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Conover, Laura, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Office: PCD 4021H

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Dr. Laura Conover is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in Communication Sciences and Disorders on the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida.  Her teaching strategy focuses on ensuring that students not only understand the underlying theories for the concepts they are exposed to, but also that they have opportunities to apply those concepts to problems in the real world through interactive activities. Dr. Conover also has a particular interest in the application of research and statistical methodologies to cognitive and linguistic fields, and her research focuses on speech perception and cognitive aspects of language learning in adults.    Outside of CSD, Dr. Conover has a hobbyist’s interest in historical English and constructed languages.

Education
Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders  University of South Florida  2021
Bachelor’s in Psychology, minor in Linguistics  University of South Florida  2015

Teaching

SPA 6805, Research Procedures in CSD
SPA 4901 Research Methods in Communication Sciences and Disorders
SPA 4104 Neuroanatomy for Speech, Language, and Hearing
SPA 3470 Culture and Diversity in Communication Sciences and Disorders
SPA 3261 Language Science of Communication Disorders
SPA 3112 Phonetics
SPA 3101 Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism
SPA 3011 Speech Science
SPA 3004 Language Development and Disorders (Spring 2025)
SPA 3002 Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders

Courses Assisted:

SPA 6805, Language Learning in School-Aged Yrs
SPA 6571, Ethical Practice in CSD
SPA 5552, Diagnostic Principles and Practices
SPA 3030, Intro to Hearing Science

Recent Scholarly Activity 

Articles

  • Conover, L. (2023), The direction of attention in second language phonological contrast learning. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153 (6). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0019714 
  • Conover, L. and Bahr, R. H. (2022), Covert contrasts and categorical perception: A comparison of two measurement tools. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics. DOI:10.1080/02699206.2021.2022212 
  • Grieco, J. C., Bahr, R. H., Schoenberg, M. R., Conover, L., Mackie, L. N. and Weeber, E. J. (2016), Quantitative Measurement of Communication Ability in Children with Angelman Syndrome. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31. doi:10.1111/jar.12305

Chapters

  • Bahr, R., Silliman, E. R., & Conover, L. (in review). More than Spelling Accuracy: Linguistic Feature Patterns in the Misspellings of Superior, Average, and Poor Spellers
  • Bahr, R., Gier, T., & Conover, L. (2018). Covert Contrast in the Early Development of Speech Sounds in Children Using Cochlear Implants.  In Gosy, M. & Graczi, T. (eds), CAPSS 2017.