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Bridget Walsh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at Michigan State University. She is a certified speech-language pathologist and serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies, while leading the Developmental Speech Laboratory in the Communication Arts and Sciences building.
- Educational background: B.S. and M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience from Purdue University.
Dr. Walsh's research focuses on the neurophysiological, clinical, and behavioral mechanisms underlying stuttering development in children. Her work explores why some children recover from stuttering while others persist, examining emotional reactivity, articulatory characteristics, and autonomic nervous system activity in stuttering and dysarthria.
Key research areas:
- Neurocognitive bases of speech production
- Motor speech disorders
- Fluency disorders
- Developmental speech impairments
Scientific honors:
- Brandt-Endowed Associate Professor
She teaches graduate courses in research methods (CSD 803), motor speech disorders (CSD 865), and fluency disorders (CSD 830). Her lab, the Developmental Speech Laboratory, utilizes innovative approaches like virtual reality to study speech and autonomic nervous system interactions.
