Dr. Mary Kennedy
Professor, Interim Chair for Communication Sciences & Disorders Department
Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences; Communication Sciences and Disorders
Expertise: Brain Injury; Cognitive Rehabilitation; Memory and Language; Metacognition;
Office Location:
Rinker Health Science Campus 290B
- Education:
- California State University, Fullerton, Bachelor of Arts
California State University, Fullerton, Master of Arts
University of Washington, Ph.D.
Biography
Specialties
- Adult language & cognitive disorders
- Traumatic brain injury and concussion
- Cognitive rehabilitation and brain injury
- Executive functions and metacognition after brain injury: We investigate the intersection of these higher cortical process with memory & language
- Evidence-based Practice: We conduct systematic reviews and critique the research on cognitive rehabilitation for individuals with brain injury, and create recommendations
Professional Activities
- President-Elect: Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS) , 2006 - 2008
- Associate Editor: Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research , 2006- - present
- Chair: Practice Guidelines Writing Committee on Cognitive-Communication After Traumatic Brain Injury (ANCDS) , 2001 - present
- Director of Graduate Studies: Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, UMN , 2005 - present
- Associate member: The Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Minnesota , 1999
- Member: Brain Injury Association of Minnesota , 1998 - present
- Member: American Speech, Language, & Hearing Association , 1980 - present
- ASHA Convention - 2014
- Co-Chair TBI Group
- IOM Committee - 2011 - Present
- DOD/VA Writing Committee for mTBI Cognitive Rehabilitation Guide - soon to be released
Awards
- Service Learning Faculty Fellowship Award, 2004 - 2005
Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications
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Bayley, M., Janzen, S. Harnett, A, Bragge, P., Togher, L, Kua, A., Patsakos, E. Turkstra, L., Teasell, R., Kennedy, M., Marshall, S. & Ponsford, J. (ahead of print/open access Fall 2022; published 2023). INCOG 2.0 Guidelines for Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury: What's Changed From 2014 to Now? Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 38(1), 1-6.
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Jeffay, E., Ponsford, J., Harnett, A., Janzen, S., Patsakos, E., Douglas, J., Kennedy, M., Kua, A., Teasell, R., Welch-West, P., Bayley, M., & Green, R. (ahead of print/open access Fall 2022; print Jan 2023). INCOG 2.0 Guidelines for Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Part III: Executive Functions. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 38(1), p 52-64, DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000834
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Togher, L., Douglas, J., Turkstra, L., Welch-West, P., Janzen, S., Harnett, A., Kennedy, M., Kua, A., Patsakos, E., Ponsford, J., Teasell, R., Bayley, M., & Wiseman-Hakes, C. (ahead of print/open access Fall 2022; print Jan 2023). INCOG 2.0 Guidelines for Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Part IV: Cognitive-Communication and Social Cognition Disorders. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 38(1), 65-82,DOI:10.1097/HTR.0000000000000835.
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Velikonja, D., Ponsford, J., Janzen, S., Harnett, A., Patsakos, E., Kennedy, M., Togher, L., Teasell, R., McIntyre, A., Welch-West, P., Kua, A., & Bayley, M. (ahead of print/open access Fall 2022; print Jan 2023). INCOG 2.0 Guidelines for Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Part V: Memory. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 38(1), 83-102, DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000837.
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Bragge, P., Bayley, M., Velikonja, D., Togher, L., Ponsford, J., Janzen, S., Harnett,A., Kua, A., Patsakos, E., McIntyre, A., Teasell, R., Kennedy, M., Marshall, S. (ahead of print/open access Fall 2022; print Jan 2023). The Future of INCOG (Is Now). Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 38(1), p 103-107, https://DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000836.
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Constantinidou, F. & Kennedy, M.R.T (2021). Traumatic Brain Injury. In I. Papathanasiou, P. Coppens, & C. Potagas (Eds.), Aphasia and Related Disorders, 3rd Edition. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
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Ramanathan, P., Liu, R., Chen, M., & Kennedy, M.R.T. (2021). Memory and executive functions subserving judgments of learning: Cognitive reorganization after traumatic brain injury, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2021.1929345
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Pettemeridou, E., Kennedy, M.R.T., & Constantinidou, F. (2020). Executive functions, self-awareness and quality of life in chronic moderate-to-severe TBI. NeuroRehabilitation, 46, 109-118. DOI: 10.3233/NRE-192963.
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Kennedy, M.R.T. (2020). Lessons learned from coaching postsecondary students with traumatic brain injury. Perspectives for the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 5, 88-96.