CURRICULUM VITAE Allan B. Smith, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Education Ph.D. 2002, University of Connecticut (Communication Science). M.S. 1996, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions (Speech-Language Pathology). B.S. 1986, Florida State University (Marketing Management). Dissertation Smith, A. B. (2002). Acoustic characteristics of lexical stress in disyllabic words: A study of normally speaking and speech disordered children. Doctoral dissertation, University of Connecticut, Storrs. Master s Thesis Smith, A. B. (1995). An alternative method of calculating tonal consonance in musical scales. Master s Thesis, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Boston. Courses Taught COMM 524 Clinical Phonetics, University of New Hampshire: spring 2016. COMM 880 Diagnostic Methods, University of New Hampshire: spring 2016. CSD 601 Seminar in Research Methods, University of Maine: fall, 2015; 2014; 2013; 2012; 2011; 2010; 2009; 2008; 2007; 2006; 2005; 2004; 2003. CSD 586 Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies, University of Maine: May term, 2015. CSD 490 Senior Capstone, University of Maine: fall, 2013, 2007. CSD 484 Introduction to Speech Science, University of Maine: spring, 2015; 2014; 2013; 2011; 2010; 2009; 2008; 2007; 2006; 2005; 2004. CSD 383 Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism: fall, 2014; 2011; 2010; 2009; 2008. CSD 130 Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Maine: spring, 2007; fall, 2006; spring, 2006; spring, 2005; fall, 2004; spring, 2004; fall, 2003. CSD 100 Majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Maine: fall, 2015; 2013.
Language Development, Framingham State College, Massachusetts: summer, 2001 (cotaught); fall, 2001. Speech and Language Pathology II, University of Connecticut: spring, 2000. Introduction to Speech and Language Pathology, University of Connecticut: fall, 1999; fall, 2000. Service at the University of New Hampshire Graduate Coordinator, spring 2016. Graduate Admissions Committee Member, spring 2016 Service at the University of Maine, Orono Department Chair, fall 2013 to fall 2015. Interim Department Chair, fall 2012 to spring 2013. Program Director, fall 2012 to fall 2015. Graduate Coordinator, fall 2007 to spring 2012. Graduate Board Representative, fall 2008 to fall 2011. Faculty Senator, fall 2006 to spring 2007, fall 2013 to fall 2016. College of LAS IRB Unit Review Chair, spring 2008. College of LAS IRB Unit Review Member, fall 2006 to spring 2008.ß Graduate Admissions Committee, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004. Graduate and Undergraduate Student Advisor, fall 2003 to fall 2016. Certification and Association Membership American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (1997-Present). Certificate of Clinical Competence, Speech-Language-Hearing Association (1997-Present).
Awards Betty Ann Harris Distinguished Alumni Award (2014). Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Boston. Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Smith, A. B. & Jackins, M. (2014). Relationship between longest utterances and later MLU in late talkers. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 28, 3, 143-152. Smith, A. B. & Robb, M. P. (2013) Factors underlying short-term F 0 changes during vocal onset and offset. Speech, Language, and Hearing, 16, 4, 208-214. Higgins, K. P., & Smith, A. B. (2013). Prevalence and characteristics of voice disorders in a sample of university teaching faculty. Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Smith, A. B., Hall, N. E., Tan, X, & Farrell, K. (2011). Speech timing and pausing in children with specific language impairment. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 25, 2, 145-154. Smith, A. B., Lambrecht Smith, S., Locke, J. L., & Bennett, J. (2008). A longitudinal study of speech timing in young children later found to have reading disability. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 51, 1300-1314. Smith, A. B., Locke, J. L., & Farkas, L. (2008). Precursors of dyslexia in early conversational turn exchange. Topics in Language Disorders, 28, 5-14. Smith, A. B., Roberts, J., Lambrecht Smith, S., Bennett, J. & Locke, J. L. (2006). Reduced speaking rate as an early predictor of reading disability. American Journal of Speech- Language Pathology, 15, 289-297. Smith, A. B., & Robb, M. P. (2006). The influence of utterance position on children's production of lexical stress. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 58, 199-206. Smith, A. B., & Robb, M. P. (2005). Durational characteristics of the first productions of trochaic and iambic novel words in children with speech delays. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 19, 1-14. Robb, M. P., & Smith, A. B. (2002). Fundamental frequency onset and offset behavior: A comparative study of children and adults. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 45, 446-456. Wolk, L., Blomgren, M., & Smith, A. B. (2000). The frequency of simultaneous disfluency and phonological errors in children: A preliminary investigation. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 25, 269-281. Condouris, K. C., & Smith, A. B. (1998). Comments on Dagenais, Cox, Southwood, and Smith. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 41, 859-860.
Smith, A. B. (1997). A 'cumulative' method of quantifying tonal consonance in musical key contexts. Music Perception, 15, 175-188. Juried Posters and Presentations at National and International Conferences Smith, A. B. & DeMaris, A. R. (2014, November). Utterance Length Distributions During Early Language Development. Poster at the annual meeting of the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL. DeMaris, A. R. & Smith, A. B. (2014, November). Factors Influencing the Measurement of Longest Utterances in Language Samples. Poster at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL. Jackson, M. E. & Smith, A. B. (2014, November). SLPs' and Educators' Beliefs About Dyslexia. Poster at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL. Smith, A. B. & Jackins, M. (2012, November). Relationship between longest utterances and later MLU in late talkers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA. Ranalli, A. R. & Smith, A. B. (2012, November). Longest utterances in a language sample: Measurement and interpretation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA. Smith, A. B., Lambrecht Smith, S. Roberts, J. Locke, J. L., & Farrell, K. (2010, July) Characteristics of young children s longest stretches of speech and later reading disability. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Berlin, Germany. Smith, A. B., Hall, N. E., Tan, X. Speech timing and pausing in children with SLI. (2009, November). Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA. Smith, D. M. & Smith, A. B. Language and auditory processing assessment profiles in CAPD and language delay (2008, November). Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL. Plourde, W. E., Hall, N. E., & Smith, A. B. (2008, November). Adolescent language development: A comparison of spoken and written personal narratives. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL. Smith, A. B., Matheson, L. & Tan, X. (2008, November). Syllable duration distributions at age two and three years. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.
Smith, A. B., Farkas, L., & Locke, J. L. (2007, November). Factors underlying speech timing in spontaneous child-adult conversation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA. Hall, N. E., Thomas, K., Smith, A. B., & Hecker, J. (2007, November). Anxiety and stuttering: Fear, avoidance and distress. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA. Smith, A. B., Farkas, L., & Locke, J. L. (2006, November). Turn exchange timing in toddlers later identified with dyslexia. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association, Miami, FL. Smith, A. B., Farkas, L., Lambrecht Smith, S., & Locke, J. L. (2006, November). Verbal response time in spontaneous speech of toddlers with dyslexia. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Miami, FL. Lambrecht Smith, S., Roberts, J., Smith, A. B., Locke, J. L., & Sullivan, M. J. (2006, July). Speech gestures in dyslexic children: From babble to words. Poster presented at the International Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Vancouver, Canada. Smith, A. B., & Robb, M. P. (2006, July). Phonetic and physiological factors affecting voicing onset and offset. Paper presented at the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference. Perth, Australia. Smith, A. B., Bennett, J., Farkas, L., & Lambrecht Smith (2006, March). Current status of a series of studies on speech timing in toddlers at high risk for dyslexia. Poster presented at the Conference of the Maine Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Portland, ME. Smith, A. B. (2005, November). Dyslexia and early speaking rate development. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA. Higgins, K. & Smith A. B. (2005, November). The prevalence of voice disorders in university teaching faculty. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association, San Diego, CA. Smith, A. B., & Bennett, J. (2004, November). Speaking rate in toddlers later identified as having dyslexia. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA. Smith, A. B., Bennett, J., & Lambrecht Smith (2004, November). Pauses in toddlers' speech and later dyslexia: A longitudinal analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Smith, A. B. (2003, November). Duration of novel words in children with phonological delay. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL. Smith, A. B. (2002, November). The influence of utterance position on children's syllable stress production. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA. Smith, A. B., & Grela, B. G. (2000, November). Verb use in children with Down syndrome. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Washington, DC. Smith, A. B., Selby, J., & Robb, M. (1999, November). Age-related changes in F 0 during phonetically governed devoicing. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Francisco, CA. Peer Reviewer American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research Invited Presentations Smith, A. B. (2006, November) Speech timing characteristics of toddlers later found to have reading disability. Research Café. University of Maine. Hall, N. E., Lambrecht Smith, S., Smith A. B., & Walker, J. P. (2005, October). Explorations in research: Evidence-based practice and the clinician-researcher collaborative. Presentation at the fall meeting of the Maine Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Portland, Maine. Grants: University of Maine, 2005. Summer Faculty Research Fund Award, $7500. University of Maine, 2014. Summer Faculty Research Fund Award, $7500. Committee Member for Dissertation: Spencer, A. M. Working Title: Content Knowledge of Teachers in Maine. Taylor, L. Working Title: The Impact of Nonverbal Teaching Behavior on Student Learning.
Master s Theses Advised: DeMaris, A. (2014). Measurement and Interpretation of Longest Utterances in Child Language Samples. University of Maine, Orono. Smith, D. J. (2009). Assessment Profiles of Children with SLI and Children with CAPD. University of Maine, Orono. Higgins, K. (2006). Prevalence of Voice Disorders in University Teaching Faculty. University of Maine, Orono. Committee Member or Outside Reader for Master s Theses: Thomas, K. (2007). Is There an Association between Stuttering and Anxiety in Adults? University of Maine, Orono. Phaal, B. (2008). An Examination of Anxiety and Communication Apprehension in Preschool Children who Stutter. University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advised: Ranalli, A. (2012) An Exploration of Children s Longest Utterances. University of Maine, Orono. Conferences Attended Boston University Language Conference, Boston, MA, September, 1995. International Conference on Infant Studies, Providence, RI, April, 1996. Society of Research in Child Development, Washington, DC, April, 1997. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA, November, 1997. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Francisco, CA, November, 1999. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Washington, DC, November, 2000. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA, November, 2002. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL, November, 2003. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2004. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA, November, 2005.
International Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Vancouver, BC, July, 2006. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Miami, FL, November, 2006. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA, November, 2007. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL, November, 2008. International Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Berlin, Germany July, 2010. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA, November, 2012. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL, November, 2014.