Dr. Mary Kennedy
Professor, Chair, Communication Sciences and Disorders Program
Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences; Communications 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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O’Neil-Pirozzi, T., Kennedy, M.R.T., & Sohlberg, M.M. (2016). Evidence-based practice for the use of internal strategies as a memory compensation technique after brain injury: A systematic review. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 31(4):E1-E11.
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Ramanathan, P., Marsolek, C.J., & Kennedy, M.R.T. (2014). Implicit memory influences on metamemory after traumatic brain injury: Can masked priming and antipriming affect judgments of learning? Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 57, 1817-1830.
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Krause, M.O, Nelson, P., & Kennedy, M.R.T. (2014). Processing speed, masking release, and listening effort in adults with traumatic brain injury, Brain Injury. DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2014.920520
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Kennedy, M.R.T., Krause, M.O., & O’Brien, K. (2014). Psychometric Properties of the College Survey for Students with Brain Injury: Individuals with and without Traumatic Brain Injury, Brain Injury. DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2014.920520