2004 SPARC Award Recipients

The Students Preparing for Academic and Research Careers (SPARC) Award is designed as a strategy to promote PhD career development for communication sciences and disorders undergraduate and graduate students. Recipients will use the award monies to provide opportunities such as enhanced educational mentorship experiences that prepare students for successful PhD education and academic careers, travel to enhance research exposure, and research training under a mentor.

These individuals were recipients of the SPARC Award in 2004:

Rick Arenas, University of Iowa
Primary Mentor: Patricia M. Zebrowski

Karen Marie Barako, Vanderbilt University
Primary Mentor: C. Melanie Schuele

David Bradley Davis, Louisiana State University Health Science Center
Primary Mentor: Robert Turner

Jill Kalat Dolata, University of Texas at Austin
Primary Mentor: Barbara L. Davis

Monique Fees, University of Kansas
Primary Mentor: Steven M. Barlow

Renee Fisher, Hofstra University
Primary Mentor: Ronald L. Bloom

Darlene Foster, University of Maryland–College Park
Primary Mentor: Nan Bernstein Ratner

Daniel E. Hack, Ohio State University
Primary Mentor: Lawrence L. Feth

Laura Hardy, University of Washington
Primary Mentor: Kristie A. Spencer

Suzie Catherine Ip, Pace University–Sara Lawrence College
Primary Mentor: Abbey L. Berg

Erin Jenison, Purdue University
Primary Mentor: Jessica E. Huber

Jennifer Maybee, University of Colorado at Boulder
Primary Mentor: Lorraine Ramig

Erline Vieira Nakano, University of South Florida
Primary Mentor: Jacqueline J. Hinckley

Heather Marie Short, Northern Illinois University
Primary Mentor: Pamela A. Hadley

Anna K. Thurmes, University of Minnesota
Primary Mentor: Karlind T. Moller

Rebecca Joy Traen, Rush University
Primary Mentor: Gail B. Kempster

Julie Martinez Verhoff, University of Texas at Dallas
Primary Mentor: Emily A. Tobey