Research And Teaching Experience

Teaching Experience: 

• Instructor of Record, Advanced Speech Science (SLHS 5361 – graduate level course) 2019
• Instructor of Record, Introduction to Aural Rehabilitation (SLHS 4249W) 2018–2019
• Guest Lecturer, Seminar in Cognitive Science (COGS 3584) 2018
• Instructor of Record, Neuroscience for the Study of Cognitive and Communicative Disorders (SLHS 4245W) 2017
• Guest Lecturer, Introduction to Communication Disorders (SLHS 1150) 2017–2018
• Instructor of Record, Introduction to Language Disorder in Children (SLHS 4254W) 2015–2016

 

Research Interests:

Speech perception; perceptual learning; cochlear implants; auditory processing; auditory training; acoustic analysis; neuroimaging techniques; eye-tracking methods

 

Selected Posters and Presentation:

• Drouin, J.R. & Theodore, R.M. (2018). Effects of receptive language ability on the neural representation of phonetic category structure. Presented at the 176th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Victoria, Canada.
• Drouin, J.R., Ose, J. & Theodore, R.M. (2017). Effects of processing depth on lexically guided perceptual learning. Presented at the 173rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Boston, Massachusetts.
• Drouin, J.R., & Theodore, R.M. (2017). Identifying task-based constraints on lexically informed perceptual learning. Presented at the annual UConn Language Fest, University of Connecticut.
• Drouin, J.R., Ose, J., & Theodore, R.M. (2016). Effects of attention on lexically-informed perceptual learning for speech. Presented at the annual UConn Language Fest, University of Connecticut.
• Drouin, J.R., Monto, N.R., Graham, S., Ose, J. & Theodore, R.M. (2016). Effects of attention on lexically- informed perceptual learning. Presented at the 172nd meeting of the Acoustical Society of American, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Bohner, A., Thompson, E., Graham, S., Drouin, J.R., & Theodore, R.M. (2015). Effects of reading ability on lexically-informed perceptual learning. Presented at the 169th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• Bohner, A., Thompson, E., Graham, S., Drouin, J.R., & Theodore, R.M. (2015). Effects of reading ability on lexically-informed perceptual learning. Presented at the annual UConn Language Fest, University of Connecticut.
• Drouin, J.R., Theodore, R. M., & Myers, E.B. (2014). The new normal: Goodness judgments of non-invariant speech. Presented at the 4th annual UConn Language Fest, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
• Drouin, J.R., Myers, E.B., & Theodore, R.M. (2013). Speech and language processing differences in impaired and unimpaired populations. Poster presented at the University of Connecticut Fall Undergraduate Frontiers in Research, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
• Drouin, J.R., Myers, E.B., & Theodore, R.M. (2013). Speech and language processing differences in impaired and unimpaired populations. Poster presented at University of Connecticut Summer STEM Research Symposium, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
• Drouin, J.R., Theodore, R.M., & Myers, E.B. (2013). The new normal: Goodness judgments of non-invariant speech. Presented at the 4th annual UConn Language Fest, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.