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Mikyong Kim


Mikyong Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders. She earned her Ph.D. in Speech-Language Pathology from Northwestern University and has several published articles and presentations to her credit.

In addition to teaching courses at URI, Dr. Kim is involved in a number of on-going research projects. She has been conducting individualized verb naming treatment studies and reading treatment studies with individuals with aphasia. She is also interested in the quality of life issues involving individuals with aphasia and their family members. Dr. Kim has been running a weekly Aphasia Book Club with the help of graduate student clinicians as an outreach program since Spring of 2006. Please contact her (mkim@uri.edu) if you are interested in being involved in her research or outreach activities.

Courses Taught:
  • CMD 377 Functional Neuroanatomy
  • CMD 492 Special Problems
  • CMD 582 Motor Speech Disorders
  • CMD 585 Language Disorders in Adults
  • CMD 598 Special Problems

Recent Publications:
Kim. M., Adingono, M. F., & Revoir, J. S. (2007). Argument structure enhanced verb naming treatment: Two case studies. Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders, 34, 24-36.

Kim, M., & Beaudoin-Parsons, D. (2007). Training phonological reading in deep alexia: does it improve reading words with low imageability? Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 21 (5), 321-351.

Kim, M., & Russo, S. (in press). Multiple Oral Rereading (MOR) treatment: Who is it for? Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders.

Kim, M. (in press). Comprehension. In L. L. LaPointe (Ed.), Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Language Disorders, 4th Edition. New York: Thieme.

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS


Guest Speakers for Spring 2010

Deirdre Martin, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK- March 10th

Nina Simmons-Mackie, Professor and Scholar in Residence, Southeastern Lousiana University - April 12th

Title of her talk, "Therapy for Aphasia: An ICF Perspective"

Local speech-language pathologists and audiologists are welcome to attend these CEU-bearing presentations.

More details to come soon


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