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Jeff Martin
Jeff received his Ph.D. degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2006. Jeff is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences where he teaches a variety of courses in the Doctor of Audiology program. As the Assistant Director of the Texas Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) Laboratory, Jeff’s research aims at understanding the brain mechanisms contributing to the auditory processing difficulties facing some children and adults. His recent Event-Related Potential (ERP) studies focus on the influence of more cognitive factors (e.g., divided and selective attention) on dichotic listening performance in children at risk for APD. As an audiologist, Jeff is also involved in the translation of research findings to the development of better behavioral and electrophysiological procedures for the clinical evaluation of APD.
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Gary Overson
Gary received his master’s degree from Arizona State University in 1993. He worked as a clinical audiologist until 1999, when he began full-time doctoral studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. Current research interests are focused on evaluation of cortically measured electrophysiological brain activity of human listeners during dichotic presentations of connected discourse.
Tara Davis
Tara received her master’s degree in audiology from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans in 2000. Subsequently, she worked as a clinical audiologist in South Carolina and Houston, TX for several years. In 2005, she joined the UTD doctoral program in Communication Sciences and Disorders and is currently a Ph.D. Candidate. Her main research interest involves using electrophysiological measures, such as event-related potentials (ERPs), to evaluate speech understanding difficulties in older listeners. Other research interests include using Independent Component Analysis (ICA) to better understand the underlying neural mechanisms that generate various overlapping ERP components.
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Mary Kathryn Reagor, M.S.
Mary Kathryn received her B.S. in computer science from Trinity University in 2001. She worked in the Aerospace industry before joining the UT Dallas Ph.D. program in Cognition and Neuroscience in 2006. She recieved her Master's degree in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2008. Her current work involves using eletrophyisiological measures, specifically Event Related Potentials (ERPs), to investigate the neural underpinnings of story comprehension and recognition.