Tampa General Hospital
Lab volunteer
Lindsey Kornhauser
New York University
NANCY WILKINS ENDOWED RESEARCH SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
Mackenzi Coker, M.S., CCC-SLP
Collaborators
Kate Hutchison, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
MD Anderson Collaborator
Catriona M. Steele, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Toronto Health Collaborator
Lauren Tabor Gray, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Phil Smith Neuroscience Institute Collaborator and ARC Alum
James Wymer, M.D., Ph.D.
Neurology Collaborator
Eric Jeng, M.D., MBA
Cardiothoracic Surgery Collaborator
Laura Ranum, Ph.D.
Center for Neurogenetics Collaborator
Tiago Machuca, M.D., Ph.D.
Thoracic Surgery Collaborator
Neil Chheda, M.D.
Otolaryngology Collaborator
