2005 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 2005:

Alyson Abel, Vanderbilt University
Mentor: Clare Melanie Schuele, Vanderbilt University

Meghan Burchfield, University of Tennessee
Mentor: Maria L Munoz, University of Tennessee

Meghan Darling, Purdue University
Mentor: Jessica Huber, Purdue University

Teresa Domrzalski, California State University–Sacramento
Mentor: Laureen O'Hanlon, California State University–Sacramento

Theresa Gugger, University of Buffalo
Mentor: Geralyn Timler, University at Buffalo

Susan Hickey, University of South Alabama
Mentor: Robert Moore, University of South Alabama

Corinne Juhasz, University of Connecticut
Mentor: Bernard Grela, University of Connecticut

Tricia Kostner, Rush University
Mentor: Richard Peach, Rush University Medical Center

Angelique Lapeyre, Loyola College in Maryland
Mentor: Marie Keirns, Loyola College in Maryland

Sarah Sheridan, New York University
Mentor: Alison Behrman, New York University

Jenna Silver, University of Florida
Mentor: James Harnsberger, University of Florida

Anne Stilwell, University of Oregon
Mentor: McKay Moore Sohlberg, University of Oregon

Caroline Streppa, Univeristy of Virginia
Mentor: Laura Justice Curry, University of Virginia