Moody College Research
Moody College is home to premier scholars from around the world. They find innovative ways of introducing undergraduate and graduate students to research so that they can make the breakthroughs of tomorrow. The College also houses leading research labs and centers that conduct original research in various communication fields and provide training opportunities for students. Learn more about the wide variety of research being conducted throughout the College.
Research Honors
Stephen Reese awarded AEJMC’s
Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research
Green Activism
Scholar examines climate change and sustainability
campaigns in top academic publication
Research Labs
Aphasia Lab
The Aphasia Research and Treatment Lab seeks to improve understanding of how the brain supports speech and language processes and how targeted treatment programs may improve communication impairments caused by stroke or neurodegenerative disease.
Behavioral Science Lab
The Behavioral Science Lab houses a suite of versatile, state-of-the-art experimental rooms and lab spaces.
Dr. Jennifer and Emanuel Bodner Developmental Stuttering Laboratory
The mission of the Bodner Lab is to help persons who stutter, family members of persons who stutter, and professionals who work with persons who stutter.
Communication in Adults Research Group
The Communication in Adults Research Group is a consortium of three research labs involved in different aspects of communication in aging populations or individuals with neurological communication disorders.
Human Abilities in Bilingual Language Acquisition (HABLA) Lab
The focus of the work at the HABLA lab is understanding how bilinguals organize and access their two language systems in an attempt to understand the nature of language breakdowns associated to language impairment.
Hearing Function Laboratory
The aim of the Hearing Function Lab is to understand the workings of typical and atypical hearing systems in order to characterize and track changes in hearing function over time.
Sound Brain Laboratory
The lab studies the sensory and cognitive processes that underlie speech and music perception.
Speech Production Laboratory
The mission of the Speech Production Laboratory is to understand speech production characteristics in languages and in acquisition in young children, in typical developmental circumstances and in circumstances where there is delay or disorder in achievement of expected developmental milestones.
Speech Psychophysics Lab
The lab focuses on auditory processing of speech and non-speech sounds in a broad range of listeners including native and non-native English listeners, listeners with hearing impairment, and children with typical development and speech disorders.
Language Learning and Bilingualism Lab
The mission of the Language Learning and Bilingualism Lab is to understand how individual differences impact language and, specifically, vocabulary learning outcomes.
