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My advice would be to not let your ideas about research hold you back from trying it. Many people view research as just beakers and test tubes, but research can truly be done for any subject. Any interest you have, you can find a way to do research within that field.
Caroline Crago
Communicative Sciences and Disorders
Research Topic: Development and Underpinnings of Developmental Stuttering in Preschool-Aged Children.
Graduation Year: 2026
Undergraduate Research Ambassador
Research Poster Located in the STEM Building
Research Experience:
Current:
- Research assistant in the Developmental Speech Lab studying the causes and development of stuttering in young children.
Previous:
- Research project that examines resources that inform parents' typical responses to their child’s stuttering (UURAF 2024)
- Research project that examines how anxiety is correlated with increased stuttering in adolescents (UURAF 2025)
- Pilot research project that examines how communication context impact stuttering and other speech and language metrics (MIDSure 2025)
Experience With:
- CLAN transcription software
- Virtual Reality experimental tasks
- fNIRS (Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy)
- EEG (Electroencephalogram)
- Data Analytics
- Poster Presentations
- Statistical Analysis
Campus Involvement:
- NSSLHA President (National Student Speech Language Hearing Association)
Post-Graduation Plans:
- Attend graduate school for Speech-Language Pathology.
