EDUCATION
2018 Ph.D., Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2006 M.C.D., Speech-Language Pathology, Auburn University
2003 M.A., English (Rhetoric/Composition), Kansas State University
2001 B.A., English, Montana State UniversityTeaching
Teaching
- Neuro Bases of Cognition and Communication
- Motor Speech Disorders
- Adult Language Disorders
- Dysphagia
Clinical Interests
- Acquired, neurogenic cognitive-communicative disorders (e.g., Aphasia, Executive Function, RHD)
- Assessment and treatment of Dysphagia across Medical SLP settings
Research Interests
- Social and activity-based interventions for acquired neurogenic cognitive-communicative disorders
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Dysphagia and acquired neurogenic cognitive-communicative disorders
Selected Publications
Sherrill, M. & Hengst, J.A. (2022) Exploring Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) for Creating Rich Communicative Environments and Targeting Communication Goals in Sub-Acute Rehabilitation. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(1) 113-132.
Hengst, J.A. & Sherrill, M. (2021). Augmenting Communicative Environments for People with Acquired Neurogenic Disorders: Exploring Situated Discourse Analysis. Topics in Language Disorders, 41(1), 27-46.
Devanga, S. R., Sherrill, M., & Hengst, J. A. (2021). The Efficacy of Collaborative Referencing Intervention in Chronic Aphasia: A Mixed-Methods Study. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30(1S), 407-424.
Selected Presentations
Sherrill, M., Parker, R., Riggs, S., Cook, S. (2022, November). Creative Writing as a Therapeutic Mechanism to Target Executive Function and Individualized Recovery in RHD. Accepted for poster presentation at American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Conference (ASHA), New Orleans, LA.
Sherrill, M.H., Prior. N., & Hengst, J.A. (2021, August). Human-dog communicative interactions during animal assisted therapy. Poster presentation at the Animal Behavior Society 2021 meeting. Virtual Meeting.
Sherrill, M., & Hengst, J. (2021, May) Exploring the Feasibility of Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) Programs to Support SLPs in Targeting Communication Goals for Patients in Sub-Acute Rehabilitation. Poster presentation and publication of abstract in the proceedings of the 2020 Clinical Aphasiology Conference. Island of Hawaii, HI, USA. Presented in 2021 at rescheduled conference.
Olness, G. S., Hengst, J. A., Archer, B. E., Azios, J., Devanga, S., Dutra, R, Leaman, M. Prior, P., Sherrill, M., & Tetnowski, J. (2020, January). Applying interactional discourse research to clinical practice. Platform presentation in the University of North Texas Department of Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Seminar Series, Denton, Texas, USA.
Hengst, J., Archer, B., Azios, J., Devanga, S., Dutra, R., Leaman, M., Olness, G., Prior, P., Sherrill, M. (2020, November). Proposal # 12101, 2-hour seminar. InSPiRE: Clinical Applications of Interactional Discourse Research for People with Aphasia. Proposal accepted at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA (Convention canceled).
Sherrill, M. (2019, November). The What, Why, & How of Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) Programs in Adult-Rehabilitation Settings. Seminar presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL, USA.
Sherrill, M. (Contributor). (2019, February 20). "CSP 049: The CSD Doctoral Shortage." Conversations in Speech Pathology [Audio Podcast].
Devanga, S. & Sherrill, M. (2019, May) Creating rich communicative environments in clinical spaces: a mixed methods treatment study of aphasia. Poster presentation and publication of abstract in the proceedings of the 2019 Clinical Aphasiology Conference. Whitefish, MT.