Klara Marton

Klara Marton is a Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Communication Arts, Sciences, and Disorders at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. With a distinguished career spanning multiple decades, she has established herself as a leading researcher in the field of language-cognition interactions, particularly focusing on bilingual individuals and those with language impairments.

Her educational background includes:

• B.A. in Special Education from Barczi Gusztav College of Special Education (1984)
• M.S. in Psychology from Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary (1991)
• Doctorate in Developmental Psychology from Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary (1992)
• Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the Graduate School and University Center (CUNY) (1998)

As a neuropsychologist, Dr. Marton's primary research focuses on the interactions between language and cognition in both monolingual and bilingual individuals, with particular attention to those with and without language impairment. Her work bridges theoretical cognitive psychology with clinical applications in speech-language pathology. She has made significant contributions to understanding working memory, cognitive control mechanisms, and executive functions in children and adults with language disorders. Her research spans multiple populations including bilingual children, individuals with stuttering disorders, children with cochlear implants, and those with developmental language disorders.

Dr. Marton's scientific contributions have been recognized with numerous awards including Fellowship of the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (ASHA fellow), the Szent-Gyorgyi Research Fellowship from the Hungarian Department of Education, and multiple "Salute to Scholars" certificates from the City University of New York recognizing her outstanding scholarly achievements.

As an active researcher, Dr. Marton has secured substantial grant funding from prestigious organizations including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), and the European Union. Her current research includes projects funded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2022-2026) and Brooklyn College grants supporting evidence-based practice training in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She has served as Principal Investigator on numerous grants totaling over $500,000 in funding, including NIH/NIDCD grants focusing on working memory and inhibition control in children with specific language impairment.

Dr. Marton has also contributed significantly to academic leadership as Executive Officer of the Ph.D. Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center (2009-2018) and serves on editorial boards for the Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research and Hungarian journals related to disability and speech science.