Erin Carpenter
Education
Ph.D. Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University (In progress)
M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, Boston University (2020)
B.S. Communication Sciences and Disorders (Minor: Rehabilitation and Human Services), Pennsylvania State University (2018)
B.S. Spanish (Minor: Linguistics), Pennsylvania State University (2018)
Research Interests
Bilingual and monolingual aphasia rehabilitation
Neural plasticity and language recovery
Bilingual Language Control (BLC)
Cognitive control
Neuroimaging (fNIRS, EEG, fMRI)
Research Funding & Training
2021-Current: NSF DGE 1633516 NRT Understanding the Brain: Neurophotonics
2020-2021: NIH/NIDCD T32DC013017 Advanced Research Training In Communication Sciences and Disorders
Current Projects
Predicting Rehabilitation Outcomes in Bilingual Aphasia Using Computational Modeling (PROCoM)
Verbal fluency as a measure of lexical access and cognitive control in bilinguals with aphasia
The Neuroscience of Everyday World
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Carpenter, E., Penaloza, C., Rao, L., & Kiran, S. (2021). Clustering and switching in verbal fluency across varying degrees of cognitive control demands: Evidence from healthy bilinguals and bilinguals with aphasia. Neurobiology of Language. doi: 10.1162/nol_a_00053
- Peñaloza, C., Scimeca, M., Gaona, A., Carpenter, E., Mukadam N., Gray, T., Shamapant, S. and Kiran, S. (2021). Telerehabilitation for Word Retrieval Deficits in Bilinguals With Aphasia: Effectiveness and Reliability as Compared to In-person Language Therapy. Frontiers In Neurology. 12:589330. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.589330
- Peñaloza, C., Dekhtyar, M., Scimeca, M., Carpenter, E., Mukadam, N., Kiran, S. (2020). Predicting treatment outcomes for bilinguals with aphasia using computational modeling: Study protocol for the PROCoM randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 10(11). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040495
- Carpenter, E., Rao, L., Peñaloza, C., & Kiran, S. (2020). Verbal fluency as a measure of lexical access and cognitive control in bilingual persons with aphasia. Aphasiology, 34(11), 1341-1362. doi:1080/02687038.2020.1759774
- Sandberg, C. W., Carpenter, E., Kerschen, K., Paolieri, D., & Jackson, C. N. (2019). The benefits of abstract word training on productive vocabulary knowledge among second language learners. Applied Psycholinguistics, 40(6), 1331-1332. doi: 10.1017/S0142716419000262
Presentations
- Carpenter, E., Peñaloza, C., Rao, L., & Kiran, S. (2021, October). Clustering and switching in verbal fluency across different language contexts: Evidence from bilingual aphasia.Accepted for pre-recorded oral presentation at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language. (Held virtually).
- Braun, E. J., Gao, Y., Carpenter, E., Marte, M. J., Scimeca, M., Abdollahi, F., Yücel, M. A., Boas, D. B., & Kiran, S. (2021, October). Use of fNIRS to investigate cortical activation for conversational responses and narrative discourse. Poster presentation at the Society for functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy fNIRS 2021 Conference. (Held virtually).
- Scimeca, M., Peñaloza, C., Gaona, A., Carpenter, E., Mukadam, N., Gray, T., Shamapant, S. & Kiran, S. (2020, November). A telerehabilitation protocol for word retrieval impairment in bilingual aphasia: Implementation and insights. Accepted for oral presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. San Diego, CA, USA (Convention canceled).
- Peñaloza, C., Scimeca, M., Gaona, A., Carpenter, E., Mukadam, N., Gray, T., Shamapant, S. & Kiran, S. (2020, October). Feasibility and reliability of teletherapy for word-retrieval deficits in bilingual aphasia. Accepted for poster presentation at World Congress for Neurorehabilitation. Paris, France. (Held virtually).
- Carpenter, E., Sandberg, C., Kerschen, K., & Jackson, C. (2017, October)The Benefits of Abstract Word Training on Productive Vocabulary Knowledge Among Second Language Learners. 2017 Second Language Research Forum. Ohio State University, OH, USA. (Oral presentation).