Education
- Mayo Clinic – Rochester, Post-doctoral Clinical Fellowship
- University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D., Speech-Language Pathology
- Hofstra University, M.A., Speech-Language Pathology
- Hofstra University, B.A, Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped
Areas of Specialization
Adult neurological communication disorders (aphasia, differential diagnosis of motor speech disorders)
Achievements (past 5 years)
Publications
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Anyfantis, E., Fossett, T. R. D., McNeil, M. R., Messinis, L., & Konitsiotis, S. (in press). The Stroop effect in aphasia: A narrative literature review. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.
- Ortiz, K. Z., Tognin, J., de Medeiros, J., Fossett, T. R. D., & McNeil, M. R. (2024). Connected language performance in neurotypical and persons with aphasia: Use of the Brazilian-Portuguese Story Retell Procedure (SRP-BP). Folia Phoniatrica, 1 – 9. https://doi.org/10.1159/000536263ed
Invited Presentations
- Siren, K. & Fossett, T. (2023, October 9). Potential differences in the executive functions of monolingual and bilingual speakers. Invited presentation at the School of Health Sciences at University of Vale do Itajai (UNIVALI), Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Presentations
- Siren, K., Launay-Fallasse, S., & Fossett, T. R. D. (2025, June 16–19). (Accepted). Semantic reinforcement and visual distraction during the Stroop task. (Poster presentation). International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech (ISMBS), Chania, Crete, Greece.
- Launay-Fallase, S., Siren, K., & Fossett, T. R. D. (2024, November 19). Stroop Task Response Time: A comparison between sequential bilinguals (Poster presentation). 187th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America - Virtual
- Anyfantis, E., Fossett, T. R. D., McNeil, M. R., Messinis, L., & Konitsiotis, S. (2024, October 17–20). (Accepted). The Stroop effect in aphasia: A narrative literature review. (Poster presentation). 6th Worldwide Genomics, Neuroscience, Therapeutics & Data Innovation Summit, Athens – Greece
- Siren, K., Killmurray, B., Bayer, S., Launay-Fallase, S., Stapp, M. & Fossett, T. (2024, May 13-17). Stroop task response times: The bilingual advantage. (Poster presentation). 186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Joint Meeting with the Canadian Acoustical Association, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Awards/Funding
- Social Science Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Award - Spring 2025 - Loyola University Maryland
- Dean’s Development Fund (2024) - Loyola University Maryland
- American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA): Award for Continuing Education (ACE), 2021