• Eye-Tracking Studies

    Eye-tracking allows our research team to explore how certain experiences shape our perceptions and drive our behavior. We are specifically interested in how neurodiverse identities shape our attention to social information over time.

  • Student Theses and Capstones

    Part of our translational mission is to give our students access to supportive research education and training. Students complete projects that vary in scope that allow them to gain fluency with the tools of research and observe how these tools improve clinical practice.

  • Clinical & Implementation Science

    The point of translational research is to impact the clients/groups for whom the research is conducted. We take seriously our responsibility to conduct the research our clients want and to share our findings openly.

Recent Publications

Fissel Brannick, S. & LaCroix, A. (2025). Blinking indexes dynamic attending during and after music listening. Scientific Reports, 15(1).  https://www.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-12200-6   

Fissel Brannick, S. (2025). Risky business: How assumptions about evidence can exclude autistic voices. Autism: International Journal of Research and Practice, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613251339006 

Wolford, G. W., & Fissel Brannick, S. (2024). Reimagining Clinical Education Practices for Autism through the Multi-client Multilevel Mentorship Model. Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.61403/2689-6443.1320 

Fissel Brannick, S., *Sebranek, E., *Anderson, E., Ratiu, I., & LaCroix, A. (2023). Empathy Interacts with Second Language Proficiency to Modify Executive Control of Attention to Social Information. Translational Issues in Psychological Science [Special issue]. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000379

*Dovorany, N., Fissel Brannick, S., Johnson, N., Ratiu, I., & LaCroix, A. (2023). Happy and sad music acutely modulate different types of attention in older adults. Frontiers in Psychology, section Psychology of Aging, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1029773 

Fissel Brannick, S., Wolford, G., Wolford, L., *Effron, K., & Buckler, J. (2022). What is clinical evidence in speech-language pathology? A scoping review. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 31(6), 2943 – 2958. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00203     

Wolford, G., Wolford, L., Fissel Brannick, S., *Anderson, E. N., & *McLoud, K. (2022). Getting back into school mode”: Experiences of former speech-language pathology assistants in graduate school. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 7(5), 1449-1474. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_PERSP-21-00288

Ratiu, I., Fissel Brannick, S., *Whiting, M., *Murnion, L., & Azuma, T. (2022). The impact of mild traumatic brain injury on reading comprehension and eye movements: preliminary results. Journal of Communication Disorders, 96, 1-18.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2022.106197