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Word and Sound Learning Lab


Research Team

Holly L. Storkel, Ph.D.

hstorkel@ku.edu

Holly L. Storkel is an Associate Professor of the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. She is the director of the Word and Sound Learning Lab. Her current research focuses on how children build a lexicon by examining the acquisition, organization, and processing of novel words and known words. The primary goal is to bring converging evidence to bear on the mutual influence of phonological and lexical development in normal and clinical populations of preschool children.

Education

B.A. with Honors, 1993, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington.
M.S., 1995, Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle.
Certificate of Clinical Competence, 1997, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Ph.D., 1998, Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle.

Research Grants, Honors, and Awards

NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, DC00012, 1998-2001.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation New Investigator Research Award, 2000-2001.
NIH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award DC04781, 2001-2006.
University of Kansas New Faculty General Research Fund Award, 2002-2003.
Editor's Award, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2002.
NIH Small Grant, DC06545, 2004-2006.
NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Award, 2002-2005.
NIH Research Grant, DC08095, 2006-2011.

Current Publications

Storkel, H. L. & Hoover, J. R. (2011). The influence of part-word phonotactic probability/neighborhood density on word learning by preschool children varying in expressive vocabulary. Journal of Child Language, 38, 628-643.

Storkel, H. L. & Lee, S. Y. (2011). The independent effects of phonotactic probability and neighborhood density on lexical acquisition by preschool children. Language and Cognitive Processes, 26, 191-211.

Hoover, J. R., Sterling, A. M., & Storkel, H. L. (2011). Speech and language development. In A. S. Davis (ed), Handbook of pediatric neuropsychology (pp. 71-78). New York: Springer.

Hogan, T. P., Bowles, R. P., Catts, H. W., & Storkel, H. L. (2011). The influence of neighborhood density and word frequency on phoneme awareness in 2nd and 4th grades. Journal of Communication Disorders, 44, 49-58.

Storkel, H. L. (2011). Differentiating word learning processes may yield new insights - A commentary on Stoel-Gammon's 'Relationship between lexical and phonological development in young children.' Journal of Child Language, 38, 51-55.

Storkel, H.L. (2011). The developing mental lexicon of children with specific language impairment. In J. Guendouzi, F. Loncke, and M. J. Williams (eds), The Handbook of psycholinguistic & cognitive processes: Perspectives in communication disorders (pp 419-433). New York: Psychology Press.

Storkel, H. L., Maekawa, J., & Hoover, J. R. (2010). Differentiating the effects of phonotactic probability and neighborhood density on vocabulary comprehension and production: A comparison of preschool children with versus without phonological delays. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

Hoover, J. R., Storkel, H. L., & Hogan, T. P. (2010). A cross-sectional comparison of the effects of phonotactic probability and neighborhood density on word learning by preschool children. Journal of Memory and Language, 63, 100-116.

Storkel, H. L. & Hoover, J. R. (2010a). An on-line calculator to compute phonotactic probability and neighborhood density based on child corpora of spoken American English. Behavior Research Methods, 42, 497-506.

 Storkel, H. L. & Hoover, J. R. (2010 b). Word learning by children with phonological delays: Differentiating effects of phonotactic probability and neighborhood density. Journal of Communication Disorders, 43, 105-119.

For a more complete selection, please link to project publications and project presentations.

Teaching Grants, Honors, and Awards

University of Kansas Center for Teaching Excellence Best Practices Workshop, 2003.
University of Kansas Center for Teaching Excellence Teaching Grant, 2003.
University of Kansas Center for Teaching Excellence Faculty Seminar, 2004.
University of Kansas Center for Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellow, 2004.
University of Kansas Graduate and Professional Association Mentorship Award, 2004.
University of Kansas Center for Teaching Excellence Best Practices Workshop Facilitator, 2004.
University of Kansas Center for Teaching Excellence Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, 2005.
University of Kansas W. T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, 2007.
Mentor of the Year Award, University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University Minority Student Programs, 2007.
K. Barbara Schowen Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, University of Kansas Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2007.

Teaching Activities

HNRS 190, Freshman Honors Tutorial.
SPLH 261, Survey of Communication Disorders.
SPLH 466, Language Science.
SPLH 665, Phonetics and phonological development (course portfolio).
SPLH 880, Word learning.
SPLH 880, Clinical treatment of phonological disorders (course portfolio).
SPLH 970, Summer Independent Study on Word Learning.
SPLH Departmental Honors Coordinator.
Faculty facilitator, Thematic Learning Community on Careers Working with Children.
MA SLP Curriculum Development (course portfolio).

For a complete listing of research, teaching and service activities, see CV