Spring brown bag sessions dates announced

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Spring brown bag sessions dates announced

The Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders announced seven upcoming brown bag sessions for the spring semester. The brown bags are intended primarily to allow graduate students to present and respond to research topics, while receiving feedback from those in attendance.

The presentations started in January and continue through April. They are 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Barkley Memorial Center, Room 131. The session on March 3 will begin at 1 p.m.

The remaining brown bag sessions for the spring semester are:

Feb. 10, Bahar Shahsavarani – “How amplitude envelope and spectral resolution interact with word predictability to facilitate speech intelligibility”

Feb. 24, Rebecca Bernthal – Various library topics, including online citation supports, self archiving and one-button studio

March 3, Anne Thomas – “Assessment of infant babble and speech milestones with parents of children with hearing impairments”

March 31, Julia Roehling – Literacy topic with title to be determined

April 21, Carly Dinnes – “Writing skills in adults with TBI”

April 28, Amber Jara – “Phonological characteristics of babbling in infants with and without disabilities”

For more information about the brown bag sessions, contact Cynthia Cress at ccress1@unl.edu or 402-472-4431.

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