Congratulations Anna - JCPSLP editors' award

Tonight at the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference's AGM Dr Anna Cronin was awarded the Editor's Award for the following article that was written to translate the research from her PhD for clinicians to use in practice. Congratulations Anna!

Cronin, A., Verdon, S., & McLeod, S. (2020). Working with toddlers with cleft palate: Learning from clients and families Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 22(2), 101-107. https://speechpathologyaustralia.cld.bz/JCPSLP-Vol-22-No-2-2020/30/

Anna is the second member of our Speech-Langauge-Multilingualism team to win this award. Dr Kate Crowe won the same award for her 2014 JCPSLP article that was written to translate the research from her PhD for clinicians to use in practice. Here is my blogpost from 2015: https://speakingmylanguages.blogspot.com/2015/06/families-communication-choices-for.html

Speech Pathology Australia National Conference (31 May-3 June 2021)

The Speech Pathology Australia National Conference was postponed from being held in Darwin in 2020 and is running as an online event from 31 May-3 June 2021. The conference platform was made live earlier so that people had time to view the presentations in advance of the conference.

Here are our presentations:

1. McLeod, S. & Crowe, K. (2021, May-June). A cross-linguistic review of studies of 49,000 children’s consonant acquisition and intelligibility. [Paper presentation online]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Darwin, Australia. 
2. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Margetson, K., Tran, V. H., Wang, C., & Pham, B. (2021, May-June). Vietnamese-Australian adults’ and children’s productions of English and Vietnamese consonants to support differential diagnosis. [Paper presentation online]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Darwin, Australia. 
3. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., Tran, V. T., Verdon, S., To, L., Huynh, K. (2021, May-June). Speech assessment for multilingual children: Transcription of bilingual Vietnamese-English children and adults. [Paper presentation online]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Darwin, Australia. 
4. Brown, M. I. & McLeod, S. (2021, May-June). Books, babies, and therapy: Speech-language pathologists’ perspectives and practices. [Paper presentation online]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Darwin, Australia. 
5. Cronin, A., Verdon, S. & McLeod, S. (2021, May-June). Beyond the medical model: Listening to families raising toddlers with cleft palate. [Paper presentation online]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Darwin, Australia. 
6. McGill, N., McLeod, S., Crowe, K., & Hopf, S. C. (2021, May-June). Waiting list management strategies for speech pathologists: Summary of evidence [Paper presentation online]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Darwin, Australia. 
7. McAlister, H, Hopf, S.C., & McLeod (2021, May-June). The impact of dialect on Fijian children’s acquisition of English speech sounds [Paper presentation online]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Darwin, Australia. 
8. Verdon, S., McLeod, S., Tran, V. H., & Margetson, K., (2021, May-June). Supporting children’s global voices in local contexts: International experts’ recommendations for home language maintenance. [Poster presentation online]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Darwin, Australia. 
9. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Tran, V. H., & Wang, C., (2021, May-June). Speech sound disorder or cross-linguistic transfer? Speech profiles of four Vietnamese-English bilingual children. [Poster presentation online]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Darwin, Australia.  

Dr Sarah Verdon presenting her workshop (Wed pm)

Classic quote at CSU DocFest - advice for finishing your PhD

At the end of your thesis: "Tweak the topic and aims of your thesis. Paint your bulls-eye around your arrow"

3MT Three Minute Thesis Competition

CONGRATULATIONS Van Tran who has just been named a finalist in the Charles Sturt University 3MT competition held at CSU's DocFest 2021. There were 44 participants.

Van's presentation was titled "Imagine losing your heart language". It was a powerful speech and Sarah Verdon and I were very proud supervisors.

She will present at the CSU final on 23 June. Best wishes Van and thanks for sharing your important message about home language maintenance to this very diverse audience.

Van receiving 3MT feedback from SubDean Brendon Hyndman

Van joins a long line of Speech-Language-Multilingualism team members who have been 3MT finalists, including: Sarah Verdon, Sarah Masso, Helen Blake, Nicole McGill (honours), and I think that there have been more...

Paediatric Professional Pathways Panel 2021: ACU Student Society

Tonight I presented on the Australian Catholic University (ACU) Student Society's Paediatric Professional Pathways Panel 2021. They had 117 students registered from Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Townsville. 

The other presenters were: 

• Dr Hannah Stark 
• Olivia O'Hare 
• Felicity Conlan 

How inspiring to hear four stories that had the same themes: dream big, do your best, put others first, see closed doors as new opportunities...so you can make a difference in the world. 

Congratulations to Aimee Wisnewski, Nicole Romei and the entire ACU SPSSM team on a very professional and fascinating evening. 

 

Presenters and committee members (photo provided by committee)

Some of the attendees (photo provided by committee)

Bathurst colleagues

I have a fantastic group of colleagues in Bathurst. Today we had a morning tea for the School of Teacher Education (lots of people couldn't come because they were teaching etc.). Then I got to work with Evelyn Sowter and Grace Kelly on our research. This was followed by lots of meetings and presentations. What a lovely day.

SOTE morning tea

Grace Kelly and Evelyn Sowter working on research with me

DocFest21

This week Charles Sturt University is hosting DocFest,  a 3-day event to support PhD students and their supervisors. https://docfest.csu.domains/registration/

DocFest21 will offer graduate researchers and their supervisors a range of inspiring and informative sessions and showcase our researchers and their experiences within the CSU community through a range of interactive workshops, panels and breakout sessions. 

Today I presented a session titled: Effective Researcher Workshops: Late Candidature and provided loads of resources to support students to finish their PhDs.

This year the DocFest keynote speakers are:

• Hugh Kearns
• Prof. Inger Mewburn 
• Dr Kathryn Crowe
  
• AProf. Vijay Mallan

We were really proud of Dr Kate Crowe from our Speech-Language-Multilingualism team: https://docfest.csu.domains/making-the-most-of-conferences-for-networking-and-your-research-career/

Making your research journey a safe space to grow, learn, and thrive.
Dr Kathryn Crowe - Keynote Presentation - 26th May. 4:45 - 5:45pm
Kate Crowe shares her personal struggles with anxiety and ‘imposter syndrome’ and how she has overcome them on her journey to become a highly successful researcher in both domestic and international spaces. These spaces are so often at the edges of where we feel comfortable, and where we have the most potential to grow in our research journey. For anyone who has self-doubt or uncertainty about whether you belong in academia, this generous and honest account will inspire and motivate.

Editorial board of Advances in Communication and Swallowing

The first meeting of the editorial board of Advances in Communication and Swallowing (https://www.iospress.nl/journal/advances-in-communication-and-swallowing/) was held tonight (10pm my time, 1pm Irish time). This is the official journal of Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapy

Editors: 

• Julie Regan and Irene P. Walsh 

Associate Editors: 

• Helen Kelly, Rena Lyons, Carol-Anne Murphy, Margaret Walshe 

Editorial Board: 

• Helen Cameron, United Kingdom 
• Paul Conroy, United Kingdom 
• Roganie Govender, United Kingdom 
• Helen Grech, Malta 
• Tammy Hopper, Canada 
• Timothy Kittel, Australia 
• Dana Kovarsky, USA 
• Margaret Leahy, Ireland 
• Sharynne McLeod, Australia 
• Shaun O’Keeffe, Ireland 
• Ashli O’Rourke, USA 
• Mike Robb, New Zealand 
• Martine Smith, Ireland

ACS Editors and Board Members
(who were available and agreed to have their photos shared on social media)

 There will be 2 issues/year with the possibility of an additional special issue each year. The journal is receiving submissions for the first issue under their new name (volume 23).

Another fabulous meeting with our Masters' students in Vietnam

 

University of Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professorship

In 2020 I was supposed to have undertaken a University of Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professorship (BBMDVP); however, it was postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions. 

I was really pleased to be invited to attend a University of Bristol Festival of International Research and Partnerships event this evening titled: "Welcome and Introduction to the BBMDVP Showcase". The showcase was launched by Provost Judith Squires. The BBMDVP Showcase has a range of fascinating presentations demonstrating the richness and diversity of this award: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/international-research-partnerships/irp-festival/bristol-benjamin-meaker-distinguished-visiting-professorships-showcase/

I look forward to visiting the University of Bristol to take up my BBMDVP when I am able.

SciVal metrics for Grant Applications or Promotion

Prof Geoff Gurr and I have been nominated by the CSU library so that Steve Riddell from Elsevier can use our publication record within the "SciVal metrics for Grant Applications or Promotion" seminar. I'm looking forward to his analysis of our data. 

Session Information: Want information on how metrics can be used to support your next grant application or promotion, and where to find them? In this webinar, Steve Riddell from Elsevier, will be presenting an overview of SciVal and how to use its metrics in grant applications. SciVal is a web-based tool allows you to access the research performance of over 20,000 research institutions and their associated researchers. By using SciVal, you can easily find metrics that make you stand apart from other applicants. 

• Tuesday 11th May 2-3.00pm https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/150848294309 
• Wednesday 12 May 9.30-10.30 am https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/150853160865

SciVal analysis of Sharynne McLeod’s research 2015->2020 (11 May 2021) 

Professor Sharynne McLeod has 72 publications indexed in SCOPUS between 2015-2020 with an average of 7.5 citations per publication. Prof McLeod’s field-weighted citation impact is 2.14 which is 114% above world average*. Her h index is 30 and h-5 index is 9. 

One third (33.3%) of her publications are in the top 10% of the most cited worldwide when field weighted, and 12.5% of her outputs are the top 10% most cited worldwide. One third (33.8%) of her outputs are published in the top 10% journals based on CiteScore Percentiles. 

Almost half (48.6%) of her publications during 2015-2020 have been co-authored with researchers in other countries/regions, demonstrating a high level of commitment to international collaboration. 

Note. *Field-Weighted Citation Impact is the ratio of citations received relative to the expected world average for the subject field, publication type and publication year. The world average FWCI is 1.00.

 

VietSpeech data management

Today Evelyn Sowter and Katherine White worked together on systems for filing and digitising the VietSpeech data. It is an important part of research, especially since our team works from many different locations.

Evelyn Sowter in the CSU Bathurst office

The beginning of a PhD adventure

Tonight Marie Ireland met with her PhD supervisory team at Charles Sturt University for the first time. She has been offered a place in the PhD via Prior Publication program and her supervisory team will be Dr Sarah Verdon, Dr Kate Crowe and myself. Her topic will be Evaluation and Eligibility of Students with Communication Disabilities in US Public Schools: Integrating Policy, Practice and Research. Welcome Marie.

Marie, Sharynne, Kate and Sarah

Guide to authorship

From Charles Sturt University Research Bulletin Edition 86, May 2021

Guide to research Authorship 

Who is an author? 

To be recognised as an author, you have made significant intellectual or scholarly contribution to the research and its output, and you have agreed to be listed as an author. What is significant intellectual or scholarly contribution? Allowing for variations of authorship conventions across disciplines, significant intellectual or scholarly contribution constitutes two or more of the following: 

• Conception and design of the project or output 
• Acquisition of research data where the acquisition has required significant intellectual judgement, planning, design, or input (this does not include activities involved funding acquisition) 
• Contribution of knowledge, where justified, including Indigenous knowledge 
• Analysis or interpretation of research data 
• Drafting significant parts of the research output or critically revising it so as to contribute to its interpretation. 

Meeting these criteria is the minimum threshold for authorship and it is worth noting that some journals, disciplines, and institutions require a higher threshold. 

Who is not an author? 

Authorship should not be attributed solely on the basis of the person/s: 

• Providing funding, data, materials, infrastructure or access to equipment 
• Providing routine technical support, technical advice or technical assistance 
• Position or profession of an individual 
• Being a paid or voluntary contribution status or reputation, used to elevate and promote the research without providing significant intellectual or scholarly contribution (ie ‘guest or honorary authorship’). 

Claiming, demanding, accepting or offering authorship without significant intellectual or scholarly contribution is a breach of the Code. 

What can I do? 

At the start of the research, discuss authorship with the other researchers and check in with them regularly throughout the research. If there is more than one author, an authorship agreement should be in place before the commencement of writing up the research. Agreements are available from the Research Integrity, Ethics and Compliance website.

Data analysis with Vietnamese Masters' students

Today at our supervision meeting in Vietnam we discussed the students' data analysis and how to present their data. They are doing a great job. I'm looking forward to seeing the results.

 

Lecture on mixed methods research in ASH505: Research Methods

Today I co-presented a lecture on mixed methods research at CSU in ASH505: Research Methods with Dr Willhemina Wahlin. It was a pleasure to describe how we used the benefits of mixed methods research to wholistically consider the nuances of home language maintenance with our Vietnamese-Australian families in the VietSpeech project.

Dr Sam Bowker, Sharynne, Dr Willhemina Wahlin