Diane Walsh

M.S. - Communication Disorders
University of Texas at Dallas - 2004

B.A. - Speech and Hearing Sciences
University of New Mexico - 2002

Ulatowska, H., Reyes, B., Olea-Santos, T., Garst, D., Vernon, J. & McArthur, J. (in-press) Personal narratives in aphasia: Understanding narrative competence. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. forthcoming - Publication

Ulatowska, H., Reyes, B., Olea-Santos, T., Garst, D., Vernon, J., Mak, K, & Graham, K. (accepted). Production and comprehension in aphasia: Gains and pitfalls in using macrostructure tasks in Aesop's fables. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology. forthcoming - Publication

McNeil, M.R., Katz, W.F., Fossett, T.R.D., Doyle, P., Szuminsky, N., Garst, D., & Carter, G. (In preparation) Effects of a visual kinematic and auditory feedback treatment for apraxia of speech. ? - Publication

Joglar, J., Nguyen, C., Garst, D., & Katz, W. (accepted) Safety of electromagnetic articulography (EMA) in patients with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. ? - Publication

McNeil, M., Katz, W., Fossett, T., Garst, D., Szuminsky, N., Carter, G., & Lim, K. (2010). Effects of on-line augmented kinematic and perceptual feedback on treatment of speech movement in apraxia of speech. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 62, 127-33. 2010 - Publication

Katz, W., McNeil, M. & Garst, D (2010). Treating apraxia of speech (AOS) with EMA-supplied visual augmented feedback. Aphasiology, 24, 826-837. 2010 - Publication

Katz, W., Garst, D., & Levitt, J. (2008). The role of prosody in a case of foreign accent syndrome. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 22(7): 537-566. 2008 - Publication

Garst, D., & Katz, W. (2006, Aug. 15). Foreign accent syndrome. The ASHA Leader, 11 (10), 10-11, 31. 2006 - Publication

The role of prosody in the foreign accent syndrome: A single-subject study

2007–2007 Garst, D., Levitt, J., Katz, W., Acoustical Society of America Conference: Salt Lake City, UT.

Effects of on-line kinematic feedback treatment for apraxia of speech

2007–2007 McNeil, M.R., Fossett, T.R.D., Katz, W.F., Garst, D., Carter, G., Szuminsky, N., Doyle, P., 45th Annual Academy of Aphasia: Washington DC.

Productions of stops and glides by individuals with Parkinson's Disease (PD)

2007–2007 Gabbert-Downs, G., Garst, D., Dewey, R., Katz, W., 45th Annual Academy of Aphasia: Washington D.C.

Treatment of an individual with aphasia and apraxia of speech using EMA visually-augmented feedback

2007–2007 Katz, W., Garst, D., Carter, S., McNeil, M.R., Fossett, T.R.D., Doyle, P.J., & Szuminsky, N., 45th Annual Academy of Aphasia: Washington DC.

Effects of accent-reduction techniques for the treatment of an individual with Foreign Accent Syndrome

2007–2007 Katz, W., Garst, D., Kaplan, K., Frisch, E., Acoustical Society of America Conference: Salt Lake City, UT.

LICENSURE

• American Speech Language Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competency #12067422, Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders: Special Interest Division 2
• Texas State Speech Language Pathology License #101960

EXPERIENCE

• Professor of Practice III Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing. School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas. (2020-present)
• Senior Lecturer III Communication Disorders, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas. (2015-2020) 
• Senior Lecturer II Communication Disorders, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas. (2013-2015)
• Clinical Lecturer Communication Disorders, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas. (2009-2013)
• Research Coordinator, Veteran Administration Merit Award, Dallas VA Research Corporation. “Biofeedback treatment of apraxia of speech following stroke.” (2005-2008)
• Speech Language Pathology Clinical Fellow, Digame Speech and Language Consultants, Alamogordo, New Mexico, 2004-2005.
• Research Assistant, Center for BrainHealth, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2003-2004.

HONORS

• ASHA Continuing Education Ace Award, 2017, 2014, 2011, 2008
• ASHFoundation 2003 Graduate Student Scholarship
• Regents' Scholar University of New Mexico (1998-2002)
• Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Golden Key Honor Societies