Lab team

Kerry Danahy Ebert, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Lab Director

Dr. Ebert is an associate professor in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences. Her research examines interactions between cognition and language in bilingual and monolingual children with developmental language disorder and related implications for effective assessment and treatment services. She is also interested in factors that influence the efficacy of speech-language treatment services for children.

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Kristie Gonzalez, M.A., CCC-SLP

Research Coordinator

Kristie is a bilingual speech-language pathologist (Spanish/English), with pediatric experience in school and clinical settings. Her areas of interest include bilingual language acquisition, and assessment/treatment of phonological and language disorders in children. She is also interested in all things related to world languages and music.

PhD students

Elizabeth Johnson

M.S., CCC-SLP

Elizabeth is a Ph.D. student in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at the University of Minnesota. She is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) in Minnesota and Wisconsin. She continues her clinical practice as a casual SLP through M Health Fairview. She also practices part-time as a Clinical Supervisor and Lecturer at University of Wisconsin - River Falls. Her research interests include pediatric motor speech disorders, bilingual language assessment, and research related to clinical application and the supervision process. In her free time, she enjoys listening to podcasts, traveling, and working out.

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HaeJi Lee

M.A., CCC-SLP

HaeJi is a Ph.D. candidate in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at the University of Minnesota and a Korean-English bilingual SLP. Her research interest includes the treatment, assessment, and diagnosis of speech and language disabilities of multilingual and multicultural children. In addition, she would like to explore the effects of parents' and/or caregivers' language use, social interaction, and cultural components in early intervention. During her free time, she enjoys figure skating, working out, and baking.

Bob Yang

Bob is a Ph.D. student in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences. His research interests include how society and culture influence the development of voice, speech, language, and singing, with work on bilingualism and the tonal HMong language. Outside of the lab and his studies, he sings in the university opera and spends time with his family.

Graduate students

Kendall Mehring

Kendall is a graduate student in the MA-SLP program. She learned Spanish through an immersion school and is excited to put her language skills to use and get more practice with the language. Kendall is interested in learning more about bilingualism and its impacts on language acquisition to apply toward her dream of working as an SLP with bilingual children.

Undergraduate students

Zoe Sebestyen

Zoe is a third-year undergraduate student pursuing a B.A. in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, a minor in Developmental Psychology, and a certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorder. In her free time, she enjoys baking, hiking, and spending time with her cats, Dunkin and Dexter.

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Collaborators

Our work on bilingual children with developmental language disorder has been completed in close collaboration with Dr. Giang Pham and the Bilingual Development in Context Lab at San Diego State University.

Check out their free resources for conducting language assessments in Vietnamese!

Our work on narrative dynamic assessment is being conducted with Dr. Liza Finestack and the Child Language Intervention Lab at UMN.

Alumni

Mariah Banas

Jenny Meraz Barrera

Nora Bridges

Layne Cruz

Gabrielle Farrell

Sam Jutz

Liz Kulig

Tori Michalewski

Maisie Simpson

Malia Wagner

Amanda Waugh

Allie Westervelt

Liliana Williams

Jenna Quinn

Mady Winters

Alli Umhoefer

Marina La Force

Hannah Pham

Rachelle Valentin

Minh Le

Muna Musse

Kayla Greifenkamp

Argentina Lerma

Grace Moua

Berenice Sanchez-Ortiz

Marin Taylor

Joxery Mezen-Camacho

Amara Carey

Zoe Quevli

Maria Linder

Miriam Kornelis

Kirstin Kuchler

Soujin (Jinnie) Choi

Eugene Wong

Emily Sather

Isabel Kuecker

Gisselle Duval

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