Carl Coelho, Director
Carl Coelho, Ph.D, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS has worked clinically and conducted research in the area of acquired brain injury for over 35 years. Dr. Coelho began his career as a speech-language pathologist at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California and later served as Director of the Communication Disorders Department at the Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford, Connecticut. He is currently Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences and Director of the Cognitive Science Program at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Coelho is an Associate Investigator on the 15-year longitudinal study of TBI at the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, and previously worked on the Vietnam Head Injury Study. He has published more than 100 scholarly articles and book chapters. Dr. Coelho is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and a recipient of Honors of the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences. He has also received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Arizona’s Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences Department, and the Henry Stonnington Award for Best Review Article (co-author) for the journal Brain Injury.
Education
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Speech/Language Pathology
M.S., University of Arizona
Speech/Language Pathology
B.A., Michigan State University
Audiology and Speech Sciences
Courses Taught
SLHS 4245 Neuroscience of cognitive and
communication disorders
SLHS 5342 Aphasia
SLHS 5343 Cognitive-communication disorders
SLHS 5345 Motor speech disorders
SLHS 6368 Treatment of acquired language disorders
Ted Jenkins
Ted Jenkins is a doctoral candidate in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department and a Fellow in the Neurobiology of Language Program. His research interests focus on how hand gestures and body movements can influence cognition and language planning for Persons With Aphasia (PWA) and healthy individuals. He looks to see how gesture can positively impact communication, and how this may inform current paradigms for language intervention. Previously, he worked at the Aphasia and Neurolinguistics Lab at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, as well as the Harold Goodglass Aphasia Center in Boston, MA.
Education
Trinity College: BA in Asian Studies
Boston College: MA in Linguistics
Andre Lindsey, Lab Manager
Andre’ Lindsey is a doctoral student in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department, and a Fellow in the Neurobiology of Language Program. He is studying the relationship between language and other facets of cognition with particular interests in discourse, memory, and semantic priming. Prior to returning to academia, André worked clinically as a speech-language pathologist in a short and long-term rehabilitation setting.
Education
George Washington University: BA in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
University of Texas at Austin: MA in Speech-Language Pathology
Nicole Cruise
Nicole Cruse is a doctoral student in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Department. She is also a Fellow in the Neurobiology of Language Program. Her research focuses on neuroplasticity of language after stroke or TBI. She is particularly interested in narrative discourse. Currently, she is developing a virtual reality way-finding task to study executive functioning deficits following TBI.
Education
University of North Carolina at Charlotte: BA in English,
MA in English (double concentration in Literature and Linguistics),
Graduate Certificate in Cognitive Science