Research focus

Naomi Rodgers researches intra- and inter-personal aspects of developmental stuttering. Her empirical work is inspired by her personal experiences as a person who stutters and professional experiences as an SLP and advocate in the stuttering self-help community. Her research spans three primary areas:

1.      Nature of developmental stuttering – Examining cognitive, emotional, and social mechanisms and correlates of stuttering including information processing and mental health

2.      Behavior change in stuttering therapy – Measuring factors that predict readiness to change in stuttering therapy; creating assessments and affirming interventions to promote change for young people and adults who stutter

3.      Professional training for SLPs – Developing methods to promote clinical competence of SLPs to support social-emotional outcomes for individuals with communication disorders; integrating implementation science to increase uptake of evidence-based practices and principles

 Courses taught

• CSD:5183 – Intro to Stuttering
• CSD:4120 – Intro to Clinical Methods and Observation
• CSD:5203 – Counseling in Communication Disorders

 Selected publications

• Rodgers, N. H., Zhang, Y., Combiths, P., & Walker, E. (In press). Integrating social-emotional practices in elementary school-based speech/language therapy: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools.
• Rodgers, N. H., Gerlach-Houck, H., Paiva, A., & Robbins, M. (In press). Measuring adults’ readiness to make a positive change to stuttering, and the cognitive processes that predict it. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
• Rodgers, N. H., Marsh, D., Jacobs, K., & Collins, G. (2025). Preparing adolescents who stutter for life after high school. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 56(3).
• Kerrigan, J., Brundage, S., Constantino, C., Daniels, D., & Rodgers, N. H. (2025). A discussion of topics related to teaching a graduate stuttering course. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 83, 106103.
• Shenker, R., Rodgers, N. H., Guitar, G., & Onslow, M. (2023). Contemporary clinical conversations about stuttering: Neurodiversity and ableism. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 78, 106014

Active grants

• Aug 2025 – Jul 2030. “Promoting Communication Well-Being with Stutter-Affirming Therapy: A Pilot Clinical Trial in the Schools.” NIH/NIDCD K23 Mentored Patient-Centered Career Development Award. Naomi Rodgers (PI).
• Dec 2024 – Nov 2026. “Developing and Validating a Self-Report Assessment to Measure Stutter-Affirming Outcomes.” American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, Research-Practitioner Collaboration Grant. Naomi Rodgers (PI), Vivian Sisskin (Co-PI)

Naomi Rodgers CV