JoAnn P. Silkes

JoAnn P. Silkes is an Associate Professor at San Diego State University in the Department of Speech Language and holds the Dr. Sadanand Singh Endowed Professorship in Speech and Language Sciences. She directs the Cognition and Language in Aphasia Laboratory, bridging clinical practice with cognitive neuroscience.

Education:

• PhD, Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington (2009)
• MS, Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin (1990)
• BA, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University (1988)

Her research investigates implicit language processing in aphasia and its interaction with cognitive mechanisms, with applications to treatment for word retrieval deficits. Prior medical speech pathology experience informs her translational approach to neurogenic communication disorders.