Jayanthi Sasisekaran

sasis001@umn.edu

612-626-6001

Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

220B Shevlin Hall

164 Pillsbury Dr SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Collegiate Affiliation

Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

Post-doc: Speech Language Pathology, Purdue University, 2006 - 2007
Ph.D. : Speech Language Pathology, University of Toronto, 2006
M.Sc.: Speech pathology & Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, 1997

Specialties

Speech Language Pathology

Publications

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Publications

Sasisekaran, J., & Basu, S. (2023). Language sample analysis of conversation samples from school-age children who stutter: The role of syntactic factors in stuttering. Journal of Communication Disorders, 6, 106, 106369
Sasisekaran, J., Lei, X. (2023). Task effects on language productivity, syntactic complexity, and stuttering in school-age children who stutter. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 13, 1-21.
Lei X., Sasisekaran, J., & Nguyen Feng, V. (2022). Variability of stuttering severity and emotion in daily life: An ecological momentary assessment (EMA). Extended abstract published in the Proceedings of the Joint World Congress on Stuttering and Cluttering. Montreal, Canada.
Sasisekaran, J., & Basu, S. (2021). Rhyming abilities in a dual-task in school-age children who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 69, 105864.
Sasisekaran J., Chow, R., Burton, P., & Alain, C. (2021). Investigating the neural correlates of phonological encoding using a cluster-based analysis approach. Neuroreport, 01 Mar 2021, 32(5):373-377.
Sasisekaran J., & Lei, X. (2021). Developmental differences in the availability of cognitive resources supporting rhyming and dual tasking. Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Research, 14, 64(4):1316-1330.
Sasisekaran, J., Basu, S., & Weathers, E. (2019) Movement kinematics and speech accuracy in a nonword repetition task in school-age children who stutter. Journal of Communication Disorders, 81, 105916.
Sasisekaran, J., & Weathers, E. (2019) Disfluencies and phonological revisions in a nonword repetition task in school-age children who stutter. Journal of Communication Disorders, 81, 105917.
Basu, S., Shlauch, R. S., Sasisekaran J. (2018). Backward masking of tones and speech in persons who do and do not stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 57, 11-21.
Sasisekaran, J. & Basu, S. (2017). The influence of executive functions on phonemic processes in children who do and do not stutter. Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Research, 60, 2792-2807.
Sasisekaran, J. & Donohue, C. (2016). Effects of concurrent task demands on language planning in fluent children and adults. Applied Psycholinguistics, 37, 1311–1366.
Sasisekaran, J. & Weisberg, S. (2014). Practice and retention of nonwords in adults who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 41, 55-71. 2013
Sasisekaran J. (2013). Exploring the link between stuttering and phonology: A review and implications for treatment. Seminars in Speech and Hearing, 35(2), 95-113.
Sasisekaran, J., & Byrd, C. T. (2013). Nonword repetition and phoneme elision skills in school-age children who do and do not stutter. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 48(6):625-39.
Sasisekaran, J. (2013). Nonword repetition and nonword reading skills in adults who do and do not stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 38(3), 275-289.
Sasisekaran, J., & Byrd, C. T. (2013). A preliminary investigation of segmentation and rhyme abilities of children who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 38, 222-234.
Sasisekaran, J., Brady, A., & Stein, J. (2013). A preliminary investigation of phonological encoding skills in children who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 38(1), 45-58.
Sasisekaran, J. (2012). Effects of delayed auditory feedback on speech kinematics in fluent speakers. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 115(3), 845-64.
Sasisekaran, J. & Weisberg, S. (2012). Effects of cognitive – linguistic variables and language experience on behavioral and kinematic measures of nonword learning in young adults. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 42(2), 175-190.
Sasisekaran, J. & Munson, B. (2012). Effects of repeated production on vowel distinctiveness within nonwords. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 131(4), EL336-EL341.
Smith, A., Goffman, L., Sasisekaran, J., & Weber-Fox, C. (2012). Language and Motor Abilities of Preschool Children Who Stutter: Evidence from Behavioral and Kinematic Indices of Nonword Repetition Performance. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 37(4), 344-58.
Sasisekaran, J., & Weber-Fox, C. (2012). Cross-sectional study of phoneme and rhyme monitoring abilities in children between 7 and 13 years. Applied Psycholinguistics, 33, 253-279.
Sasisekaran, J., Smith, A., Sadagopan, N., & Weber-Fox, C. (2010). Nonword Repetition in Children and Adults: Effects on movement coordination. Developmental Science, 13(3), 521-532.
Loucks, T.M.J., De Nil, L.F., & Sasisekaran, J. (2007). Jaw-phonatory coordination in chronic developmental stuttering. Journal of Communication Disorders, 40(30),257-272.
Sasisekaran, J., & De Nil, L. F. (2006). Phoneme monitoring in production and perception in adults who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 31(4), 284-302.
Sasisekaran, J., & De Nil, L. F., Smyth, H., R. & Johnson, J., C. (2006). An investigation of phonological encoding in the silent speech of persons who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 31(1), 1-21.
De Nil, L. F., Sasisekaran, J., Van Lieshout, P. H. H. M., & Sandor, P. (2005). Speech disfluencies in individuals with Tourette syndrome. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 58(1):97-102.
De Nil, L. F., Sasisekaran, J., & Smits-Bandstra, S. (2004). Recent insights into the nature of stuttering: A review and some speculations. Logopedie, 17, 26-38.

Activities

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Activities

Professional

Brain Sciences, Guest Editor, 2022-23: Brain Sciences, Guest Editor, 2022-23 (Special Issue: Speech and Language Processing in Typical Speakers and Individuals with Developmental Disorders).
Associate Editor, Journal of Fluency Disorders (2019-2022)
Associate Editor, Journal of Communication Disorders (2015-2018)
NIH LCOM, Conflict panel Reviewer Spring 2020 -
NIH, MFSR: Ad-hoc Reviewer. 2019, 2020, 2021 -
NIH Director's Emerging Scientist Award: Reviewer (one application). 2019 -
Associate Editor, Journal of Fluency Disorders (2019-May 2021)

Outreach

Equity and Diversity Basic Training certificate (University of Minnesota) 2020 -

Research

Sensory motor integration in fluent and disfluent speakers
Phonological encoding abilities and fluency
Disfluencies and Task Variations
Language planning and Speech production
Dual task performance in persons who stutter

Awards

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Awards

University of Minnesota: Grant-in-Aid Fellowship, Temporal dynamics of language planning and speech production in adults who do and do not stutter, 2022-23
University of Minnesota: Grant-in-Aid Fellowship, Effects of delayed feedback on speech accuracy and speech kinematics in fluent and disfluent speakers., 2013 - 2015
University of MinnesotaL Grant In Aid Fellowship, 2018-20
University of Minnesota, Brain Imaging Grant, 2018-2020.
Consultant; Application for Smartphone assisted stuttering treatment. Dept. of Education (2015)
University of Minnesota Grant-in-Aid, Nonword reading in adults who stutter, Summer 2009 - Summer 2010
NIH R03; Title: Emerging interactions of language and speech motor systems in children and adults who stutter., 2010 - 2015

Courses

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Courses

SLHS 5503 Dysphagia and Motor Speech Disorders (co-taught the Motor Speech Disorders section).
SLHS 1914 Neurodiversity and Communication Disorders (Freshman Seminar)
SLHS 3402 Capstone Project in SLHS
SLHS 1401/3401 Communication Differences & Disorders
SLHS 8410 Research Seminar
SLHS 3305W Speech Science
SLHS 5501 Fluency and Phonological Disorders (co-taught the Fluency section)
SLHS 1302 Rate your World
SLHS 1402 The Talking Brain