	June Bethea Background June has been a practicing Speech Language Pathologist for more than twenty years. She is nationally certified and state licensed. June has worked in various settings including schools, skilled nursing facilities, and home health. She also has taught at the university level. Research Interests Her research interests include child language and literacy. June's faculty advisor and mentor is Dr. Alan Kam
	Mary Kristen Clark Background Mary entered the doctoral program in 2007 after working as a speech-language pathologist in North Carolina Public Schools. She received her Master of Science degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed her Bachelor's degree here at UNCG. Research Interests Mary Kristen's research interests are language learning and literacy disorders, as well as issues involved in reading comprehension assessment. Dr. Alan Kamhi is her faculty mentor. Poster presentation: "The Validity of Prior Knowledge Assessment in the QRI - 4: Influence of Gender, Interest, and Prior Knowledge on Reading Comprehension," at the 2008 ASHA Convention in November. Mary received the UNCG Excellence Fellowship in 2007.
	Ann Cralidis Background Ann received her undergraduate degree from in journalism and her master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Speech-Language Pathology . She has extensive clinical experience in adult traumatic brain injury, aphasia, and dysphagia and has worked in hospitals, private practice, and skilled nursing facilities. Ann also has teaching experience at both the university and technical college level. She has been a guest lecturer at the University of North Carolina for the past two years in CSD 639: Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention of Communication Disorders in Late Adolescence and Early Childhood. Ann also chaired the speech-language pathology assistant program at Forsyth Technical Community College for three years. Research Interests Ann’s research interests are in the areas of adult traumatic brain injury and executive function. Her current projects include verbal fluency and written discourse in moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.
	Leslie Johnson Background Leslie graduated from the North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications, followed by a Master of Science degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences. She has clinical experience in adult neurogenic communication disorders, dysphagia, and cognitive-linguistic impairments. Leslie has been an active member of NCSHLA and has presented at the local and state level. Research Interests Leslie is interested in concentrating on disorders resulting from traumatic brain injury in adults.
	Jamila Minga Background Jamila earned her Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and a Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her clinical experiences include acute, subacute, and skilled settings providing rehabilitative services to adults with neurogenic disorders. She is currently a Graduate Researcher in Dr. Lundgren’s Cognitive-Linguistics Laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she assists in data analysis. Research Interests Jamila’s primary research interests are in discourse deficits in adult neurogenic populations, right hemisphere brain damage (RBD), and traumatic brain injury (TBI). She is also interested in functional maintenance interventions for individuals with dementia, as well as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and cultural language analysis. Presentations Minga, J., Lundgren, K. (2008). Conversational Analysis of Pre & Post Metaphor Training: A Case Study. Poster presentation at the annual conventions of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, Chicago, IL Jamila Minga
	Joanne Carfioli Naylor, M.S., CCC-SLP Background Joanne earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the West Chester University of Pennsylvania in 1993. She received her Master of Sciences in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Texas A&M University-Kingsville in 1998 after completing her Master's Thesis (1998) The Oral Communication Skills of Identical Twins compared to the Oral Communication Skills of Fraternal Twins between the ages of 2 and 7 years. Joanne presented The Co Assessment and Treatment of Children on the Autism Spectrum in Corpus Christi, Dallas, and McAllen, Texas for the Texas Occupational Therapy Association in 2005. She also taught as an Adjunct professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders department for Texas A&M University- Kingsville in the Spring of 2005. During the past 10 years, Joanne has worked in the public school system, with the Texas Relay project, and as an outpatient therapist at Driscoll Children's Hospital co-treating children with diagnoses on the autism spectrum. Research Interests Current research - Social Skills of children on the Autism Spectrum with Dr. Alan Kamhi as faculty advisor and mentor.
	Amy Spencer Background Amy has been a speech pathologist for close to 20 years and currently works full-time for the Winston-Salem Forsyth County School system. It has always been her goal to return to school and obtain a doctoral degree. She is finally working on reaching this goal by attending the UNCG CSD doctoral program part-time. She is in her second year of doctoral study and her faculty mentor is Dr. Alan Kamhi. Research Interests Amy's research interests include autism and social skills.

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