Lisa Wisman Weil, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Curriculum Vitae EDUCATION Boston University, Boston, MA Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychology, July 2013-current Center for Autism Research Excellence, Director: Helen Tager-Flusberg Research Project Coordinator: Brain Imaging Language Development Study (PIs: Helen Tager-Flusberg at BU with John Gabrieli and Ken Wexler at MIT) Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Ph.D., Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, August 2013 Primary Area of Study: Child Language Development and Disorders Related Area of Study: Human Learning and Behavior Dissertation Title: Case Assignment in Typically Developing English-Speaking Children: A Paired Priming Study, Advisor: Laurence B. Leonard Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH M.A., Communication Sciences, Disorders, May 2003 Integrated Graduate Studies Program B.A., Psychology and Communication Sciences, Disorders, May 2002, Summa cum laude Honors Thesis: Elicitation of complex syntax: A pilot study, Advisor: C. Melanie Schuele RESEARCH INTERESTS Child language development and related disorders, morphology and syntax, learning and memory, theories of language acquisition, specific language impairment, autism spectrum disorders, applied speech-language pathology (theory, diagnosis and intervention)
Lisa Wisman Weil Page 2 of 7 FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS 2009-2011 Predoctoral Fellowship, National Institutes of Health Training Grant (T32DC000030-19, PI: Laurence B. Leonard) 2009-2010 Starfish Mini-grant, American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association Special Interest Division 1, Use of the LENA to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Parent Intervention Program, Role: PI 2007-2009 Frederick N. Andrews Fellowship, Purdue University Graduate School AWARDS 2012 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Meritorious Poster Submission for Testing the Agreement Tense Omission Model in Children with SLI with Laurence B. Leonard 2012 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Lessons for Success 2011 ASHFoundation, New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship 2011 Purdue Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Weinberg Funds Travel Award 2003 Distinguished Service Award, CWRU Housing, Residence and Greek Life 2002 First Place, Social Sciences, CWRU Senior Capstone Research Fair 2001 ASHA Science and Research Career Forum Fellowship 2001 Ohio Speech-Language-and-Hearing Association, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award 2001 United Protestant Campus Ministries of Cleveland Hall of Fame for Outstanding Service 2000 Howard Hughes Fellow, Summer Program in Undergraduate Research, CWRU 2000 Golden Key National Honor Society 2000 Psi Chi National Honorary Society in Psychology PUBLICATIONS Deevy, P., Wisman Weil, L., Leonard, L. B., & Goffman, L. (2010). Extending use of the NRT to preschool-age children with and without specific language impairment. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 41, 277-288. Wisman Weil, L., & Middleton, L. (2010). Use of the LENA tool to evaluate the effectiveness of a parent intervention program. Perspectives on Language Learning and Education, 17(3), 108.
Lisa Wisman Weil Page 3 of 7 MANUSCRIPTS Wisman Weil, L. (in prep). Use of a paired priming paradigm to examine case assignment in typically developing English-speaking children. Wisman Weil, L., & Leonard, L. (in prep). Testing the agreement/tense omission model in children with specific language impairment. Wisman Weil, L., (in prep). Pre-nominal adjective ordering in children with specific language impairment. Schuele, C. M., Wisman Weil, L., Weiler, B., & Dykes Pinson, J. (in prep). Visiting the subject relatives of children with specific language impairment. INVITED RESEARCH TALKS Wisman Weil, L. (2010, April). Use of the LENA tool to evaluate the effectiveness of a parent intervention program. Invited speaker to the First LENA Users Conference, Denver, CO. Wisman Weil, L. (2005, October). Typical and disordered language and speech development. Invited speaker at the Talking and Learning about Kids ( TALK ) lecture series for parents at the Columbus Speech & Hearing Center, Columbus, Ohio. REFEREED PRESENTATIONS Wisman Weil, L., Qi, Z., Perrachione, T., Kjelgaard, M., Tager-Flusberg, H., Wexler, K., & Gabrieli, J. (2013, November). Does fmri scanner performance on a non-word repetition task accurately represent out-of-scanner ability for children with and without ASD? Poster presented at the Autism Consortium Sympositum, Boston, MA. Weiler, B., Jacobs, M., Wisman Weil, L., & Schuele, C. M. (2013, June). Distribution of the relatives of children with SLI and their MLU-matched peers. Poster session presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI. Wisman Weil, L., & Leonard, L. (2012, November). Testing the Agreement Tense Omission Model in children with SLI. Poster session presented at the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association Convention, Atlanta, GA. Wisman Weil, L. (2011, June). Prenominal adjective ordering in children with specific language impairment. Poster session presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI. Wisman Weil, L., Middleton, L., & Leonard, L. (2011, April). Exploring the LENA adult word count measure: What clinicians and researchers should know. Poster session presented at the LENA Users Conference, Denver, CO. Wisman Weil, L., & Middleton, L. (2011, February). Can parents change how they talk to their child? Poster session presented at the Next Generation Scholars Research Fair, West Lafayette, IN.
Lisa Wisman Weil Page 4 of 7 Wisman Weil., L. & Middleton, L. (2010, November). Using the LENA tool in a researchclinical collaboration. Poster session presented at the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association Convention, Philadelphia, PA. Wisman Weil, L., Middleton, L., & Leonard, L. (2010, June). Exploring the LENA adult word count measure: What clinicians and researchers should know. Poster session presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI. Deevy, P., Wisman Weil, L., Leonard, L. B., & Goffman, L. (2007, June). Extending use of the NRT to preschool-aged children with and without SLI. Poster session presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI. Wisman Weil, L., & Middleton, L. (2006, March). Benefits of parent-focused approach to late talkers. Mini-seminar presented at the Ohio Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, Columbus, OH. Schuele, C. M., & Wisman Weil, L. (2004, June). Complex syntax productions of children with specific language impairment and MLU-matched peers. Poster session presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, Wisconsin. Wisman, L. M. (2002, April). Acquisition of complex syntax in children with specific language impairment. Poster session presented at Case Western Reserve University s Senior Capstone Fair, Cleveland, OH. Wisman, L. M. & Schuele, C. M. (2001, November). Use of complex syntax by children with specific language impairment. Poster session presented at the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA. Schuele, C. M., Dykes, J., & Wisman, L. M. (2001, November). Relative clauses: Production of complex syntax by children with SLI. Poster session presented at the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA. Wisman, L. M. (2000, July). The acquisition of complex syntax by children with specific language impairment. Poster session presented at the Summer Program for Undergraduate Research, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2013 - Brain Bases of Language Deficits in SLI and ASD (RO1 DC011339-01A1 Awarded to PIs John Gabrieli, Kenneth Wexler, and Helen Tager-Flusberg) 2012-2013 Predicting pronoun errors in typically developing English-speaking children (Dissertation committee head: Laurence B. Leonard, Committee members: Lisa Goffman, David Kemmerer, Elaine Francis, and Jeff Karpicke) 2007-2012 Tense and agreement in children with SLI (Advisor: Laurence B. Leonard) 2008-2011 Adjective ordering in children with SLI (Advisors: David Kemmerer and Laurence B. Leonard) 2009-2010 Sentence judgments and memory (Advisor: Jeff Karpicke, with consulting/support from Elaine Francis)
Lisa Wisman Weil Page 5 of 7 2009-2010 Use of the LENA tool to evaluate the effectiveness of a parent intervention program (Advisor: Laurence B. Leonard) 2006-2010 Extension of the non-word repetition task to preschool-age children with SLI (Advisor: Laurence B. Leonard) 2001 Early literacy project (PI: Catherine Rosemary) 2000-2002 Acquisition of complex syntax by children with specific language impairment, age-matched peers, and MLU-matched peers (Advisor: C. Melanie Schuele) 2000-2002 Elicitation of relative clause structures in children with specific language impairment (Advisor: C. Melanie Schuele) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2013 - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Boston University (PI: Helen Tager- Flusberg) 2013 - Research Affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PIs: John Gabrieli and Kenneth Wexler) 2007-2013 Research Assistant, Purdue University, Child Language Research Lab (PI: Leonard) 2009, Fall Graduate Instructor, Purdue University, SLHS 420: Developmental Speech and Language Disorders 2006-2009 Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist, St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, IN 2006-2007 Part-time Research Assistant and Clinical Supervisor, Purdue University, Child language research lab (PI: Leonard) 2003-2006 Speech-Language Pathologist, Columbus Speech & Hearing Center, Columbus, OH 2001 Applied Behavioral Analysis Therapist, Cleveland, OH 2000-2002 Research Assistant, Case Western Reserve University, Complex syntax use by children with specific language impairment (PI: Schuele) TEACHING, ADVISING, SERVICE Advising 2013 Supervisor, 1 undergraduate and 2 graduate research assistants, Boston University 2013 Supervisor, 4 undergraduate research assistants, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012, Fall Instructor/Advisor, 1 senior undergraduate student, Purdue University, SLHS 498: Undergraduate Research Experience 2009, Fall Advisor, 1 undergraduate teaching assistant, SLHS 420: Developmental Speech and Language Disorders
Lisa Wisman Weil Page 6 of 7 Graduate Courses: 2011, Fall Guest Lecture, Purdue University, SLHS 549: Clinical Practice in Speech Language Pathology 2010, Fall Guest Lecture, Purdue University, SLHS 549: Clinical Practice in Speech Language Pathology Undergraduate Courses: 2009, Fall Instructor, Purdue University, SLHS 420: Developmental Speech and Language Disorders (taught 42 junior and senior undergraduate students) Parent/Community Education Courses: 2012, Summer In-service on Early Language and Literacy Development, Patty Jischkie Early Care and Education Center at Purdue University (20 teachers and staff members) 2005-2006 It Takes Two to Talk: The Hanen Program for Parents: taught three 11-week cycles of this parent education class in collaboration with another Hanen certified SLP 2005-2006 Taught speech/language development and disorders portion of Teaching and Learning about Kids ( T.A.L.K. ) parent education program Clinical Supervision 2007 Clinical supervisor, two Purdue University graduate students, Purdue Child Language Lab Summer Fun clinic/research program for children with SLI 2005 Clinical supervisor, Kent State University graduate student, Columbus Speech & Hearing Center Peer Reviewer Reviewer and Committee Member, ASHA Convention, Autism Topic Committee, 2014 Reviewer, Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2013 Reviewer and Committee Member, ASHA Convention, Language in Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, 2013. Student Reviewer, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2012.
Lisa Wisman Weil Page 7 of 7 PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS 2013 - Massachusetts Speech-Language Pathology License (SP-9065-SL) 2003 - Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) 2008 - Member, ASHA Special Interest Division 1: Language, Learning, and Education 2004 - Certification of Clinical Competence, American Speech-Language Hearing Association 2004 - Hanen Certified Speech-Language Pathologist 2006 - State of Indiana Department of Education, Speech-Language Pathology License 2006-2013 Indiana Speech Pathologist License (22004285A) 2004-2006 Ohio Speech-Language Pathologist License (SP.7979) ACADEMIC REFERENCES Available upon request