Team

Allison Croxton

University of South Carolina acroxton@mailbox.sc.edu Allison Croxton, M.S.P., CCC-SLP, is a research associate for the Center for the Study for Aphasia Recovery (C-STAR). Raised primarily in Central Kentucky, she moved to Columbia, SC during high school. She graduated...

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Sara Sayers

University of South Carolina ssayers@mailbox.sc.edu Sara Sayers is the Associate Director with the Aphasia Lab and the Center for the Study of Aphasia Recovery at the University of South Carolina. She graduated with a B.S. in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology...

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Leigh Ann Spell

University of South Carolina spelll@mailbox.sc.edu Leigh Ann Spell, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is the Associate Director of the Aphasia Laboratory at the University of South Carolina. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and...

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Grigori Yourganov

University of South Carolina yourgano@mailbox.sc.edu I have received my MSc degree in Computer Science from York University (Toronto, Canada), and my PhD degree in Medical Science from University of Toronto. Since then, I have been working as a post-doctoral scholar...

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Rutvik Desai

University of South Carolina desairh@mailbox.sc.edu Rutvik H. Desai is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of South Carolina. His early career focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning, where he developed methods of pattern...

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Dirk Den Ouden

University of South Carolina denouden@sc.edu  Dirk den Ouden was trained in formal phonology and syntax at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, where he also wrote his PhD-thesis on phonological output deficits in aphasia. He completed postdoctoral training...

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Chris Rorden

University of South Carolina rorden@sc.edu  Chris Rorden holds the Endowed Chair in Neuroimaging at the University of South Carolina’s Department of Psychology. He co-directs the McCausland Center for Brain Imaging. He leads Neuroimaging Core of the Center for the...

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Julius Fridriksson

fridriks@sc.edu Julius Fridriksson is a professor in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders. He graduated from the Sudurnes Community College (Iceland) with a university preparatory degree (studentsprof) and later completed his M.A. in speech pathology...

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