The Symposium in Research in Child Language Disorders is grateful to have committee members who volunteer their time to support the annual meetings.
The faculty directors manage the event, build the content, and organize the annual meeting. The steering committee provides input on the format of the conference, plenary speakers, and helps to generate innovative ideas for the scientific content of the conference. The national advisory board includes members of the scientific community with expertise in child language disorders. They provide guidance on high level issues related to the scientific content of the conference, as well as how to best support the next generation of scholars. The program committee includes graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with a shared interest in child language disorders. The program committee is instrumental in making sure the conference runs smoothly. They manage proposal reviews and provide assistance throughout the conference.
Conference Directors
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Communication Sciences and Disorders
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Steering Committee
Rebecca Alper, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Sigan Hartley, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Human Development and Family Studies
Katie Hustad, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Jenny Saffran, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Psychology
Brittany Travers, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Occupational Therapy
Haley Vlach, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Educational Psychology
National Advisory Board
Sudha Arunachalam, Ph.D.
New York University
Communication Sciences and Disorders
John Heilmann, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Karla McGregor, Ph.D
Boys Town National Research Hospital
Center for Childhood Deafness, Language and Learning
Monique Mills, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Houston
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Elizabeth Peña, Ph.D.
University of California at Irvine
School of Education
Mabel L. Rice, Ph.D.
University of Kansas
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Meg Roberts, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Raúl Rojas, Ph.D.
University of Kansas
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Julie Washington, Ph.D.
University of California -Irvine
School of Education
2025 Student Program Committee
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Caitlyn Slawny – Chair
Emily Bagan
Emily Hansen
Sydney Hayes
Emma Libersky
Cristina Manteca Gacho
Latifatu Mohammed
John Munday
Claudia Schabes
Chenelle Walker
Psychology
Ashley Ezpeleta
Yi Tong
Waisman Center T32 Post-Doc
Tiffany Chavers-Edgar
Marianne Elmquist
Heather Salvo
SRCLD Staff
Karen Andriacchi M.S., CCC-SLP
Conference Coordinator
Michael Block
Website Administration
Tony Andriacchi
Website Administration
Supported in part by: NIDCD and NICHD, NIH, R13 DC001677, Margarita Kaushanskaya and Audra Sterling, Principal Investigators
University of Wisconsin-Madison – Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders