CRSLA Lab: Our Team

Meet the Team:

Principal Investigator/Director

Dr. Amee Shah

Dr. Amee Shah
Associate Professor of Health Science, School of Health Sciences
Education

  • B.Sc., Audiology & Speech Rehabilitation, AYJNIHH, Bombay University
  • M.A Linguistics, Bombay University
  • M.A. Speech-Language Pathology, Queens College, City University of New York
  • M. Phil., Speech & Hearing Sciences, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
  • Ph.D., Speech & Hearing Sciences, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
  • Post-doctoral Fellow, Neurolinguistics, McGill University

Awards and Honors

  • Author of a leading assessment battery: Comprehensive Assessment of Accentedness & Intelligibility 
  • Founding Director & President, EBAM INSTITUTE, L.L.C., 

Media & Recognition

  • NPR: Sounding American Interview 
  • NPR: Sound of Ideas, Live Interview 

Previous Academic Positions

  • Associate Professor with Tenure: Cleveland State University 2010-2014
  • Assistant Professor: Cleveland State University 2004-2010

Bio: Managing accents & cultural and linguistic diversity among individuals and organizations through best practices. Leadership experience in Scholarship & Translational Clinical Practice for Accent Managementâ„¢Pioneering efforts spanning 18 years to bring translational, evidence-based clinical practice in cultural competency and accent/dialect management. 

Research Group Team
Fall 2022

 

  Lab Assistant Student Manager                                     Clinical Outreach Research Assistant

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Sophie Schleentz
Year: Junior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders
Position: Lab Assistant Student Manager

 

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Allison Dilks
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders
Position: Clinical Outreach Research Assistant

Project Based Research & Independent Studies  

 

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Kelsey Tirpack
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders

 

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Alexis Weaver
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders, Minor in Business Studies and Holistic Health

 

 

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Emma Dronne
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences with a concentration in Pre-communication Disorders

Emily Thompson

Emily Thompson
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences with a concentration in Pre-Communication Disorders and a Minor in Disability Studies

Brittany Auffret

Brittany Auffret
Year: Junior
Major : Health Sciences with a concentration in Pre-Communication Disorders

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Alexa Romano
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences with a concentration in Pre-Communication Disorders

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Amanda Lonergan
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences with a concentration in Pre-Communication Disorders 

Research Group Team
Spring 2019

 

    Lab Manager/Website Manager                       Clinical Outreach Research Assistant 

 CRSLA Jessica Lore

 

Jessica Lore
Year: Sophomore
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders
Position: Assistant Lab Manager

 

CRSLA Demi DeAngelis

 
Demi DeAngelis
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders
Position: Clinical Outreach Research Assistant

Research Ambassadors

CRSLA Julia Abbate 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Julia Abbate
Year: Sophomore
Major : Health Sciences with a concentration in Pre Communication Disorders

CRSLA Sara DeMarco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Sara DeMarco

Year: Junior
Major : Health Sciences with a concentration in Pre Communication Disorders

CRSLA Emily Myers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emily Myers
Year: Sophomore
Major : Health Sciences with a concentration in Pre Communication Disorders

 

 

Project Based Research & Independent Study  

CRSLA Kerri Gorman

Kerri Gorman
Year: Sophomore
Major : Health Sciences with a concentration in Pre Communication Disorders

CRSLA Rachel Hettmann

 

 


Rachel Hettmann
Year: Sophomore
Major : Health Sciences with a concentration in Pre Communication Disorders

CRSLA Lauren Sontupe

Lauren Sontupe
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences with a concentration in Pre-Communication Disorders

CRSLA Jenna Tompkins

Jenna Tompkins
Year: Junior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders, Dance with a concentration in Pre-Movement Science

Research Team 
Spring 2018

Lab Manager                                                                             Website Manager

Kimberly Bernal

Kimberly Bernal
Year: Junior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders

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Rachel Leise
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders

Clinical Outreach Research Assistants

 

Amanda Griglack

Amanda Griglack
Year: Junior
Major: Health Sciences Pre-Communication Disorders

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Lisa Calabrese
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders

 

Research Ambassadors

 

Zena-Marie Ghanney

Zena-Marie Ghanney
Year: Non-matriculated Graduate Student
Concentration: Pre-Communication Disorders

Jasmine Branch

Jasmine Branch
Year: Senior
Major: Health Science Pre-Communication Disorders

Project Based Research Assistants and Independent Studies

 

Dana Lisi

Dana Lisi
Year: Junior
Major: Health Sciences Pre-Communication Disorders

 Emily Descano

Emily Descano
Year: Junior
Major: Health Sciences Pre-Communication Disorders

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Ashley Golden
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders

Amanda Schuler

 Amanda Schuler
Year: Sophomore
Major: Health Science Pre-Communication Disorders

Jessica Perez

 Jessica Perez
Year: Junior
Major: Health Science Pre-Communication Disorders

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 Jade Gallucci
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders

Research Team
Fall 2017


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Caroline Pastino
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders

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Ashley Golden
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders

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Lisa Calabrese
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders

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Leah Oattes
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders

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Jade Gallucci
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders

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Taylor McKay
Year: Senior
Major: Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders

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Alexandra Dobbin

Year: Junior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders

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Rachel Leise
Year: Senior
Major : Health Sciences-Pre Communication Disorders

 


 


Research Team
Fall 2015


Research Assistants 

Kimberly White

Kimberly White (Graduate Research Assistant)
Year: First Year Graduate Student
MS : Communication Disorders

Ashley Golden

Ashley Golden (Assistant Lab Manager)
Year: Sophmore
Major: Health Sciences
Concentration : Pre-Communication Disorders

Derek Lymann

Derek Lymann
Year: Junior
Major: Health Sciences
Concentration : Communication Disorders

Marianna Naples

Marianna Naples (Assistant Lab Manager)
Year: Junior
Major: Health Sciences
Concentration : Communication Disorder

 


Clinical Outreach Research Assistants

Erin Toye

Erin Toye 
Year: Sophmore
Major: Health Sciences
Concentration : Communication Disorders

Katherine Gasparino

Katherine Gasparino 
Year: Senior
Major: Health Sciences
Concentration : Communication Disorders
Minor: Childhood Disorders


Project-Based Research Assistants

Marianna Alshay

Marianna Alshay
Year: Sophomore 
Major: Health Science
Concentration: Pre-Communication Disorders


Project:  Video-documentaries of patients highlighting concerns and needs in their medical encounters with culturally-and linguistically-diverse care providers.

Savanna Asta

Savanna Asta
Major: Health Science
Concentration: Pre-Communication Disorders
Minor: behavioral neuroscience


Project: ÒùÐÔÊÓƵ Board of Trustees' Fellowship for Distinguished Student Award received under direction of Professor Shah, for project to study, "Quantifying bias and stereotypes  with the Cross-Cultural Communication Quotient Survey Tool"

Casey Sullivan

Casey Sullivan
Year: Sophomore
Major: Health Science
Concentration: Pre-Communication Disorders
Minors: 1) Childhood Studies; 2) Writing


Project: Baseline assessments of cultural competence using the Cross-Cultural Communication Quotient Survey Tool


Research Ambassadors

Nicole SingaresNicole Singares
Year: Junior
Major: Health Sciences, 
PreMed

Kylie EgglyKylie Eggly
Year: Junior
Major: Health Sciences
Concentration: Communication Disoders
Minor: Behavioral Neuroscience


Website Managers

Sarah Duffy

Sarah Duffy

As an officer of the speech and hearing club on campus, I love getting involved with as many things as I can to demonstrate my organization and leadership skills as well as my enthusiasm in the field of speech-language pathology. Through this lab, I have learned an entire new way of using technology to not only analyze speech, but to promote awareness for cultural differences and competence in the clinical world. 

Krysten Cummins

Krysten Cummins
I am a sophomore (a junior at the end of the semester) majoring in Health Science with a concentration in Communication Disorders and a minor in Childhood Studies. This lab interested me because I have always been fascinated by accents and the cultural differences involved in people's language. I am excited to be given the opportunity to master the skills and responsibilities of a Speech Language Pathologist. 

Amy Hertzberg

Amy Hertzberg
Currently, I am a sophomore studying as a Health Science major with a concentration in Communication Disorders. When I first heard about this lab, I was excited to be given the opportunity to apply class material in hands on clinical experience, in order to strengthen my ability of analyzing individuals' language and to increase my understanding of a Speech-Language Pathologist's responsibilities.