NAME: Diana Van Lancker Sidtis
BUSINESS ADDRESSES:Communicative Sciences and Disorders
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
New York University
665 Broadway New York, NY 10012
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Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
140 Old Orangeburg Road
Orangeburg, New York 10962
Tel: 845-398-6691
FAX: 845-398-5575
HOME ADDRESS:100 Bleecker Street, Apt. 5F
New York, NY 10012
home: 212-254-0377
cell: 917-224-5483
CITIZENSHIP: USA
MARITAL STATUS: Married, 3 children
College:University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI English/Philosophy BA
University of Freiburg, GermanyGerman/Philosophy
Graduate:University of Chicago, Chicago, IL AnglisticsMA Brown University, Providence, RI Linguistics Ph.D.
University of California, LAPredoctoral Research
California State University, LASpeech PathologyMA equiv
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, Department of Communication Disorders, 1977-1980 (Gerald J. Canter, Ph.D., Supervisor)
CLINICAL CERTIFICATION, LICENSURE & REGISTRATION
American Speech Language and Hearing Association, CCC/SLP ASHA 01073063
California Board of Medical Quality Assurance, Speech/Language Pathology License # 7190
Minnesota Department of Health, Speech-Language Pathologist, Registration # 6314
North Dakota, Speech-Language Pathologist, Registration #409
New York State Licensure, Registration # 012945
HONORS AND AWARDS
Distinction in Ph.D. Examinations, Brown University (l970)
Zumberge Fellowship Award, USC (1992)
Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Award, Steinhardt School (2007)
Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Award, Steinhardt School (2009)
Sidtis, D. & Kreiman, J. (2011), “In the beginning was the familiar voice” chosen for commendation by the Faculty of 1000 (F1000), placing it in 2% of published articles in biology and medicine.
Prose Award, American Publishers Association, 2011. Foundations of Voice Studies (Kreiman &
Sidtis, Wiley Blackwell, 2011).
DOCTOR’S DISSERTATION (Brown University)
“Heterogeneity in Language and Speech: Neurolinguistic Studies” Working Papers in Phonetics 29, UCLA, 1975 (Committee: Peter Ladefoged (Chair); Sheila Blumstein, Robert Meskill, Victoria Fromkin). Available on line at:
COURSES TAUGHT
New York University:
Undergraduate: Science and Neurology of Language; ; Brain and Being: Insights from Injury (Freshman Honors Seminar); Phonetics and Phonemics; Voices and Listeners
Masters: Advanced Anatomy and Physiology; Adult Language Disorders; Critical Evaluation of Research; Aphasia Therapy; Approachesto Natural Language, Motor Speech Disorders
Doctoral: Doctoral Research Seminar; Research Colloquium; Advanced Studies in Language and Speech
Elsewhere:
St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Freshman seminar: Brain and Being; Introduction to Linguistics; Senior Seminar in Psycholinguistics
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Introduction to Adult Neurolinguistics; Neurolinguistic Perspectives on Nonliteral Language; Clinical Phonology; Faculty Neurolinguistics Seminar
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Language and Cognition Doctoral Seminar, Department of Linguistics
University of Southern California: Medical School
Lectures: Medical School Neuroscience Series; Grand Rounds; Residents Seminar
Course: USC School of Gerontology, Neuroaffective Disorders in Aging (w. D. Kempler)
University of North Dakota Medical School;
Lectures: Clinical Neurolinguistics; Motor Speech Disorders; Communicative Disorders; Neuropsychology Research Seminar
California State University at Los Angeles, Department of Communicative Disorders. Introduction to Phonetics; Voice and Articulation Disorders.
Antioch University, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction to Neuropsychology; Academic Writing.
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Memory and Cognition, Brain and Behavior Seminar
UCLA, UC Irvine.
Psycholinguistics, Introductory Linguistics, Neurolinguistics
UCLA Brain Research Institute;
Language and Memory Processes in Brain; Neuropsychology Seminar
San Diego State University.
Introduction to Psycholinguistics; Introductory Linguistics
University of Rhode Island & Barrington College, Providence, RI.
English Literature; English Writing Course
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
2002-pres: Research Scientist, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York.
1999-pres: Professor, Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, New York University, New York, NY
1999-2002: Professor and Chair, Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, New York University, New York, NY
1998-9: Professor of English and Psychology, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
1998-9: Visiting Professor of Linguistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1998Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor of Linguistics, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
1991-pres.: Professor of Neurology (Research)
Clinical service: evaluation of adults and children on Departmental Practice Plan; member of epilepsy team at USC University hospital
1997-8 Chief, Audiology and Speech Pathology, Southern California System of Clinics, Veterans Administration VISN 22
1991-1998 Research Speech Pathologist; Research, Education and Training Coordinator, Audiology and Speech Pathology Service, VA Outpatient Clinic, Los Angeles
1988-1991 Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of North Dakota Medical School; Director, Speech/Language Pathology Section, VAM ROC;
Senior Research Scientist, Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Fargo, ND
Clinical Consultant, Fargo Clinic (Evaluations of children) (Larry Fisher, Ph.D., Director)
1986-1988 Research Health Scientist, Audiology & Speech Pathology, Sepulveda VA
1983-86 Adjunct Faculty, Antioch University, Assistant Research Linguist IV, UCLA
Scientific Consultant, Salk Institute, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, La Jolla, CA
1981-88 Assistant Research Linguist, UCLA; Training Coordinator, Neuropsychology Program, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA
1977-1980 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Communicative Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
1974-1977 Adjunct Instructor, UCLA, UC Irvine, San Diego State University. Courses: Psycholinguistics, Introductory Linguistics, Neurolinguistics
1971-1973 Teaching Assistant, UCLA. Courses: Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Linguistics
1968-1970 Instructor, University of Rhode Island & Barrington College, Providence, RI.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: MEMBERSHIP
American Speech-Language and Hearing Association
Acoustical Society of America
Academy of Aphasia
PEER REVIEWER and Editorial Boards
Editorial Board Member
Brain and Language
Brain and Cognition
International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders
Neurorehabilitation & Neural Repair
The Yearbook of Phraseology
Peer Reviewer
Journal of Speech-Language and Hearing Research
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Journal of Phonetics
Journal of Neurolinguistics
Language
Brain
Neuropsychology Review
Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics
Aphasiology
PLoSOne (D. Bishop, editor in chief)
Language and Speech
Developmental Neuropsychology
Neurosurgery
Cognitive Neuropsychology
Neuropsychologia
Perceptual and Motor Skills
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
Neuroscience and Behavioral Reviews
Cortex
Laterality
European Journal of Neuroscience
Journal of Fluency Disorders
Canadian Research Council
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
University Service
Member, New York University Voice Institute, Steinhardt
Member, Rehabilitation Science PhD Committee, Steinhardt
Mentor, Scholar in Residence Program, 2001 & 2012
Grant Agency Service
Ad Hoc Committee, Site Visit of Boston VA Aphasia Research Proposal, Neurologic Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders, Boston, MA, June, 1996.
Special review panel, Biobehavioral and Behavioral Processes (BBBP), Division of Clinical and Population-based Studies, National Institutes of Health, SRA, Review of Minority Ph.D. grant proposals, Dr. Weijia Ni. August, 2001
Special review panel, Biobehavioral and Behavioral Processes (BBBP), Division of Clinical and Population-based Studies, National Institutes of Health, SRA, Dr. Weijia Ni. March, 2003.
NIH Workshop on Neurologic Motor Speech Disorders in Adults: Research Needs and Opportunities. Purpose: Development of RFPs. June 16-17, Washington, D. C. , co-sponsored by ORD and NIDCD.
MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST
Neurolinguistics; right hemisphere function; aphasia; perception and recognition of complex auditory stimuli; acoustics of normal and disordered speech; voice perception; nonliteral language; special cases in speech and language dysfunction; speech science.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Speech changes following deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease
The role of the right hemisphere in processing emotional and personally relevant stimuli
Assessment and rehabilitation of stroke patients using formulaic language
Acoustic cues underlying perception of affective and linguistic prosody in voice
Acoustic correlates of motor speech disorders
Acquisition of formulaic language by first and second-language speakers
Production and comprehension of formulaic language and proper nouns in stroke patients
Dysgraphias: right hemisphere reading and writing function
Right hemisphere abilities in communication
RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED
New Investigator Research Award (3 years, NIH) Studies in right hemisphere communicative function: Voice recognition and nonpropositional speech. 1981-1984
Biomedical Research Support Grant (1 year, UCLA Brain Research Institute) 1983-1984
Biomedical Research Support Grant (1 year, UCLA Brain Research Institute) 1984-1985.
“Alzheimer’s disease: Insights into CNS mediation of language function,” the NIA and the Alzheimer’s Disease Consortium of Southern California, Andrus Gerontology Center, USC, Los Angeles, 1987-8, Co-principal investigator with PI, Jeffrey Cummings, M.D. ( $3,000).
“Parkinson and Alzheimer’s Disease: Insights into CNS mediation of language function” funded by UND Research Fund, 1990-1991, Principal Investigator ($23,000).
“Functional-anatomic organization of nonliteral language in the brain,” VA Research Advisory Group Grant Proposal, 1990-1991, Principal Investigator (funded: $27,500; $13,000 utilized).
“An interactive video system to test and treat nonliteral language disorders in left and right hemisphere damaged patients.” Office of Rehabilitation Research and Development Veterans Administration, 1992-1993, Principal Investigator ($49,000).
“Brain processing of sounds and words,” Zumberge Fellowship Award, University of Southern California, Principal Investigator, 1992-3 ($12,250).
“Brain processing of nonliteral language” funded by Department of Veterans Affairs Research Advisory Group, 1992-4, Principal Investigator ($51,595).
“An interactive video system to test and treat nonliteral language disorders,” Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, 1994-7, Principal Investigator ($228,637).
“PET activation studies comparing aphasic and normal subjects: two speech tasks widely used in surgical mapping.” Principal Investigator. Scott Grafton, M.D. and Victor Henderson, M.D. Co-investigators. $103,000. September 1, 1995 to August 30, 1998 (extended to 1999). McDonnell-Pew Foundation.
“Personal relevance and ethnicity in stroke patients as health care delivery issue.” Principal Investigator. Rehabilitation Research and Development Department of Veterans Affairs, April 1, 1997-May 30, 1998. ($49,500)
“Exploring right hemisphere communicative function: Recognition and production of common and proper nouns. Principal Investigator, NYU Challenge Grant. June, 2000-May, 2001. ($4,500)
“Speech formulae, idioms, and proverbs: how much of our everyday speech is made up of familiar nonliteral expressions?” Principal Investigator. School of Education Challenge Grant. June, 2000-May, 2001.($1,700)
“Functional imaging in Parkinson’s disease.” Funded by the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, July 1, 2001. Co-Principal Investigator: John Sidtis. ($35,000)
“Cortical-subcortical interaction in PD and normal speech.” NIH R01. 2006-2011. Co-Investigator. (1.9 million dollars)
“Formulaic language in Parkinson and Alzheimer disease.” PI. Steinhardt School of Education Challenge Grant. ($4,000).
Mentor, Graduate Assistant Research Award, Steinhardt, 2006-7, awarded to Doctoral Student.
Mentor, Founders Fellowship Award, Steinhardt, 2006-2009, awarded to Doctoral Student.
Translation of Sprichwort und Volkssprache by Mathilde Hain. Steinhardt Challenge Grant, $5,000, 2007-2008.
Mentor, Steinhardt Fellowship Award, 2008-2011, awarded to Doctoral Student.
Mentor, Steinhardt Fellowship Award, 2009-2012, awarded to Doctoral Student.
“Cortical-subcortical interaction in PD and normal speech.” NIH R01. 2012-2017. Dual Principal Investigator (with J. Sidtis_). (1.9 million dollars)
Submitted: Brain, voice, speech and language in normal development, adulthood, and aging. NIH. Principal Investigator, NYU subcontract
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PEER REVIEW
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