Helen Long, PhD, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Helen Long, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her) is an incoming Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University, starting in Fall 2024. Her research aims to advance the early prediction of communication and speech impairments in children with cerebral palsy, with the long-term goal to better facilitate targeted early intervention services for speech and AAC. This work is clinically informed by her experiences as a speech-language pathologist (SLP).
Helen is a co-founding collaborator of CSDisseminate, an early career group of scientists and clinicians dedicated to promoting the advancement of open access practices within the CSD community.
Postdoc
2021-2024
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI, USA
Mentor: Katie Hustad, PhD
Waisman Center, Institute of Clinical and Translational Research
TL1 NCATS Postdoctoral Fellow in clinical and translational research methods
T32 NICHD Postdoctoral Fellow in intellectual and developmental disabilities
PhD
2020
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN, USA
Mentor: D. Kimbrough Oller, PhD
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Collateral Area: Cognitive Science
Long, HL (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