Teresa Girolamo, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University
- Director of the Brain, Environment and Language Lab (BELL)
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Biography —
Teresa Girolamo is a 2021 CLDP graduate and an assistant professor in the School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at San Diego State University. As director of the Brain, Environment and Language Lab (BELL), her research focuses on how individual differences in language, together with social determinants of health, influence life outcomes in autistic individuals. She uses behavioral methods and functional near-infrared spectroscopy, as well as community-based participatory approaches, in her work. Recent publication journals include Autism, the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, and the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
"Child Language allowed me the opportunity to build out research skills, especially with regard to community-based research, as well as my own investigations. This training allowed me to build out independent programmatic research very quickly post-PhD and helped me obtain numerous competitive opportunities: an NIDCD T32 postdoctoral position in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Communication at UConn, an ASHFoundation New Investigators Research Grant, and a tenure-track position at San Diego State University, which has its own NIDCD-funded T32. As someone who entered CLDP with no research experience whatsoever, these outcomes would not have been possible without the support of the program and of many wonderful faculty affiliated with CLDP and across campus."
Education —
Selected Publications —
Girolamo, T., Ghali, S., & Eigsti, I. M. (2023). A community-based approach to language research with autistic individuals. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-22-00341 (pre-print)
Girolamo, T., Shen, L., Gulrick, A., Rice, M. L., & Eigsti, I. M. (in press). Studies pertaining to language impairment in autism underreport participant sociodemographics: A systematic review. Autism. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/dmx34 (pre-print)
Girolamo, T., Butler, L., Ghali, S., & Johnson, K. T. (2023). Where is community involvement in open science? A response to Marsden & Morgan-Short. Language Learning, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12574 (pre-print)
Girolamo, T., Castro, N., Hendricks, A., Ghali, S., & Eigsti, I. M. (2022). Implementation of open science practices in communication sciences and disorders research with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00272 (pre-print)
Eigsti, I. M., Girolamo, T., & Fein, D. (2022).. Protecting access to early intervention is critical for autistic individuals: A response to Dawson, Franz, and Brandsen (2022). JAMA Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4141
Girolamo, T., & Rice, M. L. (2022). Language impairment in autistic young adults. Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research. https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-21-00517 (PDF)
Girolamo, T., Parker, T., & Eigsti, I.M. (2022). Incorporating DisCrit theory to combat systematic exclusion of BIPOC in clinical neuroscience. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.988092
Girolamo, T., Ghali, S., Campos, I., & Ford, A. (2022). Interpretation and use of language assessments for diverse school-age individuals. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_PERSP-21-00322 (PDF)
Girolamo, T., Castro, N., Fannin, D., Ghali, S., & Mandulak, K. (2022). Inequity in peer review in communication science and disorders. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(4), 1898-1912. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-21-00252 (PDF)
Girolamo, T., Rice, M. L., Selin, C. M., & Wang, C. J. (2022). Teacher educational decision-making for children with specific language impairment. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(3), 1221-1243. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJSLP-20-00366
Selin, C. M., Rice, M. L., Girolamo, T., & Wang, C. J. (2022). Work setting effects on speech-language pathology practice: Implications for identification of children with specific language impairment. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(2), 854-880. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00024
Selected Presentations —
Girolamo, T., Larson, C., Greene-Pendelton, K., & Campos, I. (2022). Social determinants of health: Influence on young adulthood outcomes of autistic BIPOC. Oral session at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, United States, November 17-19
Girolamo, T., & Greene-Pendelton, K. (2022). Participatory approaches to language research with BIPOC autistic young adults: A social-ecological approach. Invited oral session at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, United States, November 17-19
DeThorne, L., Greene-Pendelton, K., Nicolaidis, C., & Girolamo, T. (2022). Making healthcare more accessible for the autistic community. Invited oral panel at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, United States, November 17-19