

Karen and John are 2 of only 12 recipients of the 2019 Students Preparing for Academic-Research Careers (SPARC) Award.
As a SPARC awardees, Karen and John will receive a $1,000 stipend to support activities proposed in their research mentoring and teaching plans.
The goal of SPARC is to foster students’ interest in the pursuit of PhD education and careers in academia in order to fill faculty/researcher vacancies in communication sciences and disorders (CSD). The SPARC Award Program is part of ASHA’s strategic objective to enhance the generation of, and eventual implementation of, clinical research.