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New York, Ny, Us

Montclair, Nj

Provide continued support to the MSU Clinical Biofeedback Lab:- Develop PEST (Parameter Estimation by Sequential Testing) speech discrimination tasks using PsychoPy and other Python packages (e.g., Pydub, Tkinter)- Manage, code, and analyze data- Co-author posters and presentations

Supported clinical research involving the use of visual biofeedback methods (acoustic representation, ultrasound, electropalatography) to treat articulation errors of the /r/ speech sound:- Developed and maintained online data rating platform with Flask (Python), JavaScript, HTML, & SQL- Collected, prepared, managed, analyzed, and summarized spoken language and therapy progress data using Praat scripting, Microsoft Excel, and Python (Jupyter notebook)- Prepared for and supported clinic sessions; treated research participants following research program- Performed literature searches and reviews

Pemberton Township, New Jersey

- Provided direct and indirect speech-language therapy services to PreK-8 students (caseload: 50-90 students), conducted evaluations throughout the district, and participated in/led IEP meetings as a case manager or related service provider- Collaborated with teachers, parents, case managers, and other service providers to support student needs- Supported fundraising and events as member of the character education committee- Developed Google Apps scripts to improve productivity in recording session data, communicating with students/parents, and completing paperwork

Hamilton, Nj

- Provided home-based early intervention services to children ages 0-3 and their families throughout MiddlesexCounty, NJ (caseload: ~10 children/week)- Evaluated children as member of an EI evaluation team in Mercer County, NJ (2 cases/week); wrote evaluation reports and educated parents on strategies- Participated in IFSP meetings with families

Edison, Nj

- Evaluated and treated a range of cognitive, swallowing, speech, and language disorders in adults on acute inpatient rehabilitation units (caseload: 5-8 patients/day)- Developed goals and evidence-based treatment plans, tracked session data, composed daily session notes, and educated patients and families regarding the impact of disorders on daily life and strategies to support rehabilitation- Collaborated with other team members (e.g., Nursing, PT, OT)- Observed modified barium swallow evaluations.

Princeton, Nj

Supported research scientists in the Natural Language Processing and Speech Group. (Promoted from the position of Research Assistant to Senior Research Assistant in May 2013.)- Annotated and analyzed essays, short answers, and transcribed spoken responses at various levels of complexity in order to train automated scoring systems- Designed and managed crowdsourcing experiments using Amazon's Mechanical Turk using HTML, JavaScript, PHP, and AWS Boto (Python)- Developed and refined coding manuals and procedures; developed scoring schemes and trained colleagues; coordinated projects between departments- Wrote and edited research proposals, reports, and papers; performed literature searches and drafted literature reviews

Aided Catalan elementary school teachers in English language instruction within the classroom (e.g. reading books, directing educational games), created PowerPoint presentations to support language and American culture education

- Coded visual and perceptual cues in audio files using Praat; contributed to coding manual- Recruited participants and assisted with speech elicitation and repetition experiments

B.A., Linguistics

Activities and Societies: FemSex, Intramural VolleyballStudied abroad at the Universitat de Barcelona through the Consortium for Advanced.

Master’S Degree, Speech-Language Pathology

Activities and Societies: Alpha Epsilon Lambda Honor Society, NSSLHA