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Academic C. V.
Elena Plante, Ph.D.
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0071
Phone:520 621-5080 (office)
520-621-9901 (fax)
Email: eplante@email.arizona.edu
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Education | Professional Employment | Honors & Awards | Professional Certification and Professional Membership | Publications | Scholarly Presentations | Grants
| EDUCATION |
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| Loyola College |
1980-1984 |
B.A. Speech-Language Pathology |
| Loyola College |
1985 |
M.S. Speech-Language Pathology |
| University of Arizona |
1987-1990 |
Ph.D. Speech & Hearing Science |
| University of Arizona |
1990-1992 Post Doctoral Fellow, Speech & Hearing Science |
| Current Position |
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Professor & Head Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona
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Faculty member in the Cognitive Science and Cognitive Neuroscience programs |
| HONORS AND AWARDS |
| 2003 |
Galileo Circle Fellow, UA Science |
| 2004 |
Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
| PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION AND ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP |
| Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology, American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) |
| Member, ASHA |
| Member, Special Interest Division 10: Higher Education |
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Scholarly Books |
| Plante, E. & Beeson, P.M. (1999). Communication and communication disorders: A clinical introduction. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon. |
| Journal publications |
| Spaulding, T.J., Plante, E. (in press). Sustained selective attention skills of preschool children with specific language impairment: Evidence for separate attentional capacities. Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research. |
Schmithorst, V.J., Holland, S.K., & Plante, E. (in press). Development of effective connectivity
for narrative comprehension in children. NeuroReport. |
Pankratz, M., Plante, E., Vance, R., Insalaco, D. (in press). The Diagnostic and Predictive
Validity of The Renfrew Bus Story. Language, Speech, & Hearing Services in Schools. |
Fisher, J., Plante, E., Vance, R., Gerken, LA., Glattke, T.J. (in press). Do Children and Adults
with Language Impairment Recognize Prosodic Cues? Journal of Speech, Language,
Hearing Disorders. |
Norrix, L.W., Plante, E., Vance, R., & Boliek, C.A. (in press). Auditory-Visual Integration for
Speech by Children with and without Specific Language Impairment. Journal of Speech,
Language, & Hearing Research. |
Holland, S.K., Vannest, J., Mecoli, M., Jacola, L.M., Tillema, J.M., Karunanayaka, P.R., V.J., S.,
Yuan, W.H., Plante, E. and Byars, A.W., (in press). Functional MRI of Language
Lateralization During Development in Children. International Journal of Audiology. |
Byars, A.W., Jacola, L., Schmithorst, V.J., Altaye, M., Schapiro, M.B., Szaflarski, J.P., Plante,
E. & Holland, S.K., (in press). Handedness and the Development of Language
Lateralization. Neuroimage |
Karunanayaka, P.R., Holland, S.K., Schmithorst, V.J., Solodkin, A., Chen, E.E., Szaflarski, J.P.,
Plante, E. (2007). Age Related Connectivity Changes in fMRI Data from Children
Listening to Stories. NeuroImage. 34, 349-60. |
Schmithorst, V.J., Holland, S.K., & Plante, E. (2006). Object Identification and
Lexical/Semantic Access in Children: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
of Word-Picture Matching. Human Brain Mapping. |
Richardson, J., Harris, L., Plante, E., & Gerken, L.A. (2006). Subcategory Learning in
Normal and Language Learning-Disabled Adults: How much information do they need?
Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research, 49, 1257-1266. |
Alt, M. & Plante, E. (2006) Factors That Influence Lexical and Semantic Fast-Mapping of
Young Children with Specific Language Impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, &
Hearing Research, 49, 941 - 954. |
Szaflarski, J.P., Schmithorst, V.J., Altaye, M., Byars, A.W., Rett, J., Plante, E., & Holland, S.K.
(2006). FMRI study of longitudinal language development in children age 5-1. Annals
of Neurology, 59, 796-807. |
Jacola, L.M. Schapiro, M.B, Schmithorst, V.J., Byars, A.W., Strawsburg, R.H., Szaflarski, J.P.,
Holland, S.K., Plante, E. (2006). Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reveals
Atypical Language Organization in Children Following Perinatal Left Middle Cerebral
Artery Stroke. Neuropediatrics. 37, 46-52. |
Peña, E.D., Spaulding, T.J., & Plante, E. (2006). The Composition of Normative Groups and
Diagnostic Decision Making: Shooting Ourselves in the Foot. American Journal of
Speech-Language Pathology, 15, 247-254. |
Plante, E., Holland, S.K., & Schmithorst, V.J. (2006). Prosodic Processing by Children: An
fMRI Study. Brain and Langauge, 97, 332-342. |
Plante, E., Schmithorst, V.J., Holland, S.K., & Byars, A.W. (2006). Sex Differences in the
Activation of Language Cortex During Childhood. Neuropsychologia, 44, 1210-1221. |
Norrix, L.W., Plante, E., & Vance, R. (2006). Auditory-Visual Speech Integration by Adults
with and without Language Learning Disabilities Journal of Communication Disorders,
39, 22-36 |
Spaulding, T.J., Plante, E., & Farinella, K.A. (2006). Do children with impaired language
score at the low end of the normative distribution? Language, Speech, & Hearing
Services in Schools, 37, 61-72. |
Plante, E., Ramage, A., Maglöire, J. (2006). Processing Narratives for Verbatim and Gist
Information by Adults with Language Learning Disabilities: A Functional Neuroimaging
Study. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 21, 61-76. |
Grunow, H., Spaulding, T.J., Gómez, R.L., & Plante, E. (2006). The Effects of Variation on
Learning Word Order Rules by Adults with and without Language-based Learning
Disabilities. Journal of Communication Disorders, 39, 158-170. |
Schmithorst, V.J., Holland, S.K., & Plante, E. (2006). Cognitive Modules Utilized for
Narrative Comprehension in Children: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.
NeuroImage, 29, 254-266. |
Ellis Weismer, S., Plante, E., Jones, M., Tomblin, J.B. (2005). A Functional Magnetic
Resonance Imaging Investigation of Verbal Working Memory in Adolescents with
Specific Language Impairment. Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing
Research, 48, 405-425. |
| SELECTED SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS |
Plante, E. (2007, May). The physiology of normal language development as seen through
fMRI. Colloquim given at the Department of Biological Psychology at the University of
Bergen. Bergen, Norway. |
Plante, E. (2006, June). Principles of Learning: What promotes generalization? Speak Up
Seminar, Bergen, Norway. |
Watkins, J.L., Hendrix, R.E., Plante, E. (2004). Interdisciplinary collaborations Web-based
teaching module. Rockville, MD: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. |
| SELECTED GRANTS |
Plante, E. (2005-2008). Identification of Adults with Developmental Language Impairment
NIDCD R21 DC007917 . $452,708. Role on project: PI. |
Plante, E. (2002-2008). Receptive skills in developmental language disorder. National
Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders R01 DC04726 $925,000.
Role on project: PI. |
Christensen, T. (2007-2012). Brain Mechanisms Linking Language, Attention and Memory.
NIDCD 1K01DC008812-01. Budget: $981,048, Role on Project: Mentor. |
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