CV
Last updated Jun 2020
PUBLICATIONS
Koegel, L.K., Bryan, K.M., Su, P.L., Vaidya, M., Camarata, S. (2020). Definitions of Nonverbal and Minimally Verbal in Research for Autism: A Systematic Review of the Literature. J Autism Dev Disord. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04402-w
Koegel, L.K., Bryan, K., Su, P.L., Vaidya, M., Camarata, S. (2020). Parent Education in Studies with Non-verbal and Minimally Verbal Participants with Autism: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_AJSLP-19-00007
Koegel, L.K., Bryan, K., Su, P.L., Vaidya, M., Camarata, S. (2019). Researched treatments for non-verbal and minimally verbal individuals with Autism: A systematic review. International Journal of Pediatric Research. DOI: 10.23937/2469-5769/1510056c
Su, P.L., Castle, G., & Camarata, S. (2019). Cross-modal generalization of receptive and expressive vocabulary in children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Developmental Language Impairments, 4, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/2396941518824495.
Su, P.L. & Roberts, M. (2019). Quantity and Quality of Parental Utterances and Responses to Children with Hearing Loss Prior to Cochlear Implant. Journal of Early Intervention. doi:10.1177/1053815119867286
Su, P.L., Rogers, S.J., Estes, A.M., Yoder, P.J. (Under 2nd Round Review). The role of early social motivation in explaining variability in functional language in young children with ASD. Autism.
PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION
Su, P.L., Watson, D., Camarata, S., & Bodfish, J. (In Preparation). Perception of Prosody in Children with ASD: A Visual World Paradigm.
Su, P.L., Bryan, K., Bodfish, J., & Camarata, S. (In Preparation). Perception of Prosody in Individuals with ASD: A Meta-Analysis.
PRESENTATIONS
INVITED
Su, P.L. (November 2019). Panel: Thinking about a PhD? American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention.
Su, P.L. (November 2019). Perception of Prosody in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Eye-Tracking Paradigm. Language Research Seminar at the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Delaware University.
Su, P.L. (August 2019). Prosody in ASD: Nature of Prosodic Deficits, Assessment, and Treatment. Oral presentation at the School Speech-Language Pathology Conference at Vanderbilt University.
Su, P.L. (June 2019). Predicting Early Useful Speech in Toddlers with ASD.Oral presentation at the Infant Brain Imaging Study Language Workshop.
INTERNATIONAL
SU, P.L., Estes, A.M., Rogers, S.J., Warren, Z., Yoder, P.J. (May 2019). The Role of Early Social Motivation in Explaining Variability in Useful Speech in Young Children with ASD. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
SU, P.L., Castle, G., Camarata, S. (May 2018). Cross-Modality Generalization of Vocabulary in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster presented at the 2018 International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
SU, P.L. & Roberts, M. (September, 2017), Comparison of Maternal Responsivity in Children with and without Hearing Loss. Oral presentation at the 10th Biennial Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Hearing and Language, Narita, Japan.
NATIONAL
SU, P.L. & Camarata, S. (November 2018). Differential Diagnosis of Low Verbal Toddlers and Preschoolers. Oral presentation at the 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
SU, P.L. & Camarata, S. (November 2018). Prosody in ASD: A Narrative Review on Production and Perception of Prosody in Children with ASD Oral presentation at the 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
SU, P.L. & Roberts, M. (November 2017). Comparison of Parents Use of Language Facilitation Strategies in Children with and without Hearing Loss. Oral presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Los Angeles, CA.
SU, P.L., Teller, L. & Camarata, S. (June, 2017), Naturalistic Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis. Poster presented at Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, Wl.
SU, P.L. & Camarata, S. (November, 2016), A Narrative Review of Quantity and Quality of Parents Linguistic Input to Young Children with Hearing Loss Compared to Typically Developing Children. Poster presented at the 2016 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
SU, P.L. & Roberts, M. (November, 2015), Disparity between Prelinguistic Learning Environment for Children with and without Hearing Loss. Poster presented at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO.
SU, P.L. & Lew-Williams, C. (November, 2015), Personalized Storybooks Enhance Word Learning in Young Children. Poster presented at Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.
DEPARTMENTAL
SU, P.L. (March 2019). Using the Visual World Paradigm to Examine the Perception of Contrastive Pitch Accent in Children. Oral presentation at the Vanderbilt University Hearing and Speech Sciences Research Colloquium, Nashville, TN.
SU, P.L. (March, 2018). Perception and Interpretation of Prosody in Individuals with ASD. Oral presentation at the Vanderbilt University Hearing and Speech Sciences Research Colloquium, Nashville, TN.
SU, P.L., Teller, L., Camarata, S. (March 2018). Naturalistic Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis. Poster presentation at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center Combined Poster Session, Nashville, TN.
SU, P.L. & Roberts, M. Quantity and quality of Parental Utterances and Responses to Children with Hearing Loss Prior to Cochlear Implant. (March 2017). Poster presentation at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center Combined Poster Session, Nashville, TN.
RESEARCH GRANTS, HONORS, & AWARDS
RESEARCH FUNDING
Organization for Autism Research Graduate Research Grant, $2,000 2019
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Grant, $5,230 2018
GRADUATE
Selected to participate in ASHA 2020 Pathways Program 2020
Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders STAR Award, $750 2019
Vanderbilt University Graduate Student Research Travel Award, $500 2019
Departmental Graduate Student Research Travel Award, $500 2019
ASHA Minority Student Leadership Program (MSLP) Award 2018
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Travel Award, $250 2018
ASHFoundation International Graduate Student Scholarship, $5,000 2017
ASHA Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award, $750 2017
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Travel Award, $250 2017
Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders Travel Award, $750 2017
Vanderbilt University Graduate Student Research Travel Award, $500 2016
Departmental Graduate Student Research Travel Award, $500 2015, 2016
Vanderbilt International Scholar Award, 2 years, $30,000 per year 2015
UNDERGRADUATE
Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Northwestern University 2015
Graduated with Phi Beta Kappa & Departmental Distinction in CSD 2015
ASHA Students Preparing for Academic-Research Careers (SPARC) Award, $1,000 2015
Lois L. Elliott Book Award, Northwestern University 2014, 2015
Northwestern University Research Assistant Program Grant, $3,000 2014
Northwestern Undergraduate Summer Independent Research Grant, $3,000 2013
Northwestern University Communication Century Scholar 2012
Dean's list, Northwestern University 2011 - 2015
CERTIFICATES
Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) Apr 2020
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2) Research Certificate Dec 2018
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2) Clinical Certificate May 2017
Certificate in College Teaching, Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching May 2017
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
ADJOC JOURNAL REVIEWER
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Medicine
Autism & Developmental Language Impairments
Language Development Research
LANGUAGES
Bilingual proficient in Mandarin and English
Professional working proficiency in French