Associate Professor
Lab Director

Dr. Henry is a speech-language pathologist by training. Her clinical and research interests lie in the nature and treatment of aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders, with a special focus on primary progressive aphasia.

Assistant Professor
Lab Co-Director

Stephanie completed her master’s and doctoral training (mentor: Dr. Maya Henry) in the department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at UT Austin. Her research investigates neurologically-based communication disorders within the context of bilingualism. She also examines bilingualism as a contributor to cognitive reserve in neurodegenerative disorders affecting language and cognition.

Research Speech-Language Pathologist

Carly earned a B.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from The University of Texas at Austin and a M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from Texas Christian University. Prior to joining the Aphasia Research and Treatment Lab in 2019, she worked clinically at a post-acute rehabilitation center for patients with traumatic and acquired brain injuries. Her research interests include investigating treatments for aphasia and alexia caused by stroke or neurodegenerative disease.

Research Coordinator

Alexia works as a part-time Research Coordinator in the Aphasia Research and Treatment Lab. She is an undergraduate student in the department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. Her research interests include neurodegenerative disorders and she hopes that her experience with the ART Lab will prepare her for her future career as a speech-language pathologist.

Doctoral Student

Lisa is a doctoral student in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences and works as a research speech-language pathologist at the Aphasia Research and Treatment Lab. She earned her BA in English with a minor in Linguistics from Boston University in 2009 and her MA in Speech-Language Pathology from UT Austin in 2016. She has practiced speech pathology in a variety of settings, including a rehab hospital, home health and private practice. Her primary areas of research include assessment and treatment of aphasia and cognitive-communication disorders associated with stroke, neurodegenerative disease and traumatic brain injury.

Doctoral Student and Clinical Fellow

Rachel is a doctoral student in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and a clinical fellow in the Aphasia Research and Treatment Lab. She has a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Linguistics and a M.A. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research uses behavioral, eye-tracking, and neuroimaging methods to investigate speech and language processing, category learning, and rehabilitation of aphasia caused by stroke or neurodegenerative diseases.

Doctoral Student

Gary earned a B.S. in Communication Disorders with minors in Linguistics and Spanish from Brigham Young University and an M.A. in Speech Language and Hearing Sciences from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Prior to joining the Aphasia Research and Treatment Lab, Gary worked as a speech language pathologist for several years in skilled nursing, private practice, and school settings. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Gary’s research interests center around aphasia caused by stroke or neurodegenerative disease, including treatment for multilingual individuals, analysis of connected speech, and multi-modal treatments for severe aphasia

Research Speech-Language Pathologist

Zoe has a BS degree in Cognitive Science with a specialization in neuroscience from UC San Diego and an MS degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Vanderbilt University. She provides speech and language therapy for patients with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) in the ARTLab and conducts diagnostic speech and language assessments for research participants at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center.

Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco
Albalab

Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Language Neuroscience Laboratory

Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona
Aphasia Research Project at the University of Arizona

Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
See Bonakdarpour's profile at Northwestern Medicine

Clinical Collaborator,
Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences, UT Health Austin
See Lindsey's profile at UT Health Austin

Dr. Dial was a postdoctoral researcher with the lab and is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Houston.

Dr. Europa was a postdoctoral researcher with the lab and is now an Assistant Professor at California State University, Chico.

Karinne was a PhD student with the lab and is now a Research Scientist Associate at Dell Medical School.

Dr. Mendez was a Ph.D. student with the lab and is now an Assistant Professor at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences.