Sharice Clough

Sharice Clough, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Iowa and a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on multimodal communication in adults with neurogenic disorders such as traumatic brain injury, dementia, and aphasia, emphasizing ecological validity in assessment and treatment. She investigates how individuals process and integrate social cues (e.g., speech, gesture, eye gaze) and adapt communication across modalities.

• Education:
• PhD in Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University
• MA in Speech-Language Pathology, University of Iowa
• BS in Behavioral Neuroscience and BA in Spanish, St. Ambrose University

Her work aims to understand cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying multimodal communication and improve outcomes for individuals with brain injury. Research themes include gesture’s role in communication, listener adaptation, and speaker flexibility in social contexts.