Awards/Honors

The Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association is proud to announce Award Recipients:

MSHA Honors of the Association Application
MSHA Distinguished Service Award Application
MSHA Outstanding Clinician Award Application


2022 Honors of the Association

Katie Strong, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor at Central Michigan University, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders was awarded Honors of the Associate on March 25, 2022 at the MSHA Annual Conference in East Lansing. Katie leads the Strong Story Lab where her research explores how therapists can support people with Aphasia rebuild identity by co-constructing stories about who they are.  Katie is a Midwest Regional Coordinator for Project BRIDGED for Aphasia, a PCORI funded project to train stakeholders how to collaborate in meaningful research. She also has interest in creating accessible mental health services for people with aphasia. Katie's professional activities include: Lansing Area Aphasia Group Founding Member, MSHFoundation Board Member and Aphasia Access Conversations Podcast Host. The Honors of the Association is the highest award the Association can bestow. Congratulations to Katie!


2022 Student Poster Session Winners

-Early Pandemic Response and Remote Teaching Preparedness of Michigan Teachers: Brooke Barendsen,  Sydney Padgett and Eric Hunter, Ph.D., all from Michigan State University.

-Strategies for Working with English Language Learners as Monolingual and Bilingual First Semester Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Students: Madissen Vacha, B.S., Zoe King, B.S., and Courtney Karasinski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, all from Grand Valley State University.

Thank you to Psi Iota Xi, Michigan chapters Eta Omicron and Theta Tau, for their support of these awards.  Our warmest thanks to both Chapters for their continued support of our students.

Honors of the Association Recipients                
(in alphabetical order)
 

Distinguished Service Award Recipients
(in alphabetical order)