Ph.D. Students

Kayla Howerton

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.

Larissa Jordan

Ph.D. Student

larissa-jordan@uiowa.edu

Larissa Jordan is a licensed SLP and Ph.D. candidate specializing in adult neurologic communication disorders in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa.

Erik Jorgensen

Ph.D. Student

erik-j-jorgensen@uiowa.edu

Erik Jorgensen is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa, working with Yu-Hsiang Wu as part of the Hearing and Aging Research Laboratory. He previously earned his AuD degree as part of the AuD/PhD combined program.

Jina Kim

Ph.D. Student

jina-kim@uiowa.edu

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

Ph.D. Student

chaewon-park@uiowa.edu

Chaewon Park is a PhD student 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

Ph.D. Student

daniel-tay@uiowa.edu

Daniel Tay joined the Ph.D. program in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa in Spring 2021. Originally a mechanical engineer, his interest in studying the way humans hear led him to his current research in the Auditory Research Lab, directed by Shawn Goodman.

Soumya Venkitakrishnan

Au.D. / Ph.D. Student

soumya-venkitakrishnan@uiowa.edu

Soumya Venkitakrishnan seeks her doctoral degree as part of the Au.D. / Ph.D. joint program in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at the University of Iowa. Her mentor is Yu-Hsiang Wu, who directs the Hearing Aid and Aging Research Laboratory.