Principal Investigator
Our laboratory is led by Jessica E. Huber, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Curriculum Vitae | Google Scholar | Research Gate |“Living Histories”
Our Doctoral Students:
Jordynn Koroschetz, MA, CCC-SLP
Jordynn is a certified speech-language pathologist and doctoral student working in the Speech Physiology Lab. After earning her master’s degree at the University at Buffalo, she completed her clinical fellowship at UW Health University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin with a focus on adult dysphagia.
Research Interests & Career Goals: Jordynn’s research interests center around the use of interaction analysis to study breakdowns during the conversations of people with communication difficulties. She has previously applied this technique to analyze conversations mediated by augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices and hopes to expand the approach to the study of speech and voice problems in older adults with neurodegenerative diseases.
Ellie Schieltz, MA, CF-SLP
Ellie is a PhD student under Dr. Jessica Huber and Dr. Kaila Stipancic. Her main research interest includes the importance of the respiratory system and speech in individuals with motor speech disorders and degenerative diseases. In the future, Ellie hopes to work at a university, either teaching or performing research. In her free time, she enjoys watching movies and spending time with animals.
Our Graduate Students:
Jillian Flint, B.S., Communication Sciences and Disorders
Jillian is currently a second-year speech-language pathology graduate student at the University at Buffalo working in the Speech Physiology Lab. Prior to attending UB, Jillian attended the University of Vermont, where she earned her Bachelor’s in Communication Sciences and Disorders.
Research Interests & Career Goals: Jillian’s research interests revolve around providing meaningful contribution to research projects that advance our understanding of speech and language disorders, with a current focus in the involvement of the respiratory system in speech production. Her career goals include working as a pediatric speech-language pathologist and helping children improve their ability to communicate their wants and needs.
Hailey Robson, B.A., Psychology
Hailey is a second-year SLP graduate student working as a research assistant in the Speech and Physiology lab. She attended Binghamton University and earning her Bachelor’s in Psychology in 2024, minoring in Speech and Hearing sciences, and Education. She is currently working to complete her Masters’ Thesis on the long-term effectiveness of the SpeechVive prosthesis.
Research Interests & Career Goals: Hailey’s current research interests are focused on advancing knowledge on the effectiveness of the SpeechVive device as a long-term treatment approach to improving speech in individuals with Parkinson’s Disease. Hailey is interested in working with individuals who have diverse speech and language needs and is considering pursuing a PhD in the future.
Tracey Coffy, B.A., Communicative Disorders and Sciences
Tracey Coffy is a first-year graduate student in the Speech-Language Pathology program at the University at Buffalo. She completed her B.A. in Communication Disorders and Sciences at UB and has developed a strong interest in neurogenic communication disorders.
Research Interests & Career Goals: Tracey’s career goals include working in a skilled nursing home facility, supporting communication, swallowing, and overall quality of life. Tracey enjoys contributing to the lab by collecting and analyzing data.
Madeline Erickson, B.A., Communicative Disorders and Sciences
Madeline is currently a 1st year speech language pathology graduate student at the University at Buffalo, working in the speech physiology lab. She attended the University at Buffalo as an undergraduate and majored in communication disorders sciences with a minor in human health and services.
Research Interests and career goals: Madeline’s career goals include working in an acute care setting to provide speech and language rehabilitation, as well as dysphagia assessment and management to an adult population. She enjoys continuing to learn about our field by reading research, as well as providing meaningful contributions to the speech physiology lab through data analysis and collection.
Moira Griffin, B.A., Neuroscience
Moria is a first-year Speech-Language Pathology graduate student at the University at Buffalo. She attended Wheaton College Massachusetts, earning a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience.
Research interests and careers goals: Moira is interested in continuing to learn about the field of Speech Pathology and possibly working with young children. She enjoys learning about the respiratory system and the physiologic supports that drive speech.
Previous Doctoral Students:
Meghan Darling-White, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor, University of Arizona | Communication P.A.L.S. Lab
Meghan Darling-White, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a former doctoral student in the lab. She completed her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology at Purdue in 2008 and her PhD in 2013. Her long term goal is to develop and validate interventions that have an impact on functional speech production skills in individuals with motor speech disorders. Specifically, she is interested in understanding the relationship between respiratory support for speech and functional speech production skills, such as speech intelligibility. Meghan’s dissertation utilized the Expiratory Muscle Strength Training program to examine how enhancing expiratory muscle strength impacted speech production in individuals with Parkinson disease.
Brianna Kiefer, PhD, CCC-SLP
Brianna Kiefer was a Ph.D. student in the laboratory. She completed her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology at Purdue in 2017 and her PhD in 2022. Dr. Keifer is currently a speech-language pathologist at the University of California Davis Medical Center.