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Child Language Lab Members

Pam Rollins, MS, CCC-SLP, Ed.D., Principal Investigator. Dr. Rollins is an Associate Professor of Communication Disorders at UTD/Callier Center. Dr. Rollins teaches clinical courses which address the assessment and intervention of early social and communicative skills in children on the autism spectrum. Her research focuses on the association between early social-communicative skills and the acquisition of vocabulary, grammar, and narrative in typically developing children and children with autism.

rollins@utdallas.edu

Carol Trautman, MA, Ph.D. candidate. Carol is a doctoral candidate in Developmental Psychology. She holds an M.A. in Early Childhood Special Education and has over 15 years of teaching experience working with children who have communication and social disabilities. Her research interests include the relationship among caregiver's child-centered interactions, joint engagement, and later language development in typically developing children and in children with autism.

carolt@utdallas.edu

Stephanie Haass, MS, CCC-SLP, Ph.D. student. Stephanie is a doctoral student in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She worked as a speech-language pathologist in the private and public school settings for 4 years before returning to complete her Ph.D. Her interests include language development/disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and the role of social-communicative skills in language acquisition.

Jenifer Malaspina, BA, MS student. Jenifer is a master's student in Psychological Sciences. She is interested in communication and play skill development in children with autism.

Emily Kerr, BGS, MS student. Emily is a master's student in Speech-Language Pathology. She is interested in the diagnosis and treatment of children with autism.

Aekta Malhotra, BS, MS student. Aekta is a master's student in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience.