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Kia Noelle Johnson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor & Director, Stuttering Research Lab

Office:  HHS 1147
Phone:  568-3868
Email:  johns3kn@jmu.edu

Research and Teaching Areas

  • Fluency Disorders in children and adults
  • Influence of Temperamental and Psycholinguistic variables on Developmental Stuttering in preschool children

Research Laboratory

Childhood Stuttering Research Laboratory

Current and Ongoing Research Projects

  • Attention regulation in young children who stutter
  • Relationship of emotional processes between children who stutter and their parents
  • Use of Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy in examining regulation abilities in children who stutter

Funding

Johnson, K. (2009) Advancing Acadmic-Research Careers (AARC) Award. $5,000.

Johnson, K. (PI).  Development of Emotion Regulation in Preschool Children Who Stutter.  National Institutes of Health Pediatric Loan Repayment Program Award – National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. 2009 – 2011.

Johnson, K. (PI).  The role of emotion regulation in developmental stuttering: A Pilot Study. Mini-Grant, James Madison University, College of Integrated Sciences & Technology Faculty Development, May, 2009.

Publications (last 5 years)

Johnson, K., Walden, T., & Conture, E.. (under revision).  Spontaneous regulation of positive and negative emotionality in preschool children who stutter: Preliminary Findings.  Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research.

Karrass, J., Walden, T. A., Conture, E. G., & Johnson, K. (under revision). Is childhood stuttering related to emotional reactivity and regulation? Manuscript under review at British Journal of Developmental Psychology.

Walden, T., Frankel, C., Buhr, A., Johnson, K. & Conture, E. (under review).  Dual diathesis-stressor model of emotional and linguistic contributions to developmental stuttering.  Child Development.

Johnson, K., Conture, E., Karrass, J, & Walden, T. (2009).  Effects of communicative tasks, situations, and partners on childhood stuttering.  Journal of Communication Disorders, 42, 195-210.

Hartfield, K. & Conture, E. (2006).  Effects of perceptual and conceptual similarity in lexical priming of young children who stutter: Preliminary findings.  Journal of Fluency Disorders, 31, 301-324.

Karrass, J., Walden, T., Conture, E., Graham, C., Arnold, H., Hartfield, K., & Schwenk, K. (2006).  Relation of emotional reactivity and regulation to childhood stuttering.  Journal of Communication Disorders, 39, 402-423.

Conture, E., Walden, T., Arnold, H., Graham, C., Hartfield, K. , and Karrass, J. (2006).  Communicative-emotional model of stuttering.  In N. Bernstein Ratner and J. Tetnowski (eds).  Stuttering: Research and Practice Volume 2: Contemporary Issues and Approaches (pp.17-46). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.

Hartfield, K. (2005).  Parent-based treatment of childhood stuttering: Two case studies.  Echo: E-Journal for Black and Other Ethnic Group Research and Practices in Communication Sciences and Disorders, 1, 46-58

National and International Conference Presentations (last five years)

Johnson, K. , Conture, E., & Walden, T. (November, 2009).  Stuttering severity and Attention regulation in preschool children who stutter. Poster to be presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.

Rousseau, B., Spaulding, T., Johnson, K., Hoffman Ruddy, B., & Fridriksson, J. (November, 2009).  Academic and educational issues (SLP): Success in academia: Perspectives from junior and Mid-career level faculty.  Seminar to be presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. New Orleans, LA.

Johnson, K. & Robinson, T. (April, 2009).  Stuttering 101: Mastering the basics of childhood stuttering intervention.   Short Course to be presented at the annual convention of the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing Association.

Johnson, K. & Conture, E., & Walden, T.  (April, 2008).  Spontaneous Emotion Regulation in Preschool Children.  Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Black Association for Speech, Language, and Hearing.  Washington, DC.

Johnson, K. & Robinson, T.  (April, 2008).  Stuttering Assessments in Preschoolers: From Lab to Clinic. I.  Two-part mini-seminar presented at the annual conference of the National Black Association for Speech, Language, and Hearing.  Washington, DC.

Johnson, K. & Robinson, T.  (April, 2008).  Stuttering Assessments in Preschoolers: From Lab to Clinic. II.  Two-part mini-seminar presented at the annual conference of the National Black Association for Speech, Language, and Hearing.  Washington, DC.

Johnson, K. & Conture, E., & Walden, T.  (April, 2008).  Spontaneous Emotion Regulation in Preschool Children.  Paper presented at the annual conference of Child and Human Development.  Indianapolis, IN.

Johnson, K. & Conture, E., Walden, T., & Karrass, J.  (November 2008).  Attention Regulation in Preschool Children Who Stutter. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.

Karrass, J., Conture, E., Walden, T., & Johnson, K. (November, 2008).  Is Childhood Stuttering Related to Emotional Reactivity & Emotion Regulation? Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.

Johnson, K. & Karrass, K.  (November, 2007).  Regulation of Negative Emotionality in Preschool Children Who Stutter:  Maternal Self-Report vs. Behavioral.  Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Hartfield, K. & Conture, E. (July, 2006).  Effects of perceptual and conceptual similarity in lexical priming of young children who stutter: Preliminary findings.  Paper presented at the 5th World Congress on Fluency Disorders, Dublin, IR.

Hartfield, K., Conture, E., Karrass, J., & Graham, C. (July, 2006).  Influence of situation, communicative partner and tasks on stuttering.  Paper presented at the 5th World Congress on Fluency Disorders, Dublin, IR.

Arnold, H., Hartfield, K., Conture, E., Byrd, C., Key, A., Mathiesen, S., & Coulter, C. (July, 2006).  Phonological processing of young children who stutter: Preliminary behavioural/ERP findings.  Paper presented at the 5th World Congress on Fluency Disorders, Dublin, IR.

Hartfield, K.& Conture, E. (November, 2006). Spontaneous Regulation of Negative Emotionality in Preschool Children Who Stutter.  Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Speech

Language-Hearing Association, Miami, FL.
Hartfield, K.& Conture, E. (November, 2006). Spontaneous Regulation of Negative Emotionality in Preschool Children Who Stutter.  Poster presented as a travel award recipient at the annual symposium of the National Institute for Deafness and Communication Disorders, Miami, FL.

Arnold, H. & Hartfield, K., Conture, E., Byrd, C., Key, A., Mathiesen, S. & Coulter, C., (November, 2006).  Phonological Processing of Young Children Who Stutter: Preliminary Behavioral/ERP Findings.  Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Miami, FL.

Graham, C. & Hartfield, K..(November, 2006).  Relation of SES, Language, & Parent Education CWS & CWNS.Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Miami, FL.

Hartfield, K. & Conture, E. (April, 2006) Semantic processing of young children who stutter: Preliminary findings.  Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Black Association for Speech, Language and Hearing, Memphis, TN.

Hartfield, K., Conture, E., Karrass, J., & Graham, C. (November, 2005).  Relation of (non)stutterings to communicative tasks, situation, and partner.  Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA.

Hartfield, K. & Conture, E. (November, 2005).  Semantic processing of young children who stutter: Preliminary findings. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA.

Hartfield, K. & Conture, E. (November, 2005).  Semantic processing of young children who stutter: Preliminary findings. Poster presented as a travel award recipient at the annual symposium of the National Institute for Deafness and Communication Disorders, San Diego, CA.

Karrass, J., Walden, T. A., Conture, E., Graham, C., Arnold, H. S., Schwenk, K. A., & Hartfield, K. (November, 2005). Temperament characteristics of emotional reactivity and regulation in relation to childhood stuttering: I. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA.

Karrass, J., Walden, T. A., Conture, E., Graham, C., Arnold, H. S., Schwenk, K. A., & Hartfield, K. (November, 2005). Temperament characteristics of emotional reactivity and regulation in relation to childhood stuttering: II. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA.

Hartfield, K.., Conture, E., Karrass, J., & Graham, C. (April, 2005).  Relation of Communicative Tasks, Situation and Partner to Speech Disfluencies & MLU in Preschoolers.  Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Black Association for Speech, Language and Hearing, Richmond, VA.

Karrass, J., Walden, T. A., Conture, E., Graham, C., Arnold, H. S., Schwenk, K. A., & Hartfield, K. (April, 2005). Temperament characteristics of emotional reactivity and regulation in relation to childhood stuttering. Poster presented to the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.