Communication Sciences and Disorders
Ph.D.
Howard University
2014
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Faculty
Faculty
Alaina S. Davis
Assistant Professor
Department/Office
- Communication Sciences & Disorders
School/College
- School of Communications
Education & Expertise
Education
Speech-Language Pathology
M.S.
Southern University and A&M College
2009
Communication Disorders
B.A.
University of Houston
2005
Expertise
Speech-Language Pathology
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
Cognitive-Communication Disorders
Executive Functions and Working Memory
Cultural Competence in Assessment and Treatment
Right Hemisphere Disorder
Aphasia
Dementia
Dysphagia
Academics
Academics
COSD 467: Tests & Measurements
COSD 557: Tests & Measurments
COSD 561: Neurogenic Language Disorders
COSD 567: Neurogenic Speech Disorders
COSD 569: Medical SLP
COSD 570: Dysphagia
COSD 607: Communication Disorders in Aging
COSD 612: Communication Disorders in Traumatic Brain Injury
COSD 769: Neuro and Cognitive Foundations (Doctoral)
COSD 771: Seminar in Aging (Doctoral)
COSD 774: Seminar in Traumatic Brain Injury (Doctoral)
Research
Research
Specialty
Cognitive-Communication Disorders Associated with Sport-related Concussion/Traumatic Brain InjuryAccomplishments
Accomplishments
2021 Provost's Distinguished Service Award
(2019) Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists - Certified Brain Injury Specialist Trainer
2019 HU Summer Research Fellowship
Verbal Reasoning, Working Memory, and Learning Strategies in Student-Athletes With and Without Concussion
2018-2019 Hughes/Liggins Fund
2018 Junior Faculty Writing and Creative Works Summer Academy
2018 HU Summer Research Fellowship
The Speech-Language Pathologist’s Role in Increasing Knowledge and Attitudes of Athletes on Cognitive-Communication Symptoms Associated with Concussion
2017-2018 Hughes/Liggins Fund
2017 HU Summer Research Retreat
Related Articles
(2020) Shifting the mindset of racism through cognitive learning styles in communication sciences & disorders
Davis, A. S. & Stanford, S. (2020) Shifting the mindset of racism through cognitive learning styles in communication sciences & sisorders. Journal of the National Black Association for Speech, Language, and Hearing, 15(3), 87-97.
(2020) Still sitting at the back of the bus: Black communication sciences & disorders academicians surviving in a system of bias and prejudice
Stanford, S. & Davis, A. S. (2020) Still sitting at the back of the bus: Black communication sciences & disorders academicians surviving in a system of bias and prejudice. Journal of the National Black Association for Speech, Language, and Hearing, 15(3), 95-97.
(2016) Significance of concussions in Hawaii: From land to sea.
Cifu, D. X., Uchima, O. K., Davis, A. S., Lower, A. E., Jin, J. L., & Lew, H. L. (2016). Significance of concussions in Hawaii: From land to sea. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 75(9), 262-265.
(2016) Cultural familiarity of figurative expressions from three music genres in African American adults
Davis, A. S., Wright-Harp, W., Lucker, J., Payne, J. C., & Campbell, A. (2016). Cultural familiarity of figurative expressions from three music genres in African American adults. Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders, 43, 238- 254.
(2014) Traumatic brain injury. In Adult neurogenic language disorders: Assessment and treatment - An ethnobiological approach, 2nd Ed.
Payne, J. C., Wright-Harp, W., & Davis, A. S. (2014). Traumatic brain injury. In J. C. Payne, Adult Neurogenic Language Disorders: Assessment and Treatment–An Ethnobiological Approach. 2nd Edition (pp. 175-264). San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing.