Research

Examples of Recent Thesis Projects

2023-2024
Abigail Dame, undergraduate honors thesis, Butler University
Effects of Music of Sustained Attention in Children Who Stutter

Sarah Mahnesmith, undergraduate honors thesis, Butler University
Media Mayhem: Effects of Electronic Media and Hearing Loss on Language Development

Luke Meyer, undergraduate honors thesis, Butler University
Musical Syntactic Achievements in Patients with Non-fluent Aphasia

Hope Horsfall (health sciences major), undergraduate honors thesis, Butler University
The Development of Misophonia from Onset to College Age

2022-2023
Lexi Schell, undergraduate honors thesis, Butler University
Aphasia-friendly Reading Comprehension Training to Enhance Nutritional Literacy

Hannah Schafer, undergraduate honors thesis, Butler University
Effects of facemasks and virtual lecture environments on speech recall

Samantha McDonald, undergraduate honors thesis, Butler University
A Comparative Look at How Professionals Perceive Social Communication Intervention for School-aged Children

Kaylin Todor (biochemistry major), undergraduate honors thesis, Butler University
The Effects of Multisensory Music Experience on Sundowning Symptoms in Adults Diagnosed with Dementia

2021-2022
Kate DesBiens, undergraduate honors thesis, Butler University
The influence of improv experience on uncertainty tolerance, social anxiety, and communication in adolescents on the autism spectrum

Celia Gaynor (2nd major in Strategic Communication), undergraduate honors thesis, Butler University
Kicking the way through a global pandemic: How NCAA Division I soccer players and institutions have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and related protocols

2020-2021
Charlotte Hilker, undergraduate honors thesis, Butler University
Emergent shift to telepractice during the COVID-19 pandemic by school-based speech-language pathologists

Mariesa de la Rosa, undergraduate honors thesis, Butler University
Using Improvisational Theater to Evaluate Reciprocal Communication in Adolescents with Autism

Allison Smith, undergraduate honors thesis, Butler University
The Influence of Music Training and Bilingualism on Speech and Music Perception