Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Disorders
Email: prashi@nmsu.edu
Biography
Dr. Shivabasappa received her Ph.D. in Speech Language Pathology from All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, India. Prior to joining NMSU, she was a Post-doctoral fellow in Human Abilities in Bilingual Language Acquisition (HABLA) lab at the University of Texas at Austin.
She joined the Department in Spring 2022. Her research focuses on bilingual language development and language disorders with an emphasis on computational approaches to Language assessment and intervention in bilingual children.
Research Interests
Bilingualism, Developmental Language Disorders, Lexical Semantics
Lab Website
Multilingualism Research Lab - MuRaL
Selected Publications
Peña, E. D., Bedore, L. M., Shivabasappa, P., & Niu, L. (2020). Effects of divided input on bilingual children with language impairment. International Journal of Bilingualism, 1367006918768367
Shivabasappa, P., Peña, E. D., & Bedore, L. M. (2019). Semantic Category Convergence in Spanish–English Bilingual Children with and Without Developmental Language Disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(7), 2361-2371.
Shivabasappa, P., Peña, E.D., & Bedore, L.M. (2017). Typicality effect and category structure in Spanish-English bilingual adults and children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1-13.
Shivabasappa, P., Peña, E.D., & Bedore, L.M. (2017). Core Vocabulary in the Narratives of Bilingual Children with and without Language Impairment. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 1-12.
Full list of publications see Dr. Shivabasappa's Google Scholar Profile
Selected Grants
Advancing Academic and Research Careers (AARC) from the American Speech Language Hearing Association, 2022 - 2024
Selected Recognitions & Other Service
Associate Editor (Speech Language) Journal of Indian Speech and Hearing Association 2021-2023
Academic Background
Post-Doctoral training The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. Speech Language Pathology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, University of Mysore.
M.S. Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Manipal University.
B.S. Speech and Hearing, University of Mysore.
