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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[at]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 |
2006 |
Editor's Award, Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools |
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 |
Plante, E. & Beeson, P.M. (1999). Communication and communication disorders: A clinical introduction. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon. |
Hotz, G., Helm-Estabrooks, N., Nelson, N.W., & Plante, E. (2010). Pediatric Test of Brain Injury. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brooks Publishing Co. |
Selected Journal Publications |
Karunanayaka, P., Schmithorst, V.J., Vannest, J., Szaflarski, J.P., Plante, E. and Holland, S.K. (2010). A Group Independent Component Analysis of Covert Verb Generation in Children: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Neuroimage,51, 472-487. |
Holland, S.K., Byars, A.W., Plante, E. Szaflarski, J.P., Dietrich, K., & Altaye, M. (2010). Letter: MRI safety. Science, 329, 512-513. |
Greenslade, K.J., Plante, E., & Vance, R. (2009). The Diagnostic Accuracy and Construct Validity of the Structured Photographic Expressive Language Test – Preschool: Second Edition (SPELT-P2) Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. |
Christensen, T., Antonucci, S., Lockwood, J.L., Kittleson, M. & Plante, E. (2008). Cortical and subcortical contributions to the attentive processing of speech. NeuroReport, 1, 1101-1105. |
Tillema, J.M., Byars, A.W., Jacola, L.M., Schapiro, M.B., Schmithorst, V.J., Szaflarski, J.P. and Holland, S.K., (2008). Cortical reorganization of language functioning following perinatal left MCA stroke. Brain & Language, 105, 99-111. |
Holland, S.K., Plante, E., Byars, A.W. , Strawsburg, R.H. and Schmithorst, V.J., (2008). Functional MRI of Brain Lateralization Changes Associated with Normal Language Development. Proc. Indo-US Workshop on Developmental Neuroscience and Imaging 2007. |
Spaulding, T.J., Plante, E., & Vance, R.B. (2008). Sustained selective attention skills of preschool children with specific language impairment: Evidence for separate attentional capacities. Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research, 51, 16-34. |
Norrix, L.W., Plante, E., Vance, R., & Boliek, C.A. (2007). Auditory-Visual Integration for Speech by Children with and without Specific Language Impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research, 50, 1639-1651. |
Schmithorst, V.J., Holland, S.K. and Plante, E., (2007). Development of effective connectivity for narrative comprehension in children. NeuroReport, 18, 1411-5. |
Fisher, J., Plante, E., Vance, R., Gerken, LA., Glattke, T.J. (2007). Do Children and Adults with Language Impairment Recognize Prosodic Cues? Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Disorders, 50, 746–758. |
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. (2007). Functional MRI of Language Lateralization During Development in Children". International Journal of Audiology, 46, 533-55. |
Pankratz, M., Plante, E., Vance, R., Insalaco, D. (2007). The Diagnostic and Predictive Validity of The Renfrew Bus Story. Language, Speech, & Hearing Services in Schools, 38, 390 - 399. |
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. (2007). Object Identification and Lexical/Semantic Access in Children: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Word-Picture Matching. Human Brain Mapping. 28,1060–1074. |
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. |
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. |
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 ages 5-18. Annals of Neurology, 59, 796-807. |
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. |
SELECTED SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS |
Plante, E. (2010, June). Windows into receptive processing. The Dyslexia Foundation 12th Extraordinary Brain Symposium, Cong, Ireland. |
Plante, E. (2009) Visualizing Human Thought, College of Science NEXT series http://www.thoughtware.tv/videos/show/3982-Visualizing-Human-Thought |
*Plante, E. (2008, July). The Neural Basis of Language Processing in the Context of Development. IEEE/IET International Conference on Audio, Language, and Image Processing. Shanghai, China. |
Watkins, J.L., Hendrix, R.E., Plante, E. (2004). Interdisciplinary collaborations Web-based
teaching module. Rockville, MD: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. http://www.asha.org/academic/interdis-collab/default |
SELECTED GRANTS |
Plante, E. (2006-2009). Identification of Adults with Developmental Language Impairment
NIDCD R21 DC007917 . $452,708. Role on project: PI. |
Plante, E. (2002-2011). 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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