Julius Fridriksson, Ph.D. is an
associate professor in the Department of
Communication Science and Disorders. He
graduated from the Sudurnes Community College
(Iceland) with a university preparatory degree (studentsprof)
and later completed his M.A. in speech pathology
at the University of Central Florida. He then
received a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona
in Speech Pathology in 2001. Following
completion of Ph.D. study, Dr. Fridriksson
joined the Department of Communication Sciences
and Disorders at the University of South
Carolina.
POST DOCTORAL FELLOW:
Dana Moser, Ph.D.
is a post-doctoral fellow who completed her
Ph.D. study in the Summer of 2007. She graduated with a B.A. in
Psychology from Texas A&M University-Corpus
Christi and a M.S.P. in Speech-Language
Pathology from the University of South Carolina.
She is an ASHA-certified speech-language
pathologist who specializes in adult neurogenic
communication disorders. Her research interests
focus on investigating the neural correlates of
neurogenic speech and language disorders and
recovery, as well as normal neurocognitive and
neurolinguistic processes.
PhD STUDENTS:
Julie Baker joined the lab in
August 2006 and is currently enrolled as a Ph.D.
student. She graduated with a B.S. and M.A. in
Communication Sciences and Disorders from the
University of Central Florida. For her Master’s
thesis, she investigated voice-onset-time
production in individuals with Alzheimer’s
disease.
David Eoute, Jr. graduated from
Bob Jones University with B.A. in Interpretative
Speech and M.A. in Dramatic Production. He will
complete M.A. in Speech Pathology at the
University of South Carolina in May 2007. Upon
completion of this degree he plans to begin the
Ph.D. program in Speech Pathology at the
University of South Carolina.
Tracy
Toothman graduated from Clemson University
with a B.S. in Public Health Sciences in
December 2006. She is a first year student in
the Ph.D. program at the University of South
Carolina.
MASTER STUDENTS:
Maggie Moore is a graduate
student in the Master of Speech Pathology
program at USC with a specialty in neurogenic
speech and language disorders. She received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in 2005 from Michigan
State University in Audiology and Speech
Sciences. Maggie is currently researching motor
speech perception in adult apraxia of speech
with Dr. Julius Fridriksson.
