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Masters Students

Kristi Byrd Kristi Byrd

Kristi graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology and a minor in Film and Television Studies. She is interested in working with an adult population, particularly in aphasia and traumatic brain injury.

Talking About TBI:
A website dedicated to traumatic brain injury survivors and their families.

Kristin Coffman Kristin Coffman

Kristin graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a double major in Psychology and Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. She is interested in working in a rehabilitation setting with adult’s who have had a traumatic brain injury or stroke.
Kate Cowan Kate Cowan

Kate earned an undergraduate degree in Linguistics from the North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is interested in cognitive rehabilitation of memory in adults with traumatic brain injury.
Kara Tietsort Kara Tietsort

Kara completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is interested in traumatic brain injury, Theory of Mind, and evaluation and treatment of pragmatic skills.
Patty Toglia-Brown Patty Toglia-Brown

Patty graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with an undergraduate degree in Speech-Language Pathology, and from Rowan Cabarrus Community College with an associate’s degree in Arts. She is interested in working with military veterans who have sustained a traumatic brain injury.

Talking About TBI:
A website dedicated to traumatic brain injury survivors and their families.