BiLL Lab Staff

Maria Adelaida Restrepo, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Lab Director and Associate Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science and Applied Linguistics Program.

M. Restrepo

Interests:

Contact Information:
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 870102
Tempe, AZ 85287-0102
Voice (480) 727-8795, Fax (480) 965-8516

Email:
laida.restrepo@asu.edu

Curriculum Vitae


Link to Courses:

Bilingual Speech and Language Assessment and Intervention - SHS 591 – Spring 2008

Seminar: Spanish Language Development as a First Language - SHS 591 - Fall 2008

Raquel Matute

Lab and Program Manager

While working as a marketing and corporate relations manager for ten years, I developed a sound interest in communication disorders. I then graduated as a speech-language pathologist in Venezuela and worked with bilingual children with autism in the US. This work experience gave me a jump start to expand my knowledge and formal education within the field. I am currently in the Masters SLP program, while I work full time at ASU. My interests are to improve the quality of the research grant management process, assessing language proficiency, and language intervention with Spanish-English bilingual children with autism spectrum disorders.

Phone:
480-727-8796

Fax:
 480-965-8516

Email:
Raquel.matute@asu.edu

 

Doctoral Students

Gareth Morgan



Interests:

Bilingual child language development and disorders

  • Issues in assessment and treatment of bilingual children with language disorders
  • Language Proficiency
Test and Scale Development
  • Language assessment and screening measures
  • Use of Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory as they pertain to measurement in education
  • The inclusion of cognitive models in test and scale development
Website:
www.public.asu.edu/~gpmorgan

Ekaterina Smyk



Interests:

My current research interests focus on investigating syntactic development of Russian-English bilingual children, developing language proficiency measures for English language learners and exploring specific language impairment in bilingual populations.

Website:
www.esmyk.com

Maria Kapantzoglou

Maria Kapantzoglou

I am a trilingual speech-language pathologist from Greece. I completed my undergraduate work in Spain, and a Master’s degree program in Massachusetts. During the last couple of years, I had the opportunity to work in a large rehabilitation hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, and treated patients with a wide array of disorders in a multicultural setting. Studying and working abroad for almost a decade has fueled my interest in bilingualism. I am going to pursue my Ph.D. degree focusing on Spanish-English speaking children.

Email:
mkapantz@asu.edu