About the Director
Amy Pace, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (She/Her), joined the Speech and Hearing Sciences faculty in 2016. She completed her postdoctoral training in the Department of Psychology at Temple University and received her doctorate in Language and Communicative Disorders from San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego.
Dr. Pace's research focuses on language acquisition, assessment, and early intervention from birth to five, with emphasis on children from diverse, historically underrepresented, or environmentally adverse backgrounds. The primary goals of this research are to understand the environmental factors and learning mechanisms that contribute to successful language acquisition, and to apply this knowledge to develop targeted, community-centered interventions that support positive developmental outcomes in early childhood and beyond.
When she is not in the lab, you can find Dr. Pace swimming outdoors, welding, hiking, reading, or hanging out with her family.
Affiliated Faculty
John C. Thorne, Ph.D., CCC-SLP: Associate Teaching Professor; Discipline Leader for Speech-Language Pathology, University of Washington Center On Human Development and Disability; clinician and researcher, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic and Prevention Network. Dr. Thorne's research to date has focused on interdisciplinary assessment in children with prenatal alcohol exposure and other neurodevelopmental disabilities. As a speech-language pathologist & special educator, he has over 30 years experience as a direct service provider to school-aged children with special needs and their families.
Graduate Students
Laura Guo (She/Her) is a PhD student in the Speech and Hearing Sciences Department at UW. Laura’s research interests include bilingual language development in young children (birth to 5), parent-mediated language intervention, bilingual language assessment, and social communication in young children with autism. In her free time, Laura enjoys cooking, doing Barre classes, and playing Pokemon Go with family.
Alumni
Postdoctoral Scholars
Adriana Luna
Master's Students
Sonia De Los Rios, Lili Correa, Ines Juhee Sohn, Hannah Valentine, Claire Nesbitt, Frances Bueno, Kailey Hegedus
Research Coordinators
Emily Fowler
Lili Correa
Research Assistants
Claire Nesbitt, Maritza Zaldivar-Lima, Theresa Le, Lily Parrish, Jiaharn Choo, Ellie Hurlbert, Celine Chien, Shina Cook, Linda Tashjian, Kimi Phippen, Frances Bueno, YingJu (Jessica) Lu, Minmin (Emma) Lin, Mark Cabrera, Hannah C. Valentine, Jessica Wi, Emily Nierman, Misha Gregg, Justin Brodt, Hannah Miller, Timothy Gaynor, Holly Durr, Lauren Morales, Hannah Sullivan, Bifeng Xiao, Timothy Berezhnoy, Shannon Xu, Jami Fung, Sonia De Los Rios, Anna Nolan, Calvin Lin, Mayes Robertson Romera, Danielle Evans, Kellie Hall.