Ph.D. Students

Nour Alsabbagh
Nour Alsabbagh is a Ph.D. student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa. She works with her mentor, Dr. Inyong Choi in the Human Auditory Neuroscience Group lab.

Bhavana Bhat
Bhavana Bhat is a Ph.D. student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa. She works with her mentor Dr Hayo Terband in the Speech Sensorimotor Development Lab.

Deepthi Crasta
Deepthi Crasta is a Ph.D. student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa. She works with her mentor, Dr. Mili Kuruvilla Dugdale in the Speech Perception and Kinematics (SpeaK Lab).

Srividya Grama Bhagavan
Title/Position
Ph.D. Student
Srividya Grama Bhagavan is a Ph.D. student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa. She works with Dr. Ishan Bhatt in the Audiogenomics Lab.

Jusung Ham
Title/Position
Ph.D. Student
Jusung Ham is a Ph.D. student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa. He works with his mentor, Dr. Inyong Choi, in the Human Auditory Neuroscience Group lab.

Melissa Hill
Melissa Hill is a Ph.D. student in the Communication Sciences & Disorders at the University of Iowa. She works with her mentor, Dr. Stewart McCauley, in the Language, Learning, and Memory Lab.

Kayla Howerton
Title/Position
Ph.D. Student
Kayla Howerton is a Ph.D. student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa. She works with her mentor, Dr. Inyong Choi in the Human Auditory Neuroscience Group lab.

Valerie Ingalls
Valerie Ingalls is a Ph.D. student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa. She works with her mentor, Dr. Ishan Bhatt in the Audiogenomics lab.

Ehsan Khalili
Ehsan Khalili is a Ph.D. student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa. He works with his mentor, Dr. Shawn Goodman in the Auditory Research Lab.

Jina Kim
Title/Position
Ph.D. Student
Jina Kim joined the Ph.D. program in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa in Summer 2020. Her mentor is Kristi Hendrickson, where, in the Pyscholinguistics Lab, she investigates what semantic information people use to process visual and auditory words.

Chaewon Park
Title/Position
Ph.D. Student
Chaewon Park is a Ph.D. student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa. Her research focuses on word retrieval changes in people with neurogenic communication disorders, particularly aphasia and dementia, and in the typical aging population. She is mentored by Jean K. Gordon.

Daniel Tay
Title/Position
Ph.D. Student
Daniel Tay is a Ph.D. student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa. He has a background in engineering and acoustics and previously worked as an engineer for Steinway & Sons. Daniel is mentored by Shawn Goodman in the Auditory Research Lab.

Thushani Umesha Munasinghe
Thushani Umesha Munasinghe is a Ph.D. student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa. She works with her mentor, Dr. Mili Kuruvilla-Dugdale in the Speech Perception and Kinematics (SPeaK) Lab.

Emily Zrostlik
Title/Position
PhD student
Emily Zrostlik is a Ph.D. student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa. She works with her mentor, Dr. Kristi Hendrickson in the Psycholinguistics Lab.