Friends and colleagues (old and new) at the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference

The Speech Pathology Australia National Conference was a great time of connecting in person with my team (since we all live in different cities), as well as with friends and colleagues (old and new). I particularly enjoyed meeting current and past students and hearing about how they have been using our research and books in their work. I had many rich conversations and learned a lot.

Some of the attendees at the IALP session

The SLM team at the end of the conference:
Sharynne McLeod, Emily-Jane Woodhead, Sarah Bartlett, Kate Margetson, Sarah Faulks

Kate Margetson, Emily-Jane Woodhead, Beth Armstrong, Mitchell Walley, Sarah Bartlett, Megan McAllister, Sharynne McLeod

Sharynne and Louise Brown with Hana Richmond an enthusiastic student volunteer

Prof Natalie Munro sharing wisdom with Sharynne and Sarah Bartlett

Sharynne and Alice Lans from Noah's Inclusion Services

Sharynne and Caroline Tiong

Sharynne with Dr Mary Claessen

Sharynne with our CSU student

Prof Bronwyn Hemsley and Sharynne
with Laura and Hana - student volunteers from WA

Sharynne with Dr Sarah Masso

Sharynne with A/Prof Elise Baker

Sharynne with helpful student volunteer Emily Candy

Prof Anne Whitworth, Prof Andrew Whitehouse, Prof Sharynne McLeod

New research staff for 2024

 2024 is an exciting year with new research projects and the opportunity to work with new research staff and students including:

1. Dr Helen Blake, Senior Research Fellow, DVC-R
   
2. Dr Carolyn Gregoric- ECIR and RHRI
3. Kate Margetson - RHRI
4. Emily-Jane Woodhead - RHRI
5. Marie Ireland - OUAT
   
6. Audrey Wang - OUAT
7. Holly McAlister - PhD student 
8. Sarah Bartlett - PhD student RHRI
9. Cathie Matthews - Masters' student ECIR

What a superb team!

• ECIR = Early Childhood Interdisciplinary Research Sturt Scheme
• RHRI = Rural Health Research Institute - Rural speech pathology grant
• OUAT = Once Upon a Time - Children's perspectives of DTTC intervention grant 
  

Dr Helen Blake

Holly McAlister - HDR student

Cathie Matthews - HDR student

A/Prof Sarah Verdon and Kate Margetson - HDR student

Dr Carolyn Gregoric

Sarah Bartlett - HDR student

Emily-Jane Woodhead

Speech-Language-Multilingualism team at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention

The Charles Sturt University Speech-Language-Multilingualism (and friends) love to meet at conventions (since we live across the world). We enjoyed welcoming Kate Margetson to her first American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) convention (her presentation was awesome). We enjoyed the many collaborative, fun, and future-planning conversations during our time in Boston.

SLM team members (i.e., current and ex-students) in Boston were Kate Margetson, Helen Blake, Kate Crowe and Marie Ireland - but we have so many friends as well.

Marie Ireland, Karla Washington (Canada), Kate Crowe, Helen Blake

Kate Margetson's first presentation at ASHA

Kate Margetson's audience was taking notes and photos to remember the excellent content

Sharynne, Joanne Cleland (UK), Kate M, Yvonne Wren (UK)

Kate M, Kate C., Helen, Pauline (Belgium), Thora Masdottir (Icelend), Sharynne

SLM friends from Belgium, Canada, UK, US and Australia

Leslie, NIcole, Kate, Chelsea, Helen, Karla, Pauline, Sharynne

Cate Crowley (US) and Kate Margetson

Sharynne and Kate M

Sharynne, Kate C., Thora, Pauline, Helen, Kate M

Helen and Sharynne

SLM team at IALP in New Zealand

What a joy it was to meet with members of the Speech-Language-Multilingualism team in Auckland New Zealand while at the 32nd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP). Members who were present were

• Prof Sharynne McLeod
• A/Prof Sarah Verdon (and Ruby)
• A/Prof Ben Pham (and family)
• Dr Suzanne Hopf
• Dr Helen Blake
• Kate Margetson
  
• Holly McAlister
• Caitlin Hurley
  
• We also welcomed Dr Chelsea Sommer (and connected with LOTS of new and old friends and colleagues).

Everyone presented papers, workshops, chaired sessions and were very involved in the congress. We also met from 1-6pm on Wednesday afternoon to discuss our research, future directions, and have icecream!

Sharynne with Ruby

Ben with Anne

 

 

32nd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP)

Today begins the 32nd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP) in Auckland, New Zealand: https://ialpauckland2023.org/

There wre 1000 delegates from 48 countries in attendance. I am the Chair of the Child Speech Committee, so am on the Executive Board. Our team has a lot of presentations and duties. I am the Academic Chair of the first Plenary session. We are also presenting a number of papers including: 

• Children’s speech development across the world: Sharynne McLeod & Helen Blake (co-ordinators) 
• Speech-language pathology and its contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: Sharynne McLeod & Julie Marshall
• Listening to children’s voices in the Pacific: Holly McAlister, Suzanne C. Hopf, Sharynne McLeod
• Cross-linguistic transfer in multilingual children’s speech: Kate Margetson, Sharynne McLeod, Sarah Verdon 
• Dental extractions and children’s speech: Caitlin Hurley, Robert, Sharynne McLeod
• Intelligibility and speech accuracy of Vietnamese-speaking children suspected to speech sound disorders: Ben Phạm

IALP Congress Opening Ceremony

CSU/SLM team members - Caitlin Hurley, Kate Margetson, Helen Blake, Sharynne McLeod, Ben Pham, Caitlin S, Suzanne Hopf

Speech-Language-Multilingualism team at SPA2023

It was wonderful to met up with Speech-Language-Multilingualism team members at the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference in Hobart. We made opportunities to caatch up and plan future research projects.

Jane McCormack, Kate Margetson, Sharynne McLeod, Suzanne Hopf, Helen Blake

Kate Margetson, Kerry Ttofari-Eecen, Helen Blake, Sharynne McLeod

Promotion congratulations for Sarah Verdon and Suzanne Hopf

Today, the CSU Vice Chancellor announced the 2021 promotions. Congratulations to Sarah Verdon who has been promoted to Associate Professor and Suzanne Hopf who has been promoted to Senior Lecturer. I am so proud of these stellar researchers. Here is the Vice Chancellor's announcement:

It is my great pleasure to announce the successful academic promotion applicants for 2021 are now available to view on RED. Academic promotion is a significant achievement, recognising the outstanding contribution and leadership of an academic employee to our University, their discipline and the wider community.
The 2021 promotees thoroughly demonstrated the impactful work being undertaken by our academic staff. This year, 78% of applications were successful, (up on last year’s 63%) reflecting exceptional candidates and an improved application process. Importantly and in line with our goal to ensure equal employment opportunity in academic promotion, 85% of female applicants were successful this year. In particular, the female promotion success rate within the Faculty of Science improved from 33% in 2020 to 79%. I
n a two-year period like no other, impacts from COVID-19, lock downs, home schooling and remote work have impacted academic work, particularly for our female academic staff. Applicants were afforded greater opportunity to define equity-related circumstances and resulting impacts on their academic achievements to enable promotion committees to better understand their achievements relative to opportunity.
Please join me in congratulating our academic employees who have been successful in their academic promotion and I encourage you to celebrate the success of your academic colleagues by sending an eCard via RED.
Thank you to the Academic Promotion Committee and Professorial Promotion Committee, led by the Provost, Professor John Germov and Pro Vice-Chancellor, Janelle Wheat for the oversight of the process and sponsorship to improve outcomes. Congratulations to our Academic community. Renée Leon Professor Renée Leon PSM Vice-Chancellor and President Charles Sturt University

https://csu.rewardgateway.com.au/SmartPage/2021_Academic_Promotions_List

Mentoring milestones

I have wonderful mentoring conversations with colleagues and my previous PhD students. It is exciting to share in their milestones. Some of the people I have been talking with recently include Jess Sears, Brian Moore, Nicole McGill, Anna Cronin, Helen Blake, and Suzanne Hopf. Today I got to celebrate Jess Sears good news about her PhD.

Congratulations Jess on the great news about your PhD