Curriculum vitae
Last updated: September 2024
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. The Ohio State University (2023)
Speech and Hearing Science
Specialization: Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Speech and Hearing Science
Specialization: Cognitive and Brain Sciences
B.S. University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire (2018)
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Minor: Psychology
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Minor: Psychology
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RESEARCH
Motor Speech Disorders Laboratory (2023–Present)Â
Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo
PI: Kris TjadenÂ
Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo
PI: Kris TjadenÂ
- Role of subthalamic nucleus (STN) in speech and movement among people with Parkinson’s as revealed by intraoperative recordings and deep brain stimulation (DBS)
- Variation in measures of speaking rate as a function of method, task, and speaker
Speech Perception & Acoustics Laboratory (2018–2023)
Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Ohio State
Co-PIs: Robert Fox and Ewa Jacewicz
Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Ohio State
Co-PIs: Robert Fox and Ewa Jacewicz
- Acoustic analysis of regional variation in stop consonant voicing by older children
- Neural correlates of brain-to-brain (a)synchrony between native-nonnative speaker-listener dyads
- Phonological processing of modified speech in persons with dyslexia
Developmental Speech Lab (2019–2020)
Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Ohio State
PI: Rachael Frush HoltÂ
Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Ohio State
PI: Rachael Frush HoltÂ
- Children’s perception of dialects and nonnative accents of English in quiet and noise
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Lab (2016–2018)
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, UW–Eau Claire
Co-PIs: Jerry K. Hoepner and Tom SatherÂ
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, UW–Eau Claire
Co-PIs: Jerry K. Hoepner and Tom SatherÂ
- Pedagogical utility of Twitter engagement in an online graduate aphasia course
- Joint video self-modeling as an intervention for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their communication partners
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JOURNAL ARTICLES
Green, G.D., Jacewicz, E., Santosa, H., Arzbecker, L. J., Fox, R. A. (2024). Evaluating speaker-listener cognitive effort in speech communication through brain-to-brain synchrony: A pilot fNIRS investigation. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67(5), 1339–1359. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_JSLHR-23-00476
Jacewicz, E., Arzbecker, L. J., & Fox, R. A. (2022). Perception of indexical cues in speech by children and adults with and without dyslexia: Regional dialect and gender identification. Dyslexia, 28(1), 60–78. https://doi.org/10.1002/dys.1702
Arzbecker, L. J., Jacewicz, E., Goebel, R., & Fox, R. A. (2022). Structured covariation of acoustic cues to coda voicing throughout the syllable. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 46(1), 060003. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001690
Holt, C. E., Jacewicz, E., Fox, R., & Arzbecker, L. J. (2022). Regional dialect effects on the perception of gender in children's voices. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 46, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001603
Arzbecker, L. J., Jacewicz, E., Goebel, R., & Fox, R. A. (2022). Structured covariation of acoustic cues to coda voicing throughout the syllable. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 46(1), 060003. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001690
Holt, C. E., Jacewicz, E., Fox, R., & Arzbecker, L. J. (2022). Regional dialect effects on the perception of gender in children's voices. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 46, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001603
Bent, T., Holt, R. F., Van Engen, K. J., Jamsek, I., Arzbecker, L. J., Liang, L., & Brown, E. (2021). How pronunciation distance impacts word recognition for children and adults. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 150(6), 4103–4117. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0008930
Jacewicz, E., Arzbecker, L. J., Fox, R. A., & Liu, S. (2021). Within-category implementation of stop consonant voicing in American English-speaking children. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 150(5), 3711–3729. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0007229
Arzbecker, L. J., Jacewicz, E., & Fox, R. A. (2021). Effects of dialect and age on the production of voiced stop closures in running speech. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 42(1), 060014. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001427Â
Arzbecker, L. J., Jacewicz, E., & Fox, R. A. (2021). Effects of dialect and age on the production of voiced stop closures in running speech. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 42(1), 060014. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001427Â
Arzbecker, L. J., Blacklock, E. A., Crumb, A. M., Doyle, J. D., Esveld, M., Grelson, S. L., Gretzinger, B., Korpela, A., Kressin, K. A., Pakanich, L. M., Pulley, T. L., Nolte Rierdon, N. L., Spreitzer, K. A., Steines, E. L., Strom, B. J., Symons, E. C., Vogelsang, M., Vruwink, O. N., Weberg, K. L.,… Elledge, D. H. (2018). SoTL Lab: Undergraduate student-faculty collaborative research in teaching and learning in CSD. Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences and Disorders, 2(2), 1–5. http://doi.org/10.30707/tlcsd2.2arzbecker
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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS & PRESENTATIONS
Arzbecker, L. J., & Tjaden, K. (2024). Comparison of automated and manual measures of speaking rate in individuals with dysarthria. [Poster abstract]. 186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Ottawa, ON, May. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 155(3S), A334. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0027717
Arzbecker, L. J., & Jacewicz, E. (2024). Quantitative assessment of English accent variation: Levenshtein distance and perceptual identification. [Poster abstract]. 186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Ottawa, ON, May. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 155(3S), A270. https://doi.org/ 10.1121/10.0027465
Arzbecker, L. J. (2023). Examining the nexus between distance metrics and listener identification of English accents. [Poster session]. 13th Annual Postdoctoral Research Symposium, Buffalo, NY, September.
Arzbecker, L. J., Goebel, R., Jacewicz, E., & Fox, R. (2023). Gender-specific covariation of voicing cues in stops: Girls are leading the sound change. [Poster abstract]. 184th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Chicago, IL, May. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(3S), A292. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0018891
Jacewicz, E., Arzbecker, L. J., Green, G., & Fox, R. (2023). Hesitations in story retelling as a measure of listening effort. [Poster abstract]. 184th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Chicago, IL, May. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(3S), A81. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0018240
Green, G. D., Jacewicz, E., Santosa, H., Fox, R. A., & Arzbecker, L. (2022). Brain-to-Brain synchrony in speech communication. [Oral session]. fNIRS 2022: Biennial Meeting of the Society for functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Boston, MA, October.
Arzbecker, L. J., Jacewicz, E., Goebel, R., & Fox, R. A. (2022). Syllable-wide distribution of acoustic cues to coda voicing. [Poster abstract]. 182nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Denver, CO, May. In The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 151(4S), A44. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0010605
Holt, C. E, Fox, R. A., Jacewicz, E., & Arzbecker, L. J. (2022). Perception of gender in children’s voices. [Poster abstract]. 182nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Denver, CO, May. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 151(4S), A261. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0011267
Arzbecker, L. J., Goebel, R., Jacewicz, E., & Fox, R. A. (2022). Syllable-wide distribution of acoustic cues to coda voicing. [Poster session]. 9th Annual Buckeye Language Network Symposium, Virtual, April.
Green, G. D., Jacewicz, E., Fox, R. A., & Arzbecker, L. (2022). Brain-to-brain synchronization in language processing and comprehension. [Poster session]. 9th Annual Buckeye Language Network Symposium, Virtual, April.
Arzbecker, L. J., Jacewicz, E., & Fox, R. A. (2020). Developmental and regional influences on the production of stop closure voicing in late childhood. [Poster abstract]. 179th Meeting of the American Acoustical Society, Virtual, December. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148(4S), 2502. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5146946
Green, G. D., Jacewicz, E., Arzbecker, L. J., Santosa, H., & Fox, R. A. (2020). Brain-to-brain synchrony in assessing listening effort. [Poster abstract]. 179th meeting of the American Acoustical Society, Virtual, December. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148(4S), 2507. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5146965
Arzbecker, L., Deans, L., & Sather, T. (2018). Implications of required Twitter engagement in #HigherEd. [ePoster session]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston, MA, November.
Arzbecker, L., Deans, L., & Sather, T. (2018). Implications of required Twitter engagement in #HigherEd. [Oral session]. 8th Annual Provost’s Honors Symposium for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity, Eau Claire, WI, May.
Arzbecker, L., Pulley, T., Sather, T., & Sanfelippo, J. (2017). @educators: The functionality of Twitter in an online graduate aphasia course. [Poster session]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Los Angeles, CA, November.
Arzbecker, L. J., & Jacewicz, E. (2024). Quantitative assessment of English accent variation: Levenshtein distance and perceptual identification. [Poster abstract]. 186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Ottawa, ON, May. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 155(3S), A270. https://doi.org/ 10.1121/10.0027465
Arzbecker, L. J. (2023). Examining the nexus between distance metrics and listener identification of English accents. [Poster session]. 13th Annual Postdoctoral Research Symposium, Buffalo, NY, September.
Arzbecker, L. J., Goebel, R., Jacewicz, E., & Fox, R. (2023). Gender-specific covariation of voicing cues in stops: Girls are leading the sound change. [Poster abstract]. 184th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Chicago, IL, May. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(3S), A292. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0018891
Jacewicz, E., Arzbecker, L. J., Green, G., & Fox, R. (2023). Hesitations in story retelling as a measure of listening effort. [Poster abstract]. 184th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Chicago, IL, May. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(3S), A81. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0018240
Green, G. D., Jacewicz, E., Santosa, H., Fox, R. A., & Arzbecker, L. (2022). Brain-to-Brain synchrony in speech communication. [Oral session]. fNIRS 2022: Biennial Meeting of the Society for functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Boston, MA, October.
Arzbecker, L. J., Jacewicz, E., Goebel, R., & Fox, R. A. (2022). Syllable-wide distribution of acoustic cues to coda voicing. [Poster abstract]. 182nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Denver, CO, May. In The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 151(4S), A44. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0010605
Holt, C. E, Fox, R. A., Jacewicz, E., & Arzbecker, L. J. (2022). Perception of gender in children’s voices. [Poster abstract]. 182nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Denver, CO, May. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 151(4S), A261. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0011267
Arzbecker, L. J., Goebel, R., Jacewicz, E., & Fox, R. A. (2022). Syllable-wide distribution of acoustic cues to coda voicing. [Poster session]. 9th Annual Buckeye Language Network Symposium, Virtual, April.
Green, G. D., Jacewicz, E., Fox, R. A., & Arzbecker, L. (2022). Brain-to-brain synchronization in language processing and comprehension. [Poster session]. 9th Annual Buckeye Language Network Symposium, Virtual, April.
Arzbecker, L. J., Jacewicz, E., & Fox, R. A. (2020). Developmental and regional influences on the production of stop closure voicing in late childhood. [Poster abstract]. 179th Meeting of the American Acoustical Society, Virtual, December. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148(4S), 2502. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5146946
Green, G. D., Jacewicz, E., Arzbecker, L. J., Santosa, H., & Fox, R. A. (2020). Brain-to-brain synchrony in assessing listening effort. [Poster abstract]. 179th meeting of the American Acoustical Society, Virtual, December. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148(4S), 2507. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5146965
Arzbecker, L., Deans, L., & Sather, T. (2018). Implications of required Twitter engagement in #HigherEd. [ePoster session]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston, MA, November.
Arzbecker, L., Deans, L., & Sather, T. (2018). Implications of required Twitter engagement in #HigherEd. [Oral session]. 8th Annual Provost’s Honors Symposium for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity, Eau Claire, WI, May.
Arzbecker, L., Pulley, T., Sather, T., & Sanfelippo, J. (2017). @educators: The functionality of Twitter in an online graduate aphasia course. [Poster session]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Los Angeles, CA, November.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Ohio State
- SPHHRNG 3320: Principles of Phonetics, SP 2022, Full Instructor of Record (68 students)Â
- SPHHRNG 3320: Principles of Phonetics, AU 2021, Recitation Instructor of Record (57 students)
Department of Psychology, UW–Eau Claire
- PSYC 100: Introduction to Psychology, SP 2018, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (70 students)Â
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, UW–Eau Claire
- CSD 150: Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders, AU 2017, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (50 students)
- CSD 353: Speech and Hearing Science, AU 2016, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (35 students)
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ADDITIONAL TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
University at Buffalo
- Girl Scouts in CDS: Led interactive science demonstrations for Girl Scouts aged 13–18, including voicebox kazoos (2024)
- CDS Colloquium: Gave an ASHA CE approved provider oral presentation titled "Measures of speaking rate in individuals with dysarthria" (2024)
Ad hoc reviewer (2023–Present)Â
- Language and Speech
- Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
- Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
- Public Library of Science (PLOS) ONE
Acoustical Society of America
- Students Meet Members for Lunch (2024)
- Speech Communication Student Poster Competition Judge (2024)
- Room monitor A/V support (2022–2023)
- Graduate of ASA School (2022)
Ohio State
- Undergraduate research mentorship: Acoustic analysis training, data management, project supervision (2021–2023)
- Center of Science and Industry (COSI): Labs in Life: Led interactive science demonstrations for children and recruited participants for on-site studies at the local science museum and research center (2019–2023)
- WestFest: West Campus Sustainability & Outreach Festival: Operated an informational activity station with language-related activities like phonetic name tag creation (2019)
UW–Eau Claire
- Center for Communication Disorders: Observed over 25 hours of live speech therapy at the on-site clinic; Formally assessed, planned, and led therapy for clients with developmental disabilities over the span of 10 sessions (2017–2018)
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Services for Students with Disabilities: Designated note-taker for students whose accommodations included note-taking assistance and met with students one-on-one to solidify literacy skills and increase academic confidence (2014–2018)Â
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 SOFTWARE & PROGRAM EXPERTISE
Acoustic analysis
- Adobe Audition
- Praat
- TF32 (time-frequency analysis for 32-bit Windows)
- Audacity
Statistics
- R
- SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences)
- SAS (Statistical Analysis System)
- CEFA (Comprehensive Exploratory Factor Analysis)
Local and online study tools
- PsychoPy
- Pavlovia
- Prolific
Data visualization
- RStudio
- Krita
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SELECT HONORS & AWARDS
- Young Investigator Travel Grant: Women in Acoustics, ASA (2024)
- Distinguished University Fellow: The Graduate School, Ohio State (2018–2023)
- Edward J. Ray Travel Award for Scholarship and Service: Council of Graduate Students, Ohio State (2020)
- Student Research Travel Award: ASHA (2018)
- Summer Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant: Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, UW–Eau Claire (2017)
- Student Travel for the Presentation of Research Results Award: Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, UW–Eau Claire (2017)
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RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
GoldStar Learning Options, Inc.
Summer Adventure Program, seasonal direct care staff (2018)
Summer Adventure Program, seasonal direct care staff (2018)
- Provided 1:1 respite care for children with intellectual differences
- Responsibilities included ensuring safety, transportation to activities and therapies, feeding, and behavioral intervention
- Wrote progress notes and submitted documentation for insurance reimbursement
Professional Development Hour (PDH) Academy
Customer service representative for clerical operations (2013–2016)
- Responded to emails, processed payments, graded tests, and submitted customers’ continuing education units to state and national governances, including ASHA
- Wrote and/or digitally formatted tests for more than 10 professional licenses, including speech-language pathologists
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IRRELEVANT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
National Federation of State High School Associations
Accredited Interscholastic Coach (as of 2022, termed NFHS Level 2 Coach) (2019–present)
Accredited Interscholastic Coach (as of 2022, termed NFHS Level 2 Coach) (2019–present)
Cross Country Assistant Coach:
- Nichols School (2024 season): Varsity and JV Boys teams
- Jones Middle School (2021 & 2022 seasons): Boys and Girls teams
- Upper Arlington High School (2019 & 2020 seasons): Varsity and JV Girls teams
Track and Field Assistant Coach (Distance Events):
- Jones Middle School (2022 season): Boys and Girls teams
- Upper Arlington High School (2020 season): Varsity and JV Girls teams