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CURRICULUM VITAE
Julie M. Liss, Ph.D.
Department of Speech & Hearing Science
Box 870102
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287
(480) 965-9136
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin- Madison B.A 1984 Psychology/ Communication Disorders
University of Denver M.A 1986 Speech Pathology
University of Wisconsin- Madison Ph.D. 1989 Normal Aspects of Speech and Hearing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Dean, College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, 2013- Present
Professor, Arizona State University, 2012- Present.
Interim Chair, Dept. of Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University, 12/2006-8/2007
Associate Professor, Arizona State University, 1997- 2012.
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, 1994- 1997.
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, 1990- 1994.
Speech- Language Pathologist, Dean Clinic, Madison, WI, 1990.
Project Assistant, Apraxia of Speech Project, UW- Madison, 1987- 1989.
Speech- Language Pathologist, VA Hospital, Madison, WI, 1986- 1987.
Teaching Assistant, University of Denver, 1986.
Speech- Language Pathologist, Darrell Teter and Associates, Denver, CO, 1986.
HONORS
Awarded: Arizona State University Leadership Academy, 2015-2016
Awarded: JSLHR-Speech Editor’s award: “Rhythm as a coordinating device: Entrainment with
disordered speech”, 2014
Awarded: Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2011
Nominated: ASU Graduate College Outstanding Doctoral Mentor, 2011.
Awarded: JSLHR-Speech Editor’s award: “Quantifying Rhythm Deficits in the Dysarthrias”, 2009.
RESEARCH CONSULTANTSHIPS
1. Research Associate, University of Arizona Center on Aging, 2015-present
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2. Research Consultant: (McAuliffe, M.J., & Anderson, T.) “Factors influencing older
listeners' comprehension of dysarthric speech.” Health Research Council of New Zealand
Emerging Research Grant, Amount: $149, 924. 10/ 2009 – 2012.
3. Research Associate Professor, Barrow Neurological Institute of St. Joseph’s Hospital and
Medical Center: July 2008- present.
4. Senior Adjunct Researcher, Mayo Clinic- Scottsdale, 2004- present.
5. Special Project Associate, Mayo Clinic- Scottsdale, 1995- 2004.
6. Project Affiliate, “Brain Imaging and the Behavioral Neurosciences,” Good Samaritan
Hospital, 1997- 1998.
PROFESSIONAL STATUS
Certified (Certificate of Clinical Competence, Speech- Language Pathology), American Speech-
Language Hearing Association.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2011
Member, American Speech- Language- Hearing Association, 1986- present.
Member, Acoustical Society of America, 1988- present.
Member, International Clinical Phonetics & Linguistic Association, 1994- 1997.
Member, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 1990- 1997.
Member, Sigma Delta Epsilon—Graduate Women in Science, 1990- 1995.
Member, Board of Directors, Sigma Delta Epsilon, Xi Chapter, 1991- 1994.
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP
GRANTS
CURRENT RESEARCH AWARDS:
1. Liss, J.M., (Co-PIs, Berisha, V. and McAuliffe, M.) “A web-based platform for cross-
linguistic research in dysarthric speech.” National Institutes of Health, National Institute on
Deafness & Other Communication Disorders 1R21DC013812-01A1, $359,176, 01/01/2015
– 12/31/2016.
2. Liss, J.M. (MPI, A. Lotto). “Perception of dysarthric speech (renewal).” National Institutes
of Health, National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders 2R01
DC006859, $1.5 million, 7/1/2010-6/30/2015 (NCE).
3. Liss, J.M. (Co-PI, D. Dodick). “Frontal-Temporal Activation Patterns as a Biomarker for
Concussion and Surrogate for Recovery: Development of an EEG Metric." Mayo-ASU Seed
Grant. $38,555. 1/1/2012-12/31/2013.
4. Liss, J.M. (Co-PI, V. Berisha). “Quantitative Measures of Intelligibility of Dysarthric
Speech.” National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Deafness & Other
Communication Disorders 1R21DC012558-01, $275,000, 08/01/2012 – 07/31/2014.
5. Liss,J.M. (Consultant, PI: Yunjung Kim). “The same dysarthria in different languages”
National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication
Disorders R03DC012401, $426,999, 09/01/2012-08/30/2015.
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TRAINING AND TRAINING-RELATED AWARDS:
1. Liss, JM & Slovarp, L. Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award Program to attend the
23rd Annual Research Symposium, co-sponsored by ASHA and the NIDCD (Topic: The
Genetic Basis of Speech, Language, Reading, Learning, and Memory.), Fall 2013.
2. Liss, JM (Sponsor). Neurological Foundation of New Zealand, Philip Wrightson
Postdoctoral Fellowship: S. Borrie (2012-2014).
3. Liss, JM & Utianski, R.L. Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award Program to attend
the 21st Annual Research Symposium, co-sponsored by ASHA and the NIDCD (Topic:
Neurological Bases of Auditory and Speech Perception), Fall 2011.
4. Liss, JM (Associate Investigator with PI Megan McAuliffe, AI Greg O’Beirne)
“Sensorimotor adaptation to feedback perturbations in dysarthria.” NZILBB & Dept. of
Communication Disorders, Internal Award. 2010.
5. Liss, JM (Sponsor) NIH Predoctoral Traineeship (NIH, F31): Kaitlin Lansford, 2010.
6. Liss, J.M. (Principal Investigator). “Perception of dysarthric speech.” National Institutes of
Health, National Institute on Deafness & other Communication Disorders R01 DC006859,
$1.5 million, 7/1/2004- 6/30/2010.
7. Liss, J.M. (Principal Investigator). “Perceptual Segmentation of Connected Dysarthric
Speech.” National Institute of Health, National Institute of Deafness & other
Communication Disorders, FIRST Award. Project duration: 9/1994- 8/1999. Direct costs:
$349, 098.
PRIOR MAYO FOUNDATION AWARDS:
1. Liss, J.M. (Collaborator). “High- density electroencephalographic (EEG) event- related
bandpower as a biomarker for disordered speech perception.” CR5 awarded to Dr. John
Caviness (PI), Mayo Clinic Arizona Research Committee, Amount: $70,000. 4/2007-
12/2009.
2. Evidente, V. & Liss, J.M. (Co-Principal Investigators). “Correlative Study of the Phenotype,
Genotype, Electrophysiology, and Speech of Patients with ‘Lubag’ and their Asymptomatic
At- Risk Relatives.” Awarded 01/2003. IRB 1169-02.
3. Caviness, J.N. & Liss, J.M. (Co-Principal Investigators). “Analysis of EEG- EMG
Coherence in Speech.” (#873- 02), Mayo Clinic- Scottsdale, Amount: $250,000. Awarded
03/2002. IRB 630- 99.
4. Caviness, J.N., Liss, J.M., & Wszolek, Z. (Co-Principal Investigators). “Electrophysiologic
and acoustical evaluation of pallido- ponto- nigral degeneration.” Mayo Clinic Scottsdale,
Amount: $10,300 for patient care costs. Awarded 03/2000. IRB 873- 02.
PRIOR INTRAMURAL AWARDS:
1. Dorman, M & Liss, J.M. (Co- Investigators). “Computer enhanced learning in speech and
hearing science.” College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University. Project
duration: 1996-1997. Amount: $6600.
2. Dorman, M & Liss, J.M. (Co- Investigators). “Computer enhanced learning in speech and
hearing science.” College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University. Project
duration: 1995-1996. Amount: $6195.
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3. Liss, J.M. (Principal Investigator). “Acoustic determinants of prosodic disturbance in motor
speech disorders.” Grant- in- Aid, Universtiy of Minnesota. Awarded 12/1991. Amount:
$11,000.
4. Liss, J.M. (Principal Investigator). “Writing-to-Learn in Anatomy and Physiology of the
Speech and Hearing Mechanisms.” Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Writing,
University of Minnesota. Project duration: 09/1991-07/1992. Amount: $9,082.
5. Liss, J.M. (Principal Investigator). “Acoustic/ perceptual effects of slowing and stress on
speech production.” Graduate School Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, University of
Minnesota. Awarded Summer 1991. Amount: $4,500.
6. Liss, J.M. (Principal Investigator). “Acoustic/ perceptual characterization of select motor
speech disorders.” Grant- in- Aid, University of Minnesota, Project duration: 12/1990-
06/1991. Amount: $10,544.
PUBLICATIONS
REFEREED:
*Articles marked with an asterisk are based on research conducted by graduate students under my
sole or joint supervision.
1. LaCross, A., Liss, J., Barragan, B., Adams, A., & Berisha, V. (2016). The role of stress and
word size in Spanish speech segmentation. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Express Letters. Vol 40, Issue 6.
2. *Jiao, Y., *Tu, M., Berisha, V., Liss, J. (2016) Accent Identification by Combining Deep
Neural Networks and Recurrent Neural Networks Trained on Long and Short Term Features.
Proc. Interspeech 2016, 2388-2392.
3. *Fletcher, A. R., McAuliffe, M. J., Lansford, K., & Liss, J. M. (under review). Assessing articulatory impairment in dysarthria: An analysis of methods. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research.
4. *Tu, M., Wisler, A., Berisha, V., & Liss, J.M. (2016). The relationship between perceptual
disturbances in dysarthric speech and automatic speech recognition performance. J. Acoust.
Soc. Am. 140, EL416.
5. *Fletcher, A., McAuliffe, M., Lansford, K., and Liss, J. (2015). The relationship between
speech segment duration and vowel centralization in a group of older speakers. The Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America,138(4), 2132-2139.
6. Berisha, V., Sandoval, S., Utianski, R.L., Wisler, A., Liss, J., and Spanias, A. (under review-
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME)). Minimizing the Effects of
Idiosyncratic Features in Pathological Speech Analysis.
7. *Jiao, Y., Berisha, V., Tu, M., and Liss, J. (2015). Convex weighting criteria for speaking
rate estimation, IEEE transactions on audio, speech, and language processing. IEEE/ACM
Trans Audio Speech Lang Process, 23(9), 1421-1430.
8. Berisha, V., Wang, S., LaCross, A., Liss, J.M. (2015). Tracking discourse complexity
preceding Alzheimer's diagnosis: A case study comparing the press conferences of Presidents
Ronald Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 45(3),
959-963.
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9. *Utianski, R.L., Caviness, J.N., and Liss, J.M. (2015). Cortical characterization of the
perception of intelligible and unintelligible speech measured via high-density
electroencephalography. Brain and Language, 140, 49-54. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2014.10.008
10. *Fletcher, A.R., McAuliffe, M.J., Lansford, K.M., and Liss, J.M. (2014). Distinguishing
dysarthric speech: Vowel acoustics and measurement. Proceedings of the 15th International
Australasian Conference on Speech Science and Technology. 239.
11. Berisha, V., Liss, J.M., Sandoval, S., Utianski, R.L., Spanias, A. (2014) Modeling
pathological speech perception from data with similarity. Proceedings of IEEE International
Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing. 915-919.
12. *Lansford, K.L., Liss, J.M., & Norton, R.E. (2014). Free-classification of perceptually
similar speakers with dysarthria. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. doi:
10.1044/2014_JSLHR-S-13-0177
13. Borrie, S.A. & Liss, J.M. (2014). Rhythm as a coordinating device: Entrainment with
disordered speech. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 57(3), 815-824. doi: 10.1044/2014_JSLHR-S-13-0149
14. Berisha, V., Sandoval, S., Utianski, R.L., Liss, J.M., and Spanias, A. (2014). Characterizing
the distribution of the quadrilateral vowel space area. Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America. 135(1), 421-427. doi: 10.1121/1.4829528
15. *Lansford, K. and Liss, J.M. (2014). Vowel acoustics in dysarthria: speech disorder
diagnosis and classification. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 57, 57-67.
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2013/12-0262)
16. *Lansford, K. and Liss, J.M. (2014). Vowel acoustics in dysarthria: mapping to perception.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 57, 68-80. DOI: 10.1044/1092-
4388(2013/12-0263)
17. *Sandoval, S., Berisha, V., Utianski, R.L., Liss, J.M., and Spanias, A. (2013). Automatic
Assessment of Vowel Space Area. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(5),
EL477-483.
18. Berisha, V., Sandoval, S., Utianski, R., Liss, J. & Spanias, A. (2013). Selecting disorder-
specific features for speech pathology fingerprinting. ICASSP (p./pp. 7562-7566), : IEEE.
19. Berisha, V., Utianski, R. and Liss, J. (2013). Towards a clinical tool for automatic
intelligibility assessment.. ICASSP (p./pp. 2825-2828), : IEEE.
20. Liss, J.M, Utianski, R.L., and Lansford, K.L. (2013). Cross-Linguistic Application of
English-Centric Rhythm Descriptors in Motor Speech Disorders. Folia Phoniatrica et
Logopaedica. 65, 3-19. DOI: 10.1159/000350030
21. *Borrie, S.A., McAuliffe, M.J., Liss, J.M., O’Beirne, G.A., & Anderson, T. (2013). The role
of linguistic and indexical information in improved recognition of dysarthric speech. Journal
of Acoustical Society of America, 133(1), 474-82. DOI: 10.1121/1.4770239.
22. *Choe, Y-k., Liss, J.M., Azuma, T.A., & Mathy, P. (2012). Evidence of cue use and
performance differences in deciphering dysarthric speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society
of America- Express Letters, 131(2), EL112-EL118. PMCID: PMC3267784
23. *Borrie, S. A., McAuliffe, M. J., & Liss, J. M. (2012). Perceptual learning of dysarthric
speech: A review of experimental studies. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing
Research, 55, 290-305. DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0349
24. *Borrie, S.A., McAuliffe, M.J., Liss, J.M., O'Beirne, G.A., and Anderson, T. (2012). A
follow-up investigation into the mechanisms that underlie improved recognition of dysarthric
speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132, EL102-EL108.
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25. *Borrie, S.A., McAuliffe, M.J., Liss, J.M., Kirk, C., O'Beirne, G.A., & Anderson, T. (2012).
Familiarisation conditions and the mechanisms that underlie improved recognition of
dysarthic speech. Language & Cognitive Processes, 27, 1039-1055.
DOI:10.1080/01690965.2011.610596
26. *Lansford, K.L., Liss, J.M., Caviness, J.N., & Utianski, R.L. (2011). A cognitive-perceptual
approach to conceptualizing speech intelligibility deficits and remediation practice in
hypokinetic dysarthria. Parkinson’s Disease, 2011, Article ID 150962, 9 pages, doi:10.4061/
2011/150962. PMCID: PMC3171761
27. *Utianski, R.L., Lansford, K., Liss, J.M., Azuma, T. (2011). The effects of topic knowledge
on intelligibility and lexical segmentation in hypokinetic and ataxic dysarthria. Journal of
Medical Speech Language Pathology, 19(4), 25-36.
28. Liss, J.M., Legendre, S., & Lotto, A.J. (2010). Discriminating dysarthria type from envelope
modulation spectra. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 53, 1246-1255.
29. Liss, J.M., White, L, Mattys, S.L., Lansford, K., Spitzer, S, Lotto, A.J., & Caviness, J.N.
(2009). Quantifying speech rhythm deficits in the dysarthrias. Journal of Speech, Language,
and Hearing Research, 52(5), 1334- 1352.
30. *Spitzer, S., Liss, J.M., Dorman, M., Spahr, A., & Lansford, K. (2009). The use of
fundamental frequency for lexical segmentation in cochlear implants. Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America- Express Letters, 125(6), 236- 241. PMC2806437
31. Mattys, S., & Liss, J.M. (2008). On building models of spoken-word recognition: When there
is as much to learn from natural “oddities” as artificial normality. Journal of Experimental
Psychology: Perception and Psychophysics, 70(7), 1235- 1242.
32. Weismer, G., Barlow, S., Smith, A., Caviness, J.N., Liss, J.M.,& Finan, D. (2008). Driving
critical initiatives in motor speech. Journal of Medical Speech- Language Pathology, 16(4),
283- 295.
33. *Spitzer, S., Liss, J.M.,Mattys, S.L. (2007). Acoustic cues to lexical segmentation: A study
of resynthesized speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122(6), 3678- 3687.
34. Choe, Y., Azuma, T., Mathy, P., Liss, J.M., & Edgar, J. (2007). The effect of home computer
practice on naming in individuals with non-fluent aphasia and verbal apraxia. Journal of
Medical Speech- Language Pathology, 15(4), 407-422.
35. Arvanitakis, Z., Witte, R.J., Dickson, D.W., Tsuboi, Y., Uitti, R., Slowinski, J., Hutton, M.,
Lin, S., Boeve, B., Cheshire, W., Pooley, R., Liss, J.M., Caviness, J.N., Strongosky, A. &
Wszolek, Z. (2007). Clinical-pathologic studies of biomarkers in FTDP-17 (PPND family
with N279K tau mutation). Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders, 13(4), 230-239.
36. Liss, J.M., Krein-Jones, K., Wzolek, Z., & Caviness, J.N. (2006). Speech characteristics of
patients with pallido-ponto-nigral degenerations (PPND) and their application to pre-
symptomatic detection in at-risk relatives. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology,
15, 226-253.
37. McHenry, M. & Liss, J.M. (2006). The impact of stimulated vocal loudness on nasalance in
dysarthria. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 14(3),197-206.
38. Caviness, J.N., Liss, J.M., Adler, C. & Evidente, V. (2006). Analysis of high-frequency
electroencephalographic-electromyographic coherence elicited by speech and oral nonspeech
tasks in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 49(2), 492-
499.
39. Jones, W, Mathy, P., Azuma, T., & Liss, J.M. (2004). The effect of aging and topic cues on the
intelligibility of dysarthric speech. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 20(2), 22-29.
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40. *Sciortino, K., Liss, J.M., Case, J.L., Gerritsen, K. & Katz, R.C. (2003). Effects of mechanical,
cold, gustatory, and combined stimulation to the human anterior faucial pillars.
Dysphagia,18(1), 16-26.
41. Liss, J.M., Spitzer, S.M., Caviness, J.N, & Adler, C (2002). The effects of familiarization on
intelligibility and lexical segmentation in hypokinetic and ataxic dysarthria. Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America, 112(6), 3022-3030.
42. *Spitzer, S.M., Liss, J.M., Caviness, J.N., & Adler, C. (2000). An exploration of familiarization
effects in the perception of hypokinetic and ataxic dysarthric speech. Journal of Medical
Speech-Language Pathology, 8(4), 285-294.
43. Liss, J.M., Spitzer, S.M., Caviness, J.N, Adler, C., & Edwards, B. (2000). Lexical boundary
error analysis in hypokinetic and ataxic dysarthria. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,
107(6), 3415-3424.
44. *Zraick, R., Liss, J.M., Dorman, M., Case, J., & LaPointe, L. (2000). Multidimensional scaling
of nasal voice quality. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 43, 989-996.
45. *Zraick R. & Liss, J.M. (2000). A Comparison of Equal-Appearing Interval Scaling and
Direct Magnitude Estimation of Nasal Voice Quality. Journal of Speech, Language and
Hearing Research, 43, 979-988.
46. Liss, J.M. (1998). Error revision in the spontaneous speech of apraxic speakers. Brain and
Language, 62, 342-360.
47. Liss, J.M., Spitzer, S., Caviness, J.N., Adler, C., & Edwards, B. (1998). Syllabic strength and
lexical boundary decisions in the perception of hypokinetic dysarthric speech. Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America, 104(4), 2457-2466.
48. *Avery, J.D. & Liss, J.M. (1996). Perceptual and acoustic analysis of less-masculine-sounding
male speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 99, 3738-3748.
49. *Wilcox, F., Liss, J.M., & Siegel, G. (1996). Interobserver agreement in videofluoroscopic
swallowing examinations. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 39, 144-152.
50. *Tjaden, K.K. & Liss, J.M. (1995). Listener familiarity in the perception of dysarthric
speech. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 9, 139-154.
51. *Tjaden, K.K. & Liss, J.M. (1995). The influence of familiarity on judgments of treated
dysarthric speech. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 4, 39-48.
52. Liss, J.M., Kuehn D.P., & Hinkle, K.P. (1994). Direct training of velopharyngeal
musculature. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 2, 243-249.
53. Liss, J.M. & Weismer, G. (1994). Acoustic characteristics of contrastive stress production in
the speech of normal geriatric, apraxic and dysarthric speakers. Clinical Linguistics and
Phonetics, 8, 45-66.
54. Liss, J.M. & Hanson, S.D. (1993). Writing-to-learn in science: The variables that influence
success. Journal of College Science Teaching, 22, 342–345.
55. Liss, J.M. & Weismer, G. (1992). Qualitative acoustic analysis in the study of motor speech
disorders. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 92, 2984-2987.
56. Liss, J.M. (1990). Muscle spindles in the human levator veli palatini and palatoglossus
muscles. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 33, 736-746.
57. Liss, J.M., Weismer, G., & Rosenbek, J.C. (1990). Selected acoustic characteristics of the
speech production in very old males. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 45,
35-45.
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58. McNeil, M.R., Liss, J.M., Tseng, C., & Kent, R.D. (1990). Effects of speech rate on the
absolute and relative timing of apraxic and conduction aphasic sentence production. Brain
and Language, 38, 122-134.
BOOKS:
1. Corbin-Lewis , K. & Liss, J.M. (2014). Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Swallow
Mechanism, 2nd Edition. Cengage.
2. Corbin-Lewis, K., Liss, J.M. & Sciortino, K. (2004). Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of
the Swallow Mechanism. Thomson Delmar Learning, Clifton Park NY. (Translated into
Japanese and Portuguese)
INVITED CHAPTERS:
1. White, L., Liss, J.M., & Dellwo, V. (2011). Assessment of rhythm. In A. Lowit & R.D.
Kent (Eds.), Assessment of Motor Speech Disorders. Pp. 213-252. San Diego: Plural
Publishing.
2. Liss, J.M., Lansford, K., Caviness, J.N. (2009). Lewy Body Dementia. In J. Rosenbek (Ed.)
The Encyclopedia of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Rare Conditions, pp. 171-178. San
Diego: Plural Publishing.
3. Liss, J.M. (2007). Perception of dysarthric speech. In G. Weismer (Ed.). Motor Speech
Disorders: Essays for Ray Kent, pp. 187-219. San Diego: Plural Publishing.
4. Weismer, G. & Liss, J.M. (1991). Speech motor control and aging. In D. Ripich (Ed.),
Handbook of Geriatric Communication Disorders, pp. 205-225. Austin: Pro-Ed.
5. Kent, R.D., Liss, J.M., & Philips, B.J. (1989). Acoustic analysis of velopharyngeal
dysfunction in speech. In K. Bzoch (Ed.), Communicative Disorders Related to Cleft Lip
and Palate (Revised Edition), pp. 258-270. Boston: Little-Brown.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
1. Liss, J.M., Dromey, C., & Yorkston, K. (2008). Preface to Special Edition (Conference on
Motor Speech). Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology.
2. Weismer, G. & Liss, J.M. (1991). Acoustic/perceptual taxonomies of disordered speech. In
C. Moore, K.Yorkston and D. Beukelman (Eds.), Dysarthria and apraxia of speech:
Perspectives and management. pp. 245-270, London: Brookes.
3. Weismer, G. & Liss, J.M. (1991). Reductionism is a dead end in speech research:
Perspectives on a new direction. In C. Moore, K. Yorkston and D. Beukelman (Eds.),
Dysarthria and apraxia of speech: Perspectives and management. pp. 15-27, London:
Brookes.
PRESENTATIONS
INVITED SPEAKER AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
1. Utianski, R.L., Liss, J.M., Starling, A., Halker, R., Vargas, B., Caviness, J.N., and Dodick,
D. (March 2015). Network analysis of resting state EEG recordings: detecting acute and
residual effects of concussion. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting.
2. Liss, J.M., Utianski, R.L., Lansford, K., and McAuliffe M. (February 2014). “Cross-
Linguistic Application of English-Centric Rhythm Descriptors in Motor Speech Disorder.”
Conference on Motor Speech, Sarasota, FL.
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3. Liss, J.M. (January 2012). “The use of rhythm metrics in the cross-linguistic perception of
speech.” Sixth Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Tucson AZ.
4. Liss, J.M. (January 2011). “The Underutilization of Theory in Clinical Decision-Making”
Fifth Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Tucson AZ.
5. Liss, J.M. (October 2010). “Theory-Driven Practice in Intelligibility Deficits in Dysarthria”
NSSHLA Crossroads, Purdue University.
6. Liss, J.M. (January 2010). “Using Natural Degradation to Test Theories of Speech
Perception.” Presentation, Fourth Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference,
Tucson, AZ.
7. Liss, J.M., Lotto, A.J., Lansford, K. (October 2009). “Disordered Speech as a Testing
Ground for Listener Learning and Adaptation.” Special session on Perceptual Learning and
Adaptation, Acoustical Society of America, San Antonio, TX.
8. Liss, J.M. (January 2009). “Perceptual-Cognitive Flexibility in Communication.”
Presentation, Third Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Tucson, AZ.
9. Liss, J.M. (January 2008). “The Perception of Degraded Speech.” Second Annual Meeting
of the Auditory Cognitive Science Society, Tucson, AZ.
10. Lotto, A.J. & Liss, J.M. (November 2007). “Applications and implications of basic research
into the processing of complex sound perception.” NSSHLA Educational Forum, University
of Arizona.
11. Liss, J.M. (January 2007). “Predicting Intelligibility from Auditory Cognitive Models.”
First Annual Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Science Society, Tucson, AZ.
12. Liss, J.M., & Caviness, J.N. (1997). "Understanding neurogenic speech and movement
disorders: A clinical approach. Arizona Speech-Language and Hearing Association
Convention, Phoenix, AZ.
13. Liss, J.M. (1995). "Assessment and Treatment of Childhood Motor Speech Disorders." 18th
Annual Summer Institute for the Management of Communicative Disorders, Utah State
University.
14. Liss, J.M. (1994). "Differential Diagnosis of Motor Speech Disorders." Western Kentucky
Conference on Communication Disorders, Murray State University, Murray, KY.
15. Liss, J.M. (1993). "Error-repair in Apraxia of Speech." National Center for Neurogenic
Communication Disorders, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
16. Liss, J.M. (1993). "Treatment of Motor Speech Disorders." Seventh National Conference
on Stroke, North Memorial Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN.
17. Weismer, G., & Liss, J.M. (1992). "A second look at reductionism in speech research."
Sixth Biennial Conference on Motor Speech, Boulder, CO.
18. Liss, J.M. (1991). "Our Changing Role in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Motor Speech
Disorders." Spring Convention of the Minnesota Speech- Language-Hearing Association,
Bloomington, MN.
REFEREED SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS *Presentations marked with an asterisk are based on research conducted by graduate students
under my supervision.
1. LaCross, A., McAuliffe, M., Liss, J.M., Barragan, B., Adams, Berisha, V. (June 2016). The
roles of stress and syllable number as a cue for Spanish speech segmentation. 2016
International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference (Halifax, Canada).
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2. *Fletcher, A., McAuliffe, M., Wisler, A., Lansford, K., Sinex, D., Liss, J. (March 2016).
Comparing treatment strategies: Rate control and increased loudness. Poster Presentation.
Madonna Motor Speech Conference (Newport Beach, CA).
3. Berisha, V., Liss, J.M., Wisler, A., Tu, M. (March 2016). Objective evaluation of perceptual
quality in the dysarthrias: an engineering perspective. Madonna Motor Speech Conference
(Newport Beach, CA).
4. *Sandoval, S, De Leon, P.L., Liss, J.M. (December 2015). Hilbert Spectral Analysis of
Vowels using Intrinsic Mode Functions. Poster Presentation. 2015 IEEE Automatic Speech
Recognition and Understanding Workshop (Scottsdale, AZ).
5. *Fletcher, A., McAuliffe, M., Lansford, K., Sinex, D., & Liss, J. (November 2015).
Predictors of intelligibility improvement in dysarthria: A treatment simulation study. Oral
presentation given. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention,
(Denver, CO).
6. *Fletcher, A., McAuliffe, M., Lansford, K., & Liss, J. (November 2015). Assessing vowel
centralization in dysarthria: A comparison of methods. Poster Presentation. 170th Meeting of
the Acoustical Society of America. (Jacksonville, MS).
7. *Wisler, A., Berisha, V., Ramamurthy, K., Spanias, A., Liss, J.M. (April 2015). Removing
Data with Noisy Responses in Regression Analysis. 40th IEEE International Conference on
Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (Brisbane, Queensland).
8. *Utianski, R.L., Liss, J.M., Starling, A., Singh, R.H., Vargas, B., Dodick, D., Caviness, J.
(March 2015). Network analysis of resting state electroencephalographic recordings:
detecting acute and residual effects of concussion. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual
Meeting (San Francisco, CA).
9. *Fletcher, A., McAuliffe, M., Lansford, K., Liss, J., (December 2014). Distinguishing
dysarthric speech: Vowel acoustics and measurement. Poster presentation. Australasian
International Speech Science and Technology Conference. (Christchurch, New Zealand).
10. Borrie, S.A., Berisha, V., and Liss, J.M. (June 2014). Disorders of Conversation: Modeling
Entrainment in Communication Disorders. Finding Common Ground: Social, Ecological, and
Cognitive Perspectives on Language Use (Hartford, CT).
11. Lansford, K., Berisha, V., Liss, J.M., Utianski, R.L., and Sandoval, S. (February 2014).
Effect of clinical experience on perceptions of speaker similarity in dysarthria. Conference
on Motor Speech (Sarasota, FL).
12. *Wang, S., Zhong, X., Dorman, M.F., Yost, W.A., Liss, J.M. (December 2013). Using tactile
aids to provide low frequency information for cochlear implant users. 166th Meeting of the
Acoustical Society of America (San Francisco, CA).
13. *Sandoval, S., Utianski, R.L., Berisha, V., Liss, J.M., and Spanias, A. (December 2013).
Feature divergence of pathological speech. 166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of
America (San Francisco, CA).
14. *Helms-Tillery, K., Cook, S.J., Utianski, R.L., Liss, J.M., Dorman, M. (December 2013). A
word to the eyes: Visual cues benefit lexical segmentation in noise. 166th Meeting of the
Acoustical Society of America (San Francisco, CA).
15. *Utianski, R.L., Sandoval, S., Lehrer, N. Berisha, V., and Liss, J.M. (December 2013).
Speech assist: An augmentative tool for practice in speech-language pathology. 166th
Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (San Francisco, CA).
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16. *Utianski, R.L., Sandoval, S., Berisha, V., and Liss, J.M. (December 2013). The effects of
speech compression algorithms on the intelligibility of dysarthric speech. 166th Meeting of
the Acoustical Society of America (San Francisco, CA).
17. Berisha, V., Sandoval, S., Utianski, R.L., Liss, J.M., and Spanias, A. (May 2013). Selecting
disorder-specific features for speech pathology fingerprinting. 38th International Conference
on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP).
18. Berisha, V., Utianski, R.L., and Liss, J.M. (May 2013). Toward a clinical tool for automatic
intelligibility assessment. 38th International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal
Processing (ICASSP).
19. Utianski, R.L. and Liss, J.M. (February 2013). Using a neurophysiological and theoretical
framework to guide the remediation of intelligibility disorders. 43rd Annual Mid-South
Conference on Communicative Disorders (Memphis, TN).
20. Tahmina, Q., Bhandary, M., Azimi, B., Hu, Y., Utianski, R.L., and Liss, J.M. (October
2012). The effect of visual information on speech perception in noise by electroacoustic
hearing. 164th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Kansas, Missouri.
21. *Utianski, R.L., Caviness, J.N., Liss, J.M., Lotto, A.J., and Lansford, K.L. (May 2012).
Cortical activation during the perception of intelligible and unintelligible speech as measured
via high- density electroencephalography. 163rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of
America, Hong Kong.
22. *Utianski, R.L., Liss, J.M., Lotto, A.J., and Lansford, K.L. (February 2012). The use of long-
term average spectra (LTAS) in discriminating dysarthria types. Conference on Motor
Speech, Santa Rosa, California.
23. *Lansford, K., Norton, R., Liss, J.M., Utianski, R.L. (February 2012). Perceptual similarity
of dysarthric speech. Conference on Motor Speech, Santa Rosa, California.
24. *Utianski, R., Berisha, V., Liss, J.M., and Lansford, K. (November 2011). Automated
rhythmic discrimination of dysarthria types. 162nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of
America, San Diego, CA.
25. *Lansford, K.L., Norton, R., Liss, J.M. and Utianski, R.L. (November 2011). Free
classification of dysarthric speech. 162nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America,
San Diego, CA.
26. *Carbonell, K., Lansford, K.L., Utianski, R.L., Liss, J.M., and Lotto, A. (November 2011).
Discriminating language and talker using non-linguistic measures of rhythm, spectral energy
and f0. 162nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, CA.
27. Hu, Y., Runge, C., Friedland, D. and Liss, JM (2011). The contributions of non-integer
multiples of F0 to the benefites of electric-acoustic stimulation. CIAP
28. Schafer, MCM, McAuliffe, MJ, Liss, JM, O’Beirne, and Cai, S. Responses of older
individuals to manipulations in auditory feedback: Preliminary findings (January 2011) Asia
Pacific Conference.
29. *Utianski, R., Lansford, K., Liss, J.M., and Lotto, A. (May 2011). Envelope modulation
spectrum: exploring the challenges to intelligibility of dysarthric speech. 161st Meeting of the
Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA.
30. *Lansford, K., Liss, J.M., Utianski, R., Azuma, T., Dorman, M., and Lotto, A. (May 2011).
Contribution of vowel distinctiveness to intelligibility and vowel identification accuracy of
dysarthric speech. 161st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA.
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31. *Carbonell, K., Lansford, K., Utianski, R., Liss, J.M., Sullivan, S., and Lotto, A.J. (May
2011). Stable production rhythms across languages for bilingual speakers. 161st Meeting of
the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA.
32. *Borrie, S. A., McAuliffe, M. J., Liss, J. M., O’Beirne, G. A., & Anderson, T. (2011).
Perceptual learning of hypokinetic dysarthria: A follow-up investigation into the mechanisms
that underlie passive and explicit learning of dysarthric speech. Asia Pacific Conference on
Speech, Language, and Hearing, Christchurch, New Zealand: 11-14 January 2011.
33. *Borrie, S., McAuliffe, M.J., Liss, J.M., Kirk, C., O'Beirne, G.A., & Anderson, T. (March
2010). Familiarization conditions and the mechanisms that underlie improved recognition of
dysarthric speech. Language & Cognitive Processes. Christchurch New Zealand
34. *Utianski, R., Lansford, K., & Liss, J.M. (March 2010). “The effects of topic knowledge on
intelligibility and lexical segmentation of hypokinetic and ataxic dysarthria.” Conference on
Motor Speech, Savannah, GA.
35. *Choe, Y-k., Liss, J.M., Azuma, T., Lotto, A.J., & Mathy, P. (March 2010). “ Individual
Differences in Perceptual Strategies.” Conference on Motor Speech, Savannah, GA.
36. *Borrie, S.A., McAuliffe, M.J., Liss, J.M., Kirk, C., O’Beirne, G., & Anderson, T. (March
2010). “A comparison of familiarisation modes on perceptual learning and speech
intelligibility of hypokinetic dysarthria.” Conference on Motor Speech, Savannah, GA.
37. *Utianski, R., Lansford, K., & Liss, J.M. (January 2010). “The effects of topic knowledge on
intelligibility and lexical segmentation of hypokinetic and ataxic dysarthria.” Fourth Annual
Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Tucson, AZ
38. *Lansford, K., Caviness, J.N., Utianski, R., Liss, J.M., & Lotto, A.J. (January 2010). “Effects
of speech intelligibility on the P1-N1-P2 complex: A preliminary analysis.” Fourth Annual
Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Tucson, AZ
39. *Choe, Y-k., Liss, J.M., Lotto, A.J., Azuma, T. & Mathy, P. (November 2009). “Individual
differences in speech perception.” American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association
Convention, New Orleans, LA.
40. Liss, J.M., Lotto, A.J., & Lansford, K. (October 2009). “Disordered speech as a testing
ground for listener learning and adaptation.”158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of
America, San Antonio, TX.
41. *Lansford, K. & Liss, J.M. (October 2009). “Predicting perceptual outcomes from acoustic
measures of vowels in dysarthria: A classification analysis.” Poster presentation, 158th
Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Antonio, TX.
42. LeGendre, S., Lotto, A.J., Liss, J.M. & Utianski, R. (October 2009). “Talker recognition
using envelope modulation spectra.” 158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San
Antonio, TX.
43. Liss, J.M., Spitzer, S., Lansford, K., & Caviness, J.N. (May 2009). “The differential effects
of dysarthria type on lexical segmentation.” 157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of
America, Portland, OR.
44. LeGendre, S., Liss, J.M., & Lotto, A.J. (May 2009). “Discriminating dysarthria type and
predicting intelligibility from envelope modulation spectra.” 157th Meeting of the Acoustical
Society of America, Portland, OR.
45. Liss, J.M., Spitzer, S., Dorman, M., Spahr, T., & Lansford, K. (January 2009). “The Role of
F0 in Lexical Segmentation by Listeners with Cochlear Implants and in Simulations.” Third
Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Tucson, AZ.
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46. Liss, J.M., White, L, Mattys, S.L, Spitzer, S.M., Lansford, K., Lotto, A. & Caviness, J.N.
(January 2009).“Classifying dysarthrias by speech rhythm metrics.” Third Auditory
Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Tucson, AZ.
47. LeGendre, S., Liss, J.M. & Lotto, A.J. (January 2009) “Envelope Modulation Spectra in the
Classification of Dysarthric Speech.” Third Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Conference, Tucson, AZ.
48. Caviness, J.N., Lotto, A.J., Liss, J.M., Lansford, K., Spitzer, S., Kittleson, M., & Caselli, R.
(January 2009).“High Density Electroencephalographic Event Related Bandpower as a
Biomarker for Disordered Speech Perception.” Third Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience
Society Conference, Tucson, AZ.
49. White, L., Liss, J.M., Mattys, S.L, Lansford, K., Lotto, A.J., Spitzer, S., & Caviness, J.N.
(December 2008). “Distinguishing dysarthrias using rhythm metrics.” Oral presentation at
The British Association of Clinical Linguistics, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
50. Spitzer, S.M., Liss, J.M., & Mattys, S.L. (March 2008). “Acoustic Cues to Lexical
Segmentation: A Study of Resynthesized Speech.” Conference on Motor Speech, Monterey,
CA.
51. Liss, J.M., Spitzer, S.M, Lansford, K., Choe, Y-k., Kennerley, K. & Caviness, J.N. (March
2008). “Examining intelligibility deficits in ALS and Huntington’s disease.” Conference on
Motor Speech, Monterey CA.
52. *Herf, S., Liss, J.M., Spahr, A. & Dorman, M. (July 2008). “The use of fundamental
frequency information by cochlear implant patients with residual low-frequency hearing.”
Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Paris, France.
53. Mattys, S. L., Spitzer, S. M., & Liss, J. M. (July 2007). “Acoustic cues to lexical
segmentation: A study of resynthesized speech.” Joint meeting of the Psychonomics Society
and the Experimental Psychology Society, Edinburgh, Scotland.
54. Liss, J.M., White, L. Spitzer, S., Mattys, S., Lansford, K., Choe, Y-k., Kennerley, K.,
Caviness, J.N. (June 2007). “Quantifying speech rhythm deficits in dysarthria.” 147th
Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Salt Lake City, UT
55. *Lansford, K., Mattys, S., & Liss, J.M. (June 2007). “Word recognition in dysarthric speech:
Evidence for the time-course hypothesis.” 147th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of
America, Salt Lake City, UT.
56. Liss, J.M., White, L., Spitzer, SM, Mattys, SL, Lansford, K., Choe, Y-k., Kennerley, K. &
Caviness J. (April 2007). “Speech rhythm deficits in dysarthria.” Poster presented (by
L.White) at the Speech Prosody in Atypical Populations Conference, University of Reading,
UK.
57. Caviness, J.N., Liss, J.M., and Parsons, L., Adler, C., Evidente, V. (March 2004). “Analysis
of high-frequency EEG-EMG Coherence in mouth movements and speech in PD.”
Conference on Motor Speech, Albuquerque, NM.
58. Liss, J.M., Krein-Jones, K., Lamoureux, A.K., Wszolek, Z., and Caviness, J.N. (March
2004). “Voice characteristics of patients with PPND and their application to presymptomatic
detection in at-risk relatives.” Conference on Motor Speech, Albuquerque, NM.
59. Liss, J.M., Josephs, J., Parsons, L, Adler, C., Caviness, J.N. (March 2004). “A prediction-
based analysis of Hypokinetic dysarthria in an off versus on medication state.” Conference
on Motor Speech, Albuquerque, NM.
60. Caviness, J.N. & Liss, J.M. (March 2002). “Analysis of EEG-EMG Coherence in Speech,”
Board of Governors Proceedings,.
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61. Liss, J.M. (November 2002). “Listener’s role in the intelligibility of dysarthric speech,”
American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Convention Short Course, Atlanta,
GA.
62. Zraick, R. & Liss, J.M. (November 2002) “Individual listener differences in the perception of
nasality” American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Convention, Atlanta, GA.
63. Corbin-Lewis, K. & Liss, J.M. (December 2000). “Vowel space in 10 Utah families.” 140th
Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Newport Beach, CA.
64. Liss, J.M., Spitzer, S.M., Caviness, J.N. & Adler, C. (December 2000). “Perceptual
segmentation of connected dysarthric speech: The final report.” 10th Biennial Conference on
Motor Speech, San Antonio, TX.
65. *Spitzer, S., Liss, J.M., Caviness, J.N., Adler, C., & Edwards, B. (February 2000). “An
exploration of familiarization effects in the perception of hypokinetic and ataxic dysarthric
speech.”10th Biennial Conference on Motor Speech, San Antonio, TX.
66. *Zraick, R., Liss, J.M., et al. (November 1998). “Perceptual scaling of synthesized nasal
vowels.” American Speech- Language and Hearing Association Convention, San Antonio,
TX.
67. Liss, J.M., Spitzer, S., Caviness, J.N., Adler, C., & Edwards, B. (July 1998). "Lexical
boundary errors in the perception of hypokinetic and ataxic speech." 9th Biennial Conference
on Motor Speech, Tucson, AZ.
68. Liss, J.M., von Berger, S., Caviness, J.N., Adler, C., & Edwards, B. (November 1996).
"Exploration of listener strategies in the perception of hypokinetic dysarthric speech." Third
Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan,
Honolulu, Hawaii.
69. Caviness, J.N. & Liss, J.M. (June 1996). "Methodological analysis of different triggering
events and artifact contribution in Bereitschaftpotentials before speech." Fourth International
Congress of Movement Disorders, Vienna, Austria.
70. Liss, J.M., von Berger, S.M., Caviness, J.N., Adler, C., Muenter, M. & Edwards, B.
(February 1996). "Syllabic stress and lexical boundary decisions in hypokinetic dysarthria."
Eighth Biennial Conference on Motor Speech, Amelia Island, FL.
71. *Connaghan, K., Liss, J.M, & Sidtis, J.J. (March 1994). "Relational timing in ataxic
dysarthria." Seventh Biennial Conference on Motor Speech, Sedona, AZ.
72. *Avery, J. & Liss, J.M. (November 1993). "Perceptual/acoustic analysis of less-masculine-
sounding male speech.” American Speech- Language Hearing Association Convention,
Anaheim, CA.
73. *Sorensen, F., Liss, J.M., & Siegel, J. (November 1993). "Videofluoroscopic studies of
swallowing disturbances." American Speech- Language Hearing Association Convention,
Anaheim, CA.
74. Liss, J.M. (November 1992). "Prosodic marking in the error-revision of apraxic speakers."
Poster presentation. 124th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, New Orleans, LA.
75. *Tjaden, K. & Liss, J.M. (November 1992). "An acoustic/perceptual investigation of a
prosody-based treatment strategy." American Speech- Language Hearing Association
Convention, San Antonio, TX.
76. *Little, K. & Liss, J.M. (April 1992). "The role of listener familiarity in perception of
severely dysarthric speech: A perceptual/acoustic investigation." Sixth Biennial Conference
on Motor Speech Disorders, Boulder, CO.
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77. *Brundage, S.B. & Liss, J.M. (November 1991). "Acoustic analysis of vowels produced by
young and elderly women in spontaneous speech." 122nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of
America, Houston, TX.
78. Liss, J.M. & Kuehn, D.P. (November 1990). "Sensorimotor control of the velopharyngeal
mechanism." Miniseminar. American Speech- Language Hearing Association Convention,
Seattle, WA.
79. Weismer, G. & Liss, J.M. (March 1990). "Acoustic/perceptual taxonomies of speech
production deficits in motor speech disorders." Fifth Biennial Clinical Dysarthria
Conference, San Antonio, TX.
80. Liss, J.M. and Weismer, G. (May 1989). "Acoustic characteristics of contrastive stress
production in normal geriatric and apraxic speakers.” 117th Meeting of the Acoustical Society
of America, Syracuse, NY.
81. McNeil, M., Tseng, C., Adams, S., Hunter, L., Liss, J.M., Odell, K., Rosenbek, J., &
Weismer, G. (October 1989). "Perceptual, acoustic, and physiologic analyses of normal,
apraxic, conduction aphasic and ataxic dysarthric speech production: Evidence for multilevel
impairments within pathologic groups." Academy of Aphasia, Santa Fe, NM.
TEACHING ACTIVITY
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (1994-Present)
SHS 310: Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
SHS 512: Medical Aspects of Speech-Language Pathology
SHS 567: Neural Bases of Communication Disorders
SHS 576: Motor Speech Disorders and Dysphagia
SHS 576: Neuromotor Speech Disorders
SHS 582: Diagnostics in Communication Disorders
SHS 591: Pharmacological and Surgical Intervention
SHS 591: Normal and Disordered Aspects of Swallowing in Pediatric and Adult Populations
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (1990-1994)
Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism
Motor Speech Disorders
Seminar: Instrumental Study of the Nature and Treatment of Motor Speech Disorders
Seminar: Neural Plasticity: Brain Imaging and Recovery of Function
Seminar: Neurogenic Speech/ Feeding Problems in Children
ADVISING-MENTORING
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (1994-Present)
DOCTORAL THESIS DIRECTION (*INDICATES DATA PUBLISHED)
CURRENT STUDENTS
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ASU Yishan Jiao In progress 2nd year doctoral
student
ASU Ming Tu In progress 2nd year doctoral
student
ASU Beatriz
Barragan
In progress 3rd year doctoral student
ASU Ariana
LaCroix
In Progress 2nd year doctoral student
ASU Karen
Gallagher
In Progress 3rd year doctoral student
ASU Julia Cai In Progress 1st year doctoral student
FORMER STUDENTS
2016, ASU Alan Wisler “Graph-based Estimation of
Information Divergence
Functions”
Post-Doc, ASU
2016, University of
Montana
L. Slovarp “Contrasting Two
Prophylactic Dysphagia
Interventions for Patients with
Head and Neck Cancer
Treated with Radiotherpy
with or without Adjunctive
Chemotherapy”
Assistant Professor,
University of Montana
2016, ASU J. A. Lima “Towards a sensorimotor
approach to adult L2
acquisition"
Instructor, Arizona State
University
2016, ASU S. Sandoval “Model-driven Time-varying
Signal Analysis and its
Application to Speech
Processing”
Affiliate faculty, New
Mexico State University
2016, Christchurch
NZ, supervisor Dr.
Megan McAuliffe
A. Fletcher “Predictors of Treatment
Outcome in Dysarthria”
Post-doctoral Fellow, New Zealand Institute of
Language Brain and
Behaviour
2015, ASU A.K.
Helms-
Tillery
“Individual Differences in the
Perceptual Learning of
Degraded Speech:
Implications for Cochlear
Implant Aural Rehabilitation”
2015 Clinical Assistant
Professor, Arizona State
University
2014, Christchurch
NZ, supervisor Dr.
Megan McAuliffe
Martina
Schaefer
“The interaction between
speech perception and speech
production: implications for
speakers with dysarthria”
2015 Adjunct Lecturer,
University of
Canterbury
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2014 Rene
Utianski
“Understanding the
Processing of Degraded
Speech:
Electroencephalographic
“Measures as a Surrogate For
Recovery From Concussion”
Post-doctoral fellow,
2014 Mayo Clinic
Arizona;
2015 Mayo Clinic
Rochester
2011, Christchurch
NZ, supervisor Dr.
Megan McAuliffe
Stephanie
Borrie
**“Perceptual Learning of
Dysarthric Speech”
2011 Post-doctoral
fellow: Arizona State
University;
2014, Assistant
Professor, Utah State
University
2008 Co-Supervisor
with Dr. Tamiko
Azuma.
Yu-kyong
Choe
“Individual differences in
understanding speech”
2008 Assistant
Professor, University of
Massachusett Amherst
2014 Associate
Professor with tenure,
University of
Massachusett Amherst
2002 S. Spitzer. *“Contributions of prosodic
variation to lexical
segmentation in resynthesized
speech”
2003 Postdoc: Medical
College of Wisconsin
2004-2008 Research
Assistant Professor
1999 K. Filter *“Effects of mechanical, cold,
gustatory, and combined
stimulation to the human
anterior faucial pillars”
Private Practice
1998 R. Zraick *“Perceptual scaling of
synthesized nasal vowels”
2014 Department Chair
and Professor,
University of Central
Florida
2011 Professor,
University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences
2004 Associate
Professor, University of
Arkansas for Medical
Sciences
1997 Assistant
Professor, University of
Arkansas for Medical
Sciences
MASTER’S THESIS DIRECTION (* INDICATES DATA PUBLISHED)
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ASU H. Torres In progress
2015 C. Delfino “Glottal Fry in College Aged Females: An Entrainment
Phenomenon?”
2015 C. Ludwig “The Impact of Visual Input on the Ability of Bilateral and
Bimodal Cochlear Implant Users to Accurately Perceive Words
and Phonemes in Experimental Phrases”
2014 E. Fall “Audiovisual Perception of Dysarthric Speech in Older Adults
Compared to Younger Adults”
2013 D. Berg “Perception of degraded speech following concussion”
2013 C. Hensley “Effects of mimicry on perceptual learning of dysarthric speech”
2011 R. Norton *“Perceptual clustering of dysarthric speech”
2010 R. Utianski *“The effects of topic knowledge on intelligibility and lexical
segmentation of hypokinetic and ataxic dysarthria”
2002 J. Josephs “Apomorphine and speech change in Parkinson’s disease
2001 W. Jones *“Topic cuing and intelligibility in dysarthric speech.”
1996 M. Marshall “The effect of rate on measures of coarticulation in dysarthria”
1996 S. Von Berger *“Word-boundary errors in listeners' perception of Parkinson's
speech"
Undergraduate Honor’s Thesis Direction and Committee Member
Sara Gronewold Spring 2017 Committee member
Shivani Palakodaty Spring 2017 Committee chair
Jones, H. Fall 2011 Committee chair
Padilla, E. Spring 2011 Committee member
Hsiung, E. Spring 2011 Committee member
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (1990-1994)
DOCTORAL THESIS DIRECTION
1994 (Co-
Supervisor with Dr.
Robert Brookshire)
J. Edgar “Meal-related patterns of respiration and
deglutition in patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease"
Research Scientist/
Assistant Professor
Truman State University
MASTER’S THESIS DIRECTION (DEGREE AWARDED)
1994 T. Fukuda. “Task type and word-retrieval performance in the healthy elderly."
S. Stranberg. “Intelligibility and rate modification in hypokinetic dysarthria."
F. Wilson “Childhood dysarthria and DVD: A case study."
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L. Brennom “Developmental verbal dyspraxia."
1993 K. Connaghan “Relational timing in ataxic dysarthria."
J. Avery *“Perceptual-acoustic analysis of less-masculine-sounding male
speech."
1992 K. Little (Tjaden) *“Listener familiarity in the perception of dysarthric speech."
1991 L. van Druten “The role of the school SLP in treating childhood dysphagia."
SERVICE
DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
University
Committees
Member, Neuroscience Planning Group (2011- Present)
Member, Executive Committee for College of Health Solutions (2012-
present)
Member, Search Committee: University Research Physician (2007)
Member, Council for Research and Creative Activities (1998-2002)
College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences
Chair, Search Committee for Chair of SHS (2012-2013)
Mentor, Mentor Program for Junior Faculty (2005-2008)
Director, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program (2002-2004)
Representative for Dissertation Defenses, Graduate College (2000-
2004)
Member, Neuroscience Ph.D. Curriculum Development Committee
(2005-2007)
Department of Speech and Hearing Science
Interim
Department Chair Department of Speech and Hearing Science
12/2006-
8/2007
Committee
Chair
Search Committee
2013-2014
2012-2013
2010-2011
2007-2008
2005-2006
1997-1998
1996-1997
Ph.D. Admissions and Program Committee
2004-2006
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Masters Admissions and Program Committee
2012-2014
2010-2011
2003-2004
Curriculum Committee
2012-2014
2010-2011
2006-2007
Personnel & Policy Committee
2012-2014
1996-1997
Ad Hoc Standards 1996-2000
Affirmative Action Committee 1996-1997
Committee
Member Personnel & Budget Committee
2006-2008
2004-2006
1998-2002
Tenure & Promotion Committee
2011-2014
2010-2011
1998-2008
Public Relations Committee 2004-2006
Ph.D. Admissions and Program Committee 2006-2008
Masters Admissions and Program Committee
2011-2012
2004
1998-2001
Interdisciplinary Doctorate Program 1994-2005
College Senate Alternate 1996-1998
Fund Raising Committee 1995-2000
Representative College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Departmental Chairs
Conference
1995
Council for Graduate Programs in Communication
Sciences and Disorders
April 1995
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Action
Representative
1994-1995
Affirmative Action Representative 2001
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
EDITORSHIPS
Editor-in-Chief Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
2016-
present
Associate Editor American Journal of Speech Language Pathology 2007-2010
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
2000-2002
2011-2015
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Volume Editor Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology 2008
Guest Associate Editor Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 2006-2011
American Journal of Speech Language Pathology 2005-2006
2011-
2014
Language, Speech and Hearing Services in the Schools 2006
GRANT REVIEWER
National Institutes of Health
NIH NIDCD
Ad hoc reviewer
R01; K- and F-series; R21/R31
ZDC1 SRB; R03; Center Grant
2002-present
National Science Foundation STTR 2015
FAS Marie Curie International
Postdoctoral Programme
Reviewer Postdoctoral Program 2010
ASHA Advancing Academic Research
Career Award
2010, 2011,
2013
VA Rehabilitation Research and
Development
SPIRE Pilot Awards 2014
Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada
Various 2002
SCHOLARLY REVIEWER
Editorial Consultant/Reviewer
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 1994-present
Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 1990-present
American Journal of Speech Language Pathology 1993-present
Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics 1994-present
Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology 1998-present
Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology 1995-present
Language and Linguistics 2009-present
Journal of Communication Disorders 2006-present
Ear & Hearing 2010-present
Neuropsychologia 2010-present
International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 2015-present
International Journals
EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing 2011-present
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders 2010-present
Journal of International Neuroscience 2010-present
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Speech Communication 2010-present
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica 1996-present
Aphasiology 2011- Present
Book Reviews
(2008) Liss, J. Review of Hixon, T. J, Weismer, G. & Hoit, J.D. (2008) Preclinical Speech
Science: Anatomy, Physiology, Acoustics, Perception. San Diego: Plural Publishing.
(1997) Liss, J. Review of Kent, R.D. (1997) The Speech Sciences. San Diego: Singular
Publishing.
(1993) Liss, J. Review of Duffy, J. (1995). Motor Speech Disorders. St. Louis: Mosby.
PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES
New Zealand Institute of Language,
Brain, and Behavior
Advisory Board Member (2014-present)
Speech Liaison Group for the
Communication Sciences and
Disorders Research Group (CSDRG)
Original member (re-formed 2008)
American Speech-Language-
Hearing Association
Fellow 2011-
Member (1987-present)
Program Committee Speech Science (2011, 1992)
Motor Speech (2007, 2004, 2000,
1998, 1997, 1995)
Invited Speaker ASHA Convention (2005, 2002)
Special Session Chair ASHA Convention (1992)
Acoustical Society of America
Member (1987-present)
Invited Speaker, “Disordered speech as a
testing ground for listener
learning and adaptation.”
2009 San Antonio
Session Chair 2009 San Antonio
2007 SLC, UT
Student Paper Judge 2009 San Antonio
2007 Spring SLC,
UT
Conference on Motor Speech
Conference Chair 2008 Monterey, CA
Program Committee 2004 Albuquerque,
2000 San Antonio