Helen Long, PhD, CCC-SLP
Postdoctoral Researcher, Waisman Center
Helen Long, PhD, CCC-SLP is a T32 postdoctoral researcher at the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is based in the Wisconsin Intelligibility, Speech, and Communication (WISC) Laboratory (PI: Katie Hustad). Helen began her career as a speech-language pathologist (SLP) and worked for 9 years before and during her doctoral training as an SLP developing her research questions.
Her primary line of research examines prelinguistic vocal biomarkers of speech impairment in infants at risk for cerebral palsy, the most common motor disability in childhood.
Helen is a co-founding collaborator of CSDisseminate, a volunteer-based online resource dedicated to educating CSD scientists and clinicians on green open access practices in research.
PhD
2020
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN, USA
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Collateral Area: Cognitive Science
Long, H. L. (2020). Endogenous and social factors influencing infant vocalizations as fitness signals. Doctoral dissertation. The University of Memphis. doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/cz7qe
MS
2012
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL, USA
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Concentration: Speech-Language Pathology
BA
2010
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN, USA
Speech and Hearing Sciences;
Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Minors: Linguistics, Psychology