Joliana Zelaya, B.A.

Trainee Type:

LEND

Email:

joliana.zelaya@osumc.edu

Discipline:

Speech and Language Pathology


Education:

Bachelor of Arts; Psychology; Florida Atlantic University, 2008

Biography:

Education

Master of Arts, Speech-Language Pathology; The Ohio State University, expected August 2011.

Bachelor of Arts; Psychology; Florida Atlantic University, 2008.

Research Interests

Research interests include language development in bilingual children, evaluation practices of monolingual practitioners when evaluating bilingual children and parents’ perceptions of their children becoming bilingual.

Fellowship Awards

Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Graduate Fellow – September 2010

Graduate Enrichment Fellow in Speech Language Pathology – August 2009

Posters/Presentations

Zelaya, J. (2011, May). Evaluating Bilingual Children. Poster Session presented at the Nisonger Center’s Research Expo, Columbus, Ohio.

Perez, J. (2008, March). Book Reading in Bilingual Households. Poster Session presented at the annual Florida Atlantic University Psychology Fair, Davie, Fla.

Honors

Researcher of the Year in Psychology – June 2008