Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award (RMPTA) Recipients
The Research Symposium aims to bring together clinicians and researchers at ASHA's Annual Convention, in order to discuss current research that has important implications for the study of communication processes and disorders. Each year's symposium focuses on a specific research theme. Research is presented by invited speakers who are experts in their fields. The Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award (RMPTA) is offered in conjunction with this program, in order to provide a research mentoring experience to students who show promise as emerging scientists.
| Protégé | Mentor | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Megan Arney, Michigan State University | Hope Gerlach-Houck, Western Michigan University | 2023 |
| Jithin Balan, The University of Texas at Austin | Srikanta Mishra, University of Texas at Austin | 2023 |
| Nina Benway, University of Maryland | Carol Espy-Wilson, University of Maryland | 2023 |
| Burgundy Bisson, California State University, Los Angeles | Miwako Hisagi, California State University, Los Angeles | 2023 |
| Marianne Casilio, Vanderbilt University | Gerasimos Fergadiotis, Portland State University | 2023 |
| Adriana Chee Jing Chieng, University of Nottingham Malaysia | Camille Wynn, University of Houston | 2023 |
| June Contreras, The University of Texas at El Paso | Brandon Merritt, The University of Texas at El Paso | 2023 |
| Brittney Cooper, UC Berkeley & San Francisco State University | Gloria Soto, San Francisco State University | 2023 |
| Angela Ding, Vanderbilt University | Mili Kuruvilla-Dugdale, University of Iowa | 2023 |
| Kelsey Dukovic, West Chester University | Sojung Kim, West Chester University | 2023 |
| Amanda Eads, New York University | Tara McAllister, New York University | 2023 |
| Ruiqing Fan, University of Houston | Ashwini Joshi, University of Houston | 2023 |
| Samantha Ghali, The University of Kansas | Marisha Speights, Northwestern University | 2023 |
| Allison Godsey, University of Maryland | Bridget Walsh, Michigan State University | 2023 |
| Nataly Innamorato, University of South Florida | Howard Goldstein, University of South Florida | 2023 |
| Caryn Iwakiri, San Jose State University | Pei-Tzu Tsai, San Jose State University | 2023 |
| Namitha Jain, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign | Fatima Husain, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign | 2023 |
| Gibbeum Kim, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign | Fatima Husain, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign | 2023 |
| Lauren Kim, Biola University | Yao Du, University of Southern California | 2023 |
| Joseph Hin Yan Lam, University of California, Irvine | Maria Resendiz, Texas State University | 2023 |
| Talia Mango, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Julia Drouin, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2023 |
| Tracy Preza, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign | Alison Hendricks, University at Buffalo | 2023 |
| Dillon Pruett, Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Shelly Jo Kraft, Wayne State University | 2023 |
| Arden Ricciardone, University of Connecticut | Karen Lê, VA Connecticut Healthcare System | 2023 |
| Carly Rosvold, University of Maryland | Pamela Hadley, University of Illinois | 2023 |
| Anna Saylor, University of Delaware | Alyssa Lanzi, University of Delaware | 2023 |
| Lue Shen, Boston University | Shrikanth Narayanan, University of Southern California | 2023 |
| Jasleen Singh, Northwestern University | Sumitrajit Dhar, Northwestern University | 2023 |
| Emma Kate Thome, University of Georgia | Richard Morris, Florida State University | 2023 |
| Nicole Tomassi, Boston University | Adam Buchwald, New York University | 2023 |
| Lois Adrianne Umali, Texas State University | Farzan Irani, Texas State University | 2023 |
| Anumitha Venkatraman, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Cara Stepp, Boston University | 2023 |
| Olivia Vruwink, University of Minnesota | Natalie Covington, University of Minnesota | 2023 |
| Hasini Weerathunge, Boston University | Yana Yunusova, University of Toronto | 2023 |
| Anicia Anderson, The Pennsylvania State University | Jessica Gormley, University of Nebraska Medical Center | 2022 |
| Eli Angstadt-Leto, California State University, East Bay | Eve Higby, California State University, East Bay | 2022 |
| Brittney Cooper, San Francisco State University / UC San Diego | Gloria Soto, San Francisco State University | 2022 |
| Kelsey Davison, Boston University | Kimberly Crespo, Boston University | 2022 |
| Sonia De Los Rios Medina, University of Washington | Amy Pace, University of Washington | 2022 |
| Lauren Denusik, Western University | Barbara Jane Cunningham, Western University | 2022 |
| Alicia Escobedo, San Diego State University / UC San Diego, | Sonja Pruitt-Lord, San Diego State University | 2022 |
| Angela Evenich, San Francisco State University | Betty Yu, San Francisco State University | 2022 |
| Kierra Feeley, West Chester University of Pennsylvania | Timothy Huang, West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 2022 |
| Samantha Ghali, The University of Kansas | Janna Oetting, Louisiana State University | 2022 |
| Alejandro Granados Vargas, University of California, Irvine | Betty Yu, San Francisco State University | 2022 |
| Emily Harrington, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Windi Krok, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 2022 |
| Michelle Hernandez, University of Houston | Megan Gross, University of Massachusetts Amherst | 2022 |
| Lindsey Hiebert, University of Delaware | Amanda Owen Van Horne, University of Delaware | 2022 |
| Maria Jaramillo, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Brenda Gorman, Elmhurst University | 2022 |
| Nicole Kim, California State University, Fullerton | Amy Pratt, University of Cincinnati | 2022 |
| Kirstin Kuchler, University of Minnesota | Katrina Nicholas, California State University, East Bay | 2022 |
| Joseph Hin Yan Lam, University of California, Irvine | Ronald Gillam, Utah State University | 2022 |
| HaeJi Lee, University of Minnesota | Kerry Ebert, University of Minnesota | 2022 |
| Sophie Levi, San Diego State University / University of California, San Diego | Kerry Ebert, University of Minnesota | 2022 |
| Ada López González, University of Massachusetts Amherst | Rebecca Alper, Temple University | 2022 |
| Jennifer Markfeld, Vanderbilt University | Rachel Romeo, University of Maryland | 2022 |
| Casey Martin, University of Mary | Javad Anjum, University of Mary | 2022 |
| Margarethe McDonald, University of Ottawa | Marisha Speights Atkins, Northwestern University | 2022 |
| Wendy Meyer, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions | Casey Taliancich-Klinger, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | 2022 |
| Jade Mitchell, Vanderbilt University | Shameka Stanford, Howard University | 2022 |
| Jessica Nagy, California State University, Los Angeles | Erica Ellis, California State University, Los Angeles | 2022 |
| Claire O’Connor, Monmouth University | Yao Du, University of Southern California | 2022 |
| Cecilia Perez, University of California, Irvine | Julie Washington, University of California, Irvine | 2022 |
| Marisol Perez, Northern Illinois University | Danai Kasambira Fannin, North Carolina Central University | 2022 |
| Samantha Power, University of Wyoming | Katelyn Kotlarek, University of Wyoming | 2022 |
| R. J. Risueño, Arizona State University | Douglas Petersen, University of Wyoming | 2022 |
| Juliana Ronderos, Boston University | Lisa Fitton, University of South Carolina | 2022 |
| Mariana Silva, Arizona State University | M. Adelaida Restrepo, University of South Florida | 2022 |
| Ashley Tinajero Gomez, California State University, East Bay | Eve Higby, California State University, East Bay | 2022 |
| Seijra Toogood, Nova Southeastern University | Raul Prezas, Nova Southeastern University | 2022 |
| Jessica Van Ausdall, Tennessee State University | Iris Johnson Arnold, Tennessee State University | 2022 |
| Karen Zyskind, University of Oregon | Maria Resendiz, Texas State University | 2022 |
| Komal Aggarwal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education | Krishna Yerraguntla, Manipal Academy of Higher Education | 2021 |
| Jonet Artis, New York University | Danai Kasambira Fannin, North Carolina Central University | 2021 |
| Kimberly Dahl, Boston University | Adrienne Hancock, The George Washington University | 2021 |
| Carrie Donohue, University of Florida | Emily Plowman, University of Florida | 2021 |
| Andrea Ford, University of Minnesota | Kathy Bourque, University of Kansas | 2021 |
| Teresa Girolamo, University of Connecticut | Audra Sterling, University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2021 |
| Shirley Huang, University of Colorado Boulder | Pui Fong Kan, University of Colorado Boulder | 2021 |
| Kelly Jahn, Massachusetts Eye and Ear | Samira Anderson, University of Maryland | 2021 |
| John Kim, University of California, Berkeley/San Francisco State University | Farzan Irani, Texas State University | 2021 |
| Hailey Kingsbury, University of Iowa | Elizabeth Walker, University of Iowa | 2021 |
| Geneva Mayne, Kean University | Mahchid Namazi, Kean University | 2021 |
| Emily Morrow, Vanderbilt University | Melissa Duff, Vanderbilt University | 2021 |
| Mariah Morton, Auburn University | Mary Sandage, Auburn University | 2021 |
| Jennifer Oshita, University of Vermont | Nicholas Reed, Johns Hopkins University | 2021 |
| Camelle Otis, Tennessee State University | Iris Johnson Arnold, Tennessee State University | 2021 |
| Jessica Riccardi, Case Western Reserve University | Jennifer Lundine, The Ohio State University | 2021 |
| Kara Sander, University of Memphis | Sarah Warren, University of Memphis | 2021 |
| Brittany Stroker, University of Delaware | Rebecca Hunting Pompon, University of Delaware | 2021 |
| Jeanne Tighe, Kean University | Mahchid Namazi, Kean University | 2021 |
| Maliah Wilkinson, The University of Mississippi | Mary Alt, The University of Arizona | 2021 |
| Kathryn Wiseman, Boys Town National Research Hospital | Caitlin Sapp, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2021 |
| Crystle Alonzo, University of Montana | Shelley Gray, Arizona State University | 2019 |
| Lauren Baron, University of South Carolina | Tammie Spaulding, University of Connecticut | 2019 |
| Sara Benham, The University of Texas at Dallas | Elena Plante, The University of Arizona | 2019 |
| Natalia Camacho, The University of Texas at Dallas | Raul Rojas, The University of Texas at Dallas | 2019 |
| Jason Chow, Virginia Commonwealth University | C. Melanie Schuele, Vanderbilt University | 2019 |
| Tiana Cowan, The Pennsylvania State University | Carol Miller, The Pennsylvania State University | 2019 |
| Alicia Escobedo, San Diego State University/UC San Diego | Stephanie De Anda, University of Oregon | 2019 |
| Alison Hessling, Vanderbilt University | Lizbeth Finestack, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | 2019 |
| Sabrina Horvath, Purdue University | Arielle Borovsky, Purdue University | 2019 |
| Kimberly Jenkins, The University of Texas at Dallas | Raúl Rojas, The University of Texas at Dallas | 2019 |
| Hannah Krimm, University of Georgia | Tiffany Hogan, MGH Institute of Health Professions | 2019 |
| Caroline Larson, University of Wisconsin–Madison | Klara Marton, City University of New York | 2019 |
| Ian Morton, Vanderbilt University | Krystal Werfel, University of South Carolina | 2019 |
| Katrina Nicholas, California State University, East Bay | Mary Alt, The University of Arizona | 2019 |
| Natalie Pak, Vanderbilt University | Ann Kaiser, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University | 2019 |
| Gabriella Reynolds, University of South Carolina | Krystal Werfel, University of South Carolina | 2019 |
| Claire Selin, University of Kansas | C. Melanie Schuele, Vanderbilt University | 2019 |
| Sean Stalley, University of South Alabama | Matthew Rispoli, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | 2019 |
| Deena Blackett, The Ohio State University | Leora Cherney, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northwestern University | 2018 |
| Gabriel Cler, Boston University | Ludo Max, University of Washington | 2018 |
| Natalie Covington, Vanderbilt University | Melissa Duff, Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 2018 |
| Kevin Cunningham, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Katarina Haley, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2018 |
| Natalie S. Dailey, University of Arizona | Jyutika Mehta, Texas Women’s University | 2018 |
| Sarah Diehl, Vanderbilt University | Michael de Riesthal, Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 2018 |
| Dominick DiMercurio, Pennsylvania State University | Chaleece Sandberg, Pennsylvania State University | 2018 |
| E. Susan Duncan, Louisiana State University | Steven L. Small, University of California, Irvine | 2018 |
| Paul Fillmore, Baylor University | Jamie Reilly, Temple University | 2018 |
| Allison Flanigan, University of Cincinnati | Aimee Dietz, University of Cincinnati | 2018 |
| Jenna Griffin, University of Montana | Catherine Off, University of Montana | 2018 |
| Gerald Imaezue, The Graduate Center, CUNY | Loraine Obler, The Graduate Center, CUNY | 2018 |
| Jocelyn Jenks, University of Northern Iowa | Edna Babbitt, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab | 2018 |
| Juhi Kidwai, University of Kansas | Jonathan Brumberg, University of Kansas | 2018 |
| Taryn Malcolm, The Graduate Center, CUNY | Loraine Obler, The Graduate Center, CUNY | 2018 |
| Chitrali Mamlekar, University of Cincinnati | Aimee Dietz, University of Cincinnati | 2018 |
| Yina Quique Buitrago, University of Pittsburg | William Evans, University of Pittsburg and VA Pittsburg Healthcare System | 2018 |
| Alyssa Sachs, University of Arizona | Pelagie Beeson, University of Arizona | 2018 |
| Mary Salazar, University of Missouri | Sarah Wallace, Duquesne University | 2018 |
| Megan Schliep, MGH Institute of Health Professions | Sofia Vallila Rohter, MGH Institute of Health Professions | 2018 |
| Amanda Simmons, University of Tennessee Health Science Center | Sarah Wallace, Duquesne University | 2018 |
| Kaila Stipancic, MGH Institute of Health Professions | Jordan Green, MGH Institute of Health Professions | 2018 |
| Suresh Kiran, Manipal Academy of Higher Education | Gopee Krishnan, Manipal Academy of Higher Education | 2018 |
| Amanda Wadams, University of Connecticut | Nadine Martin, Temple University | 2018 |
| Jingyun Yao, California State University, East Bay | Pradeep Ramanathan, California State University, East Bay | 2018 |
