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)
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.
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,
Wisman Weil., L. & Middleton, L. (2010, November). Using the LENA tool in a
research-clinical 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)
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
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.
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
