Faculty/Staff/PhD
PH.D STUDENT
Davis, Ansley, M.S., CCC-SLP
PhD Student
Primary Advisor: Dr. Ruth Bahr
Ansley Davis鈥痠s a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist and Ph.D. candidate in the
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Prior to returning to the classroom,
she worked in the public school system as a Speech-Language Pathologist providing
school-age children and adolescents with speech and language intervention. Her primary
research interests include social communication skills for school-age children and
adolescents and improving language outcomes for individuals with a language disorder.
Ansley鈥檚 goal is to contribute to the dissemination of evidence-based social communication
interventions for practicing speech-language pathologists. Current projects include
using eye-tracking methodology to assess how manipulation of semantic and pragmatic
stimuli impacts sentence processing and collaboration with an education policy organization
on a project combining AI, Literacy, and Special Education.
| Graduate Certificate in Translational Research in Adolescent Behavioral Health | University of South Florida | 2023 |
| M.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders | University of Hawaii | 2019 |
| B.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders | University of Central Florida | 2016 |
Teaching
SPA3470 | Culture & Diversity in CSD
Recent Scholarly Activity
- Davis, A. & Bahr, R. (2024, May). Analyzing Emotive and Cognitive Word Use in the Oral Narratives of School-Age Children with SLI. Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders. Madison, Wisconsin.
- Davis, A. (2024, April). CYOA: Leveraging Personal Interest to Teach Basics of Critical Research Analysis [Poster Session]. Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) Celebration of Teaching Convention, Tampa, FL.
- Liang, K., Kasenetz, W., Bowman, A., Davis, A., Gabbidon, K., O鈥橞rien, J.L. (2024, March). Companionship as medicine: Enhancing older adult well-being through intergenerational telephone communication. [Poster Session]. 2024 Graduate Research Symposium, Tampa, FL.
- Davis, A., Indar, T, Talbert, C., Douge, J. (2023, September). Findings from Partnerships with Community-Based Organizations to Measure Parents Awareness about the Impact of Delta 8-THC on Adolescents. [Poster Session]. 2023 North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology Convention, Montreal, Canada.
- Davis, A. & Bahr, R. (2022, November). A Mixed Methods Analysis of Emotion Expression in Oral Narrative Samples Produced by Early Adolescents. [Poster Session]. 2022 Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA, United States
- Bahr, Ruth; Davis, Ansley (2022, November). Using Spelling Instruction to Strengthen Language Skills in Academic Registers. 2022 Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA, United States
- Davis, Ansley; Granitto, Charlotte; Kowalski, Rachel; Madison, Julian (2020, November). Proposal Number: 11436, Boost Social Language Skills with Evidence-Based Strategies. Proposal accepted at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA (Convention canceled).