2009 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 2009:

Katherine Alexander, Northeastern University
Primary Mentor: Rupal Patel, Northeastern University

Gina Capri, University of Oregon
Primary Mentor: Cecilia Kirk, University of Oregon

Page Carriveau, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Primary Mentor: Julie Washington, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Julia Csillag, Teacher's College, Columbia University
Primary Mentor: Karen Froud, Teacher's College, Columbia University

Kathleen Dougherty, Northeastern University
Primary Mentor: Kevin Reilly, Northeastern University

Jessica Eickhoff, University of Washington
Primary Mentor: Stacy Betz, University of Washington

Allison Gish, Louisiana State University
Primary Mentor: Melda Kunduk, Louisiana State University

Nicola Jones, University of South Florida
Primary Mentor: Elaine Silliman, University of South Florida

Tiffany Jones, Florida State University
Primary Mentor: Ramonda Horton-Ikard, Florida State University

Amanda Schramski, Eastern Michigan University
Primary Mentor: Sarah Ginsberg, Eastern Michigan University