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
MSHA Ida J. Stockman Award for Diversity and Infusion


2023 Honors of the Association

Ida J. Stockman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, ASHA-F, ASHA-H, Emerita Faculty, Michigan State University. Dr. Stockman's exceptional career as a speech, language, and hearing sciences scholar, educator, clinician and most importantly mentor has spanned more than 50 years. Dr. Stockman has made significant contributions to MSHA, as well as American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and the National Black Association of Speech-Language-Hearing (NBASLH). The Honors of the Association is the highest award the Association can bestow. Congratulations to Dr. Stockman!

2023 Outstanding Clinican Award

Mary Beth Smith, M.A., CCC-SLP, Central Michigan University
Mary Beth is a person-centered, evidence-based, and inspiring Clinican.The clients and families who partner with Mary Beth in the clinic, the students she teaches, and her colleagues, all respect her because of her kindheart and action oriented intervention. She has served as the Dirctor of CMU's Summer Speech-Language Speciality Clinics for over a decade and is a founding member of the Central Autism Assessment and Treatment Centers.  

Scott Kienzle, M.A., CCC-SLP, Henry Ford Health
Scott is an outstanding clinican and educator with a strong background in dysphagia and neurology. At Henry Ford Health, Scott is highly regarded as the dysphagia expert as he truly has passion, enviable knowledge, and experience in this speciality. He is responsible for implementing a dysphagia screening tool throughout much of the hospital that has led to improved patient outcomes, especially the neuro population.

2023 Student Poster Session Winners


-Navigating a Changing Landscape: Perpectives of Gender Diverse Individuals on the Importance of the SLP's Behavior When Providing Gender Affirming Services; Chloe Ilacqua, B.S. and Katie Strong, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Central Michigan University.

        

-Well-being of People with a Total Laryngectomy; Hadley Wallace, B.A. and Madelin Leppek, Michigan State University 

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

Honors of the Association Recipients                
(in alphabetical order

Distinguished Service Award Recipients
(in alphabetical order)