2006 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 2006:

Aaron Johnson, Rush University
Mentor: Gail Kempster, Rush University

Andrea Boh, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
Mentor: Linda Carpenter, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire

Cory Portnuff, University of Colorado at Boulder
Mentor: Kathryn Arehart, University of Colorado at Boulder

Carolyn Potts, Eastern Michigan University
Mentor: Sara Ginsberg, Eastern Michigan University

Anna Clark, University of Colorado at Boulder
Mentor: Donald Finan, University of Colorado at Boulder

Heather Frost, Case Western Reserve University
Mentor: Stacey Williams, Case Western Reserve University

Christina Kuo, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mentor: Gary Weismer, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Nicole Beck, Hofstra University
Mentor: Ronald Bloom, Hofstra University

Meredith Oakey, Vanderbilt University
Mentor: Ralph Ohde, Vanderbilt University