Dr Michelle Brown (my postdoc) received a CSU Faculty of Arts and Education Early Career Researcher Mentoring Funding Scheme to attend the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention (ASHA) in Orlando, FL with me over the past week. There were over 15,000 people in attendance. While in Orlando, Michelle and I:
- presented seminars to staff and students in the School of Communication
Sciences & Disorders, University of Central Florida as a guest of Professor Jack Ryalls
- presented two papers on parent-child book reading, one of which was profiled by ASHA in their US media release
- attended the Academic Researcher Meeting on Wednesday evening, where Dr Kate Crowe and I received the Editors’ Award for our article in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
- attended the opening session, awards ceremony
- attended presentations on research (e.g., grant writing)
- networked with many influential people including 2021 ASHA president Professor Lynn Williams, ASHA CEO Dr Arlene Pietranton, ex-ASHA president Tommy Robinson, etc.
I believe that networking at the ASHA convention was a significant step to launch Michelle's international career as a key researcher in our field.
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| Michelle with Prof Jack Ryalls at University of Central Florida |
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| Mark Guiberson, Kate Crowe, Michelle Brown, Sheila Degotadi, Sharynne McLeod |
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| Michelle presented two papers, one that was profiled in the US media |
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| Michelle chatting with ASHA CEO Dr Arlene Pietranton about her experience at the ASHA convention |
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| Sharynne, Dr. Silvia Martinez, Dr. Tommy Robinson, Dr Michelle Brown, Dr Helen Blake |
