Melissa Randazzo | Faculty Profiles

Diplomas/Degrees

PhD, Communication Sciences & Disorders, Columbia University, New York, NY (2016)

MS, Columbia University, Teachers College, New York, NY (2008)

BA, Spanish, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (2002)

Licenses and Certifications

American Speech Language Hearing Association, CCC-SLP

New York State licensed speech-language pathologist

Recognized for Advanced Training and Expertise in Childhood Apraxia of Speech by Apraxia Kids

Recent Courses

Eeg Research In Speech Language Pathology

Phonetics

Research Methods In Communication Sciences And Disorders

Speech Disorders In Children

Courses Previously Taught

SPH 610 Speech Disorders in Children

SPH 670 Research Methods in Communication Sciences & Disorders

SPH 685 EEG Research Methods in Communication Sciences & Disorders

SPH 674 Diagnostics

SPH 638 Language Disorders in Children II

Specialization/Interests

pediatric speech sound disorders, language development, acquired language disorders, event related potentials for CSD

Research Interests

Neurocognition of Communication Disorders (NCCD) Lab

The NCCD Lab conducts experiments examining the neural underpinnings of multisensory integration in relation to linguistic and cognitive processing in healthy aging and aging-related disorders. We utilize a combination of behavioral and electrophysiological techniques to conduct clinically relevant investigations to inform diagnosis and treatment of communication disorders. Additionally, the NCCD Lab supports student research at the undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels by providing support in the development of clinically relevant research questions and hands-on training with neuroimaging equipment.

International Experience

For several years I worked for SLP Cambodia, an initiative of Teachers College, Columbia University. During my time in Cambodia I served as clinic director and instructor in their study abroad program for clinical master of science students. Additionally, I continued to practice as a visiting clinician with Safe Haven Medical Outreach. Central to our efforts was teaching and training Cambodia professions about speech-language pathology in order to build sustainable, organic practices. Currently I am working with Imprint Hope Uganda, a rehabilitation and family training center, to build best practices and develop inclusion programs in government schools.

Articles

Randazzo, M., Priefer, R., & Khamis-Dakwar, R. (2021). Project-based learning and traditional online teaching of research methods during Covid-19: An investigation of research self-efficacy and student satisfaction. Frontiers in Education. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2021.662850

Randazzo, M., Priefer, R., and Pasupathy, R. (2021). Research self-efficacy and productivity in Communication Sciences and Disorders faculty. Journal of Communication Disorders, 92, 106107.

Randazzo, M., Priefer, R., Smith, P.J., Nagler, A., Avery, T., & Froud, K. (2020). Neural correlates of modality-sensitive deviance detection in the audiovisual oddball paradigm. Brain Sciences 10(6), 328.

Green, H., Shuffrey, L., Levinson, L., Shen, G., Avery, T., Randazzo, M., Moya, D., Garcia, P., Maddox, C., Garcia, F., Hassan S., Froud, K. (2020). Evaluation of mismatch negativity as a biomarker of language impairment in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Communication Disorders.

Randazzo, M. (2019) A survey of clinicians with specialization in Childhood Apraxia of Speech. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology 28(4), 1659-1672.

Randazzo, M., Greenspon, E. B., Booth, J. R., & McNorgan, C. (2019). Children with reading difficulty rely on unimodal neural processing for phonemic awareness. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, 390.

Randazzo, M., Khamis-Dakwar, R. (2018). Development of a neuroimaging course to increase research engagement in clinical Master’s students. Perspectives of the Special Interest Groups of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, 3 (10)pp.83-101 .

Randazzo, M., Garcia, F. (2018). An International Service Delivery Model for Sustainable Practices:Insights from Cambodia. Perspectives of the Special Interest Groups of the American Speech Language Hearing Association Special Interest Groups, 3(17), 4-13.

Randazzo, M. (2018). Divergent perspectives on pediatric communication disorders in extremely preterm birth: a case study and considerations for evidence based practice. Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders, 3(1), 67:75.

Younger, J.W., Randazzo Wagner, M., Booth, J.R. (2016), Weighing the cost and benefit of transcranial direct current stimulation on reading subskills. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

McNorgan, C., Randazzo, M., Booth, J.R. (2013), Cross-modal integration in the brain is related to phonological awareness only in typical readers, not in those with reading difficulty. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

Conference Presentations

Randazzo, M., Priefer, R., Koenig, L.L. (2020). Assessing how face masks affect speech intelligibility. Poster presented at the Acoustical Society of America Virtual Conference.

Nagler, A., Salerno, E., Todorova, T., Randazzo, M. (2019). Neural correlates of graphophemic respresentation in aphasia: A pilot study. Poster presented at Society for Psychophysiological Research, Washington D.C.

DeMetropolis, S., Randazzo, M., Koenig, L., Goldfarb, R., & Khamis-Dakwar, R. (2018). Word associations in early-stage Alzheimer’s Disease: Behavior and EEG Evidence. Poster presented at American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention. Boston, MA.

Nagler, A., Ortiz, M., Randazzo, M. (2018). Development of an EEG paradigm to examine the relationship between rhyme judgment and inner speech. Poster presented at American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention. Boston, MA.

Ressa, K., Randazzo, M. (2018). Neural correlates of lexical and numerical Stroop: a paradigm of conflict processing in adults who stutter. Poster presented at American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention. Boston, MA.

Randazzo, M., Senzer, D. (2018). Neural Correlates of Audiovisual Integration in Presbycusis. Poster presentation at Society for Psychophysiological Research. Quebec, Canada.

DeMetropolis, S., Randazzo, M., Goldfarb, R. Koenig, L., Khamis-Dakwar, R. (2018). Word Associations in early-stage Alzheimer’s Disease: EEG Evidence.

Nagler, A., Randazzo, M. (2018). Neural correlates of rhyme judgment as an index of inner speech. Poster presentation at Society for Psychophysiological Research. Quebec, Canada.

Ressa, K., Randazzo, M. (2018). Laterality and conflict processing in the Stroop paradigm: A comparison of responses for numerical and lexical tasks. Poster presentation at Society for Psychophysiological Research. Quebec, Canada.

Randazzo, M., Avery, T. (2018). The aging audiovisual MMN: differences in modality sensitive deviance detection. Poster presentation at the 8^th Annual Mismatch Negativity Conference. Helsinki, Finland.

Randazzo, M. & Khamis-Dakwar, K. (Nov 2017). Development of a neuroimaging course to increase research accessibility for clinical master’s students. Seminar at ASHA Convention, Los Angeles, CA.

Polloni, A., Karouzakis, K., Randazzo, M. (Nov 2017). The relationship between audiovisual integration and phonemic awareness in Dyslexia: An EEG research proposal. Poster presentation at ASHA Convention, Los Angeles, CA.

Randazzo, M. & Froud, K. (2017). EEG Evidence for Differences in Audiovisual Speech Processing in Apraxia of Speech. Poster presentation at Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.

Randazzo, M. & Froud, K. (2016). Audiovisual integration in acquired apraxia of speech: EEG evidence for processing differences. Technical Research Talk at ASHA Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Randazzo, M. & Froud, K. (2016). Audiovisual integration in acquired apraxia of speech: EEG evidence for processing differences. Poster presentation at Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York, NY.

Greenspon, E.B., Randazzo, M., McNorgan, C., Booth, J.R. (2016). Phonemic awareness is unrelated to audiovisual processing in children with reading difficulty: fMRI evidence of an audiovisual integration deficit. Poster presentation at Canadian Society for Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Science, Ontario, Canada.

Randazzo, M. & Froud, K. (2015). Interprofessional collaboration in international settings. A service delivery model for sustainable practices. Technical clinical talk at ASHA Convention, Denver, CO.

Wise, J., Randazzo, M., Booth, J. (2015). Site and domain specificity of the effects of tDCS on symbol processing. Poster presentation at Organization of Human Brain Mapping. Honolulu, HI.

Randazzo Wagner, M., Martinez, N., Garcia, F., Green, H., Froud, K. (2014). Accessible, Sustainable, Culturally Relevant: A service delivery model for rural Cambodia. Poster presentation at ASHA Convention, Orlando, FL.

Randazzo Wagner,M. McNorgan, C. Booth, J. (2014). Absence of audiovisual lexical integration in children with reading difficulty. fMRI Evidence. Poster presentation at ASHA Convention, Orlando, FL.

Khamis-Dakwar, R., Froud, K., Randazzo, M., and Garcia, F. (2012). MMN responses in acquired apraxia of speech: evidence for phonological involvement. Poster presentation at Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Chicago, IL.

Khamis-Dakwar, R., Froud, K. and Randazzo, M. (2011). MMN responses in acquired and developmental apraxia of speech: evidence for phonological involvement. Poster presentation at Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, California.

Khamis-Dakwar, R., Randazzo, M., and Froud, K. (2010) Evidence of Phonological Impairmentin Childhood Apraxia of Speech: An EEG Study. Poster presentation at Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Montreal, Canada.

Khamis-Dakwar, R., Randazzo, M., and Froud, K. (2008). Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Neurophysiological Evidence for Phonological Involvement. Short talk given at American Speech and Hearing Association Conference, Chicago, IL.

Invited Presentations

Randazzo, M. (May 2019). Audiovisual deviance detection in aging-related disorders. Invited Talk for the Gallaudet University PEN Educational Neuroscience Lecture Series. Washington D.C.

Randazzo, M. (May 2019). Modality-sensitive deviance detection in communication disorders. Invited talk for the Teachers College, Columbia University Neuroscience Lecture Series. New York, NY.

Randazzo, M. (April 2018). Apraxia: Acquired and Developmental Disorders of Speech Motor Planning. Invited talk for Pace University Communication Sciences and Disorders Lecture Series. New York, NY.

Randazzo, M. (Jan 2018). Neural correlates of audiovisual integration in communication disorders. Invited talk for the Teachers College, Columbia University Neuroscience Lecture Series. New York, NY.

Randazzo, M. (Dec 2017). Early motor and linguistic behavior in a child born prematurely: Implications for the conceptualization and diagnosis of pediatric speech sound disorders. Invited talk at the International Speech Language Pathology Conference on Clinical Practice, Busan, South Korea.

Randazzo, M. (Nov 2017). The McGurk MMN in Communication Disorders. Invited talk at Haskins Laboratories, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Other Work

Randazzo, M., Koenig, L.L., and Priefer, R. (2021). The effect of facemasks on the intelligibility of unpredictable sentences. Proceedings on Meetings in Acoustics.

Randazzo, M. (2019). Audiovisual Integration. In SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA.

Randazzo, M., Khamis-Dakwar, R., Froud, K. (2019). Childhood Apraxia of Speech. In SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA.

Grants

College of Education and Health Sciences, Dean's Innovation Fund, Co-PI Michele Aquino, 2020

Adelphi Interprofessional Faculty Development Grant, Co-PI Damian Stanley, 2019

Adelphi Faculty Development Grant, 2018

Adelphi Teaching Fellows Grant, 2017

Dissertations Chaired

Susan DeMetropolis, Semantic memory in early Alzheimer Disease: Behavioral and EEG evidence. Committee members: Reem Khamis-Dakwar (co-chair), Laura Koenig, Robert Goldfarb. Defense date: May 2019.

Kenneth Anderson, Neural correlates of gender gifferences in theory of mind for adolescents on the Autism Spectrum. Committee members: Damian Stanley, Reem Khamis-Dakwar. Defense date: TBD.

Theses Advised

Doctoral

Current

Susan DeMetropolis, Neural Correlates of Semantic Processing in Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease.

Chairs: Reem Khamis-Dakwar, Robert Goldfarb

Committee Members: Melissa Randazzo, Laura Koenig

Masters

2018-2019

2017-2018

2016-2017

Projects Mentored

Undergraduate 2018-2019

Mohini Doobay (Biology) & Daniela Agudelo (CSD). Development of an EEG Paradigm to Distinguish Central Auditory Processing Disorder and Language Impairment.

Undergraduate 2017-2018

Lauren Baron. Neural Correlates of Central Auditory Processing Disorder and Language Impairment. Presented at Adelphi University Research Day 2018

Lauren Sustad. Neural Correlates of Changes to Audiovisual Integration Following Aural Rehabilitation. Presented at Adelphi University Research Day 2018

Michelle Scannell. Explorations of the Neural Correlates of Audiovisual Integration in Aphasia: An EEG Research Proposal. Presented at Adelphi University Research Day 2018

Undergraduate 2016-2017

Geena Bruno. EEG Investigation of Audiovisual Integration in Parkinson’s Disease. Awarded at Adelphi University Research Day, 2017

Graduate 2018-2019

Kathryn Ressa. Neural correlates of numerical and lexical stroop tasks as an index of conflict processing in stuttering

Amanda Nagler & Melissa Ortiz. Development of an EEG paradigm to examine inner speech in aphasia

Graduate 2017-2018

Kayla Carasquillo, Alexandra Chill, & Trisha Sooknanan. Neural Correlates of Speech and Non-Speech Sound Processing in Central Auditory Processing Disorder and Language Impairment. Awarded at Adelphi University Research Day, 2018

Caitlin Walshe, Brooke Smith, Kieley King.Neural Correlates of Dichotic Listening and Interhemispheric Sound Processing in Central Auditory Processing Disorder. Presented at Adelphi University Research Day, 2018

Lynda Rahman, Stefanie Burgio, & Ayanna Mays. Neural correlates of attention and auditory processing in CAPD and ADHD. Presented at Adelphi University Research Day, 2018

Kristina Karouzakis & Angela Polloni. Using EEG to Investigate the Relationship Between Audiovisual Integration and Phonemic Awareness. Presented at Adelphi University Research Day, 2018

Graduate 2016-2017

Oren Abramowitz. Theory of Mind in TBI: A research Proposal for EEG Investigation. Awarded at Adelphi University Research Day, 2017.

Jessica Kiesel, Shayna Hardy, Courtney Lewis. EEG Investigations of Auditory Processing in Aphasia. Awarded at Adelphi University Research Day, 2017.

Danielle Kossack & Amanda Lemke. Neurophysiological Indices of Phonological Representation in Adults Who Stutter. Presented at Adelphi University Research Day, 2017.

Kristina Karouzakis & Angela Polloni. The Relationship Between Audiovisual Integration and Phonemic Awareness in Dyslexia. Presented at Adelphi University Research Day, 2017.

Karena Haskour, Julie Kovalenko, Suleika Pryce. Interrelationship of social motivation and face perception in school age children with ASD. Presented at Adelphi University Research Day, 2017.

Honors and Accomplishments

Nominee, Adelphi University Teaching Excellence Award 2020

Nominee, Adelphi University Teaching Excellence Award 2019

Community Outreach

Board of Trustees, WHIN Music Community Charter School

Professional Activities

New York Communication Disorders Colloquium Series (NYCDCS), Organizer

Recognized for Advanced Clinical Training and Expertise in Childhood Apraxia of Speech by CASANA

Founding Board Member, WHIN Music Charter School