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    Jennifer Roche

    Dr. Jennifer Roche

    Health Sciences
    Associate Professor
    Campus:
    Kent
    Contact Information
    Email:
    jroche3@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-0244
    Personal Website: Dr. Roche's Personal Website

    Biography

    Dr. Jennifer Roche is a cognitive psychologist and associate professor of speech pathology and audiology and learning sciences. Dr. Roche’s research interest focus on communication and learning in a social context, using eye-tracking, computer mouse-tracking, acoustic speech perception and production, and interactive dialogue methodology. She is currently the director of the MADI (miscommunication and dialogue interaction lab) and is currently accepting doctoral students.

    • 2004       B.A., Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    • 2007       M.A., Experimental Psychology, James Madison University
    • 2011       Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, University of Memphis
    • 2011-14 Postdoctoral Fellow, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester

    Dr. Jennifer Roche's Curriculum Vitae

    Paris (June) & Florence (July) Summer Institute - SPA 44089/EPSY 5/70093 Cognition of Conversation, Miscommunication, & Learning (schedule a meeting with me to discuss the details, click on the link)

    Education

    Postdoc, University of Rochester;
    PhD, University of Memphis;
    M.A., James Madison University;
    B.A., University of Nevada

    Research Methods

    Eye tracking, mouse tracking, and Corpus and Acoustic analysis, Human Subjects

    Awards/Achievements

    • Faculty Recognition Award; University Teaching Council (2016)
    Speech Pathology & Audiology

    Street Address

    A126 Center for Performing Arts, 1325 Theatre Drive, Kent, OH 44242


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    800 E. Summit St.
    Kent, OH 44242

    Contact Us

    330-672-2672 coflanni@kent.edu
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