Curriculum Vitae for Gerasimos Fergadiotis
EDUCATION
2011 – Arizona State University, Doctor of Philosophy, Speech and Hearing Science,
Dissertation Title: Modeling Lexical Diversity across Language Sampling and
Estimation Techniques
2007 – Kent State University, Master of Arts, Speech-Language Pathology
2005 – Technological Educational Institution (T.E.I) of Epirus, Bachelor of Arts, Speech
and Language Therapy
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012 – Present
Faculty Research Associate, Arizona State University, Department of
Speech and Hearing Science, Tempe, AZ
2008 – 2011
Research Associate, Arizona State University, Department of Speech and
Hearing Science, Tempe, AZ
2007 – 2008
Speech Language Pathologist, Parma Community General Hospital,
Parma, OH
2007 – 2008
Speech Language Pathologist, Patrician Skilled Nursing Facility and
Rehabilitation, North Royalton, OH
2005 – 2007
Teaching Assistant, Kent State University, Department of Speech
Pathology and Audiology, Kent, OH
2004 – 2005
Speech Therapist, “Logos” Voice-Speech Clinic, Thessaloniki, Greece
PROFESSIONAL STATUS
2008 – Present
Certificate of Clinical Competence – American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association. Certification # 12146235
2007 – 2008
Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist – Ohio Board of Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology
Gerasimos Fergadiotis
Curriculum Vitae
Page 2
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2008 – Present
Associate Member, Academy of Neurologic Communication
Disorders and Sciences
2007 – Present
Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Fellowships
2012 – NIDCD Student Fellowship: Research Symposium in Clinical Aphasiology.
Award: $1,500
2011 – NIDCD Student Fellowship: Research Symposium in Clinical Aphasiology.
Award: $1,500
2010 – New Century Scholars Program Doctoral Scholarship. ASHFoundation.
Award: $10,000
2010 – NIDCD Student Fellowship: Research Symposium in Clinical Aphasiology.
Award: $1,500
2009 – Marilyn Miller Quintana Moline Fellowship: Department of Speech and
Hearing Science, Arizona State University. Award: $5,000
2009 – NIDCD Student Fellowship: Research Symposium in Clinical Aphasiology.
Award: $1,500
2008 – Ph.D. Recruiting Fellowship: Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona
State University. Award: $12,500
Travel Grants
2011 – Travel Grant: Graduate and Professional Student Association, Arizona State
University. Award: $650
2011 – Travel Grant: Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University.
Award: $800
2010 – Travel Grant: Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University.
Award: $600
2009 – Conference Travel Grant: Graduate College, Arizona State University. Award: $350
Gerasimos Fergadiotis
Curriculum Vitae
Page 3
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY & PUBLIC SERVICE
Service Activities
2009 – 2010 Doctoral Student Representative, ASU NSSLHA Executive Board
Journal Reviews
Reviewer for American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY
(student names are underlined)
Publications
Hula, W., & Fergadiotis, G., & Martin, N. (2012). The effects of sample size and
guessing on parameter recovery in IRT modeling of aphasia test data. American
Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Advance online publication.
Wright, H. H., & Fergadiotis, G. (2012). Conceptualizing and Measuring Working
Memory and its Relationship to Aphasia. Aphasiology, 26 (3-4), 258-278.
DOI:10.1080/02687038.2011.604304
*Invited manuscript for Special Issue: Short-Term/Working Memory Impairments in
Aphasia: Data, Models, and their Application to Aphasia Rehabilitation
Fergadiotis, G., & Wright, H. H. (2011). Lexical diversity for adults with and without
aphasia across discourse elicitation tasks. Aphasiology, 25, 1414-1430.
*Invited manuscript for Special Issue: Discourse in Aphasia
Fergadiotis, G., Wright, H.H., & Capilouto, G. (2011). Productive vocabulary across
discourse types. Aphasiology, 25(10), 1261-1278.
Wright, H. H., Capilouto, G. J., Srinivasan, C., & Fergadiotis, G. (2011). Story
processing ability in cognitively healthy younger and older adults. Journal of Speech,
Language, and Hearing Research. 54, 900-917.
Wright, H. H., Koutsoftas, A., Capilouto, G. J., & Fergadiotis, G.. Global coherence in
younger and older adults: Influence of cognitive processes and discourse type.
Manuscript submitted for publication.
Fergadiotis, G., Wright, H. H., & West, N. T.. Measuring lexical diversity in narrative
discourse from people with aphasia. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Gerasimos Fergadiotis
Curriculum Vitae
Page 4
Refereed Scientific and Professional Presentations
Fergadiotis, G., Yoo, H., Chen, F., & Wright, H.H., (2012, May). Measuring lexical
diversity in aphasic discourse. Poster presented at the Clinical Aphasiology
Conference, Lake Tahoe, California.
Wright, H.H., Fergadiotis, G., Stoltzfus, M., & Capilouto, G. (2012, January). Cohesion
and local coherence in narratives across the lifespan. Poster presented at the 40th
Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society in Montreal,
Canada.
Peterson, M., Fergadiotis, G. & Wright, H.H. Assessing the construct validity of the Nback. (2011, November). Poster presented at the American Speech Language
Hearing Association Annual Convention, San Diego.
Fergadiotis, G. & Wright, H.H. (2011, November). Capturing lexical diversity in
aphasia with confirmatory factor analysis: preliminary data. Poster presented at the
American Speech Language Hearing Association Annual Convention, San Diego.
Fergadiotis, G. & Wright, H.H. (2011, September). Using latent semantic analysis to
capture global coherence in aphasic discourse. Platform presentation at the New
Trends in Experimental Psycholinguistics Conference, Madrid, Spain.
Hula, W. & Fergadiotis, G., Martin, N. (2011, May). The effects of sample size and
guessing on parameter recovery in IRT modeling of aphasia test data. Platform
presentation at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Fergadiotis, G., Kapantzoglou, M., & Wright, H.H. (2011, May). Discourse coherence
in adults with aphasia. Poster presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida.
Peterson, M., Fergadiotis, G. & Wright, H.H. Exploring the construct validity of the nback task: Preliminary findings. (May, 2011). Poster presented at the Speech and
Hearing Science Student Research Symposium at Arizona State University.
Fergadiotis, G., Wright, H.H., & Christensen, S. (2011, February). Productive
vocabulary across discourse types in aphasia. Poster presented at the International
Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Boston, MA.
Fergadiotis, G., Wright, H.H., Kapantzoglou, M., & Capilouto, G. (2010, November).
Assessing the dimensionality of the Pyramids and Palms Trees Test. Poster presented
at the American Speech Language Hearing Association Annual Convention,
Philadelphia.
Gerasimos Fergadiotis
Curriculum Vitae
Page 5
Wright, H. H., Fergadiotis, G., Koutsoftas, A., & Capilouto, G. (2010, October).
Coherence in stories told by adults with aphasia. Poster presented at the Academy of
Aphasia Annual Meeting, Athens, Greece.
Fergadiotis, G., Wright, H.H., & Capilouto, G. (2010, October). Exploring the total
information of the Pyramids and Palm Trees Test. Poster presented at the Academy
of Aphasia Annual Meeting, Athens, Greece.
Kapantzoglou, M., Fergadiotis, G., & Restrepo, L. (2010, August). Lexical diversity
and language sample elicitation effects in Spanish-speaking children with and
without language impairment. Poster presented at the 28th World Congress of the
International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Athens, Greece.
Hill, L., Fergadiotis, G., Wright. H.H. (2010, May). Comparing latent semantic
analysis and a traditional local coherence measure. Poster presented at the Speech
and Hearing Science Student Research Symposium at Arizona State University.
Fergadiotis, G., Wright, H.H., & Capilouto, J.G. (2010, May). Productive vocabulary
across discourse types. Poster presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Isle
of Palms, South Carolina.
Fergadiotis, G., Christensen, S. C., & Wright, H. H. (2009, November). Manipulating
linguistic load to investigate working memory in aphasia. Poster presented at the
American Speech Language Hearing Association Annual Convention, New Orleans.
Fergadiotis, G., Wright, H.H., Katz, R., Ross, K., & Shapiro, L. (2009, May).
Phonological working memory in aphasia. Poster presented at the Clinical
Aphasiology Conference, Keystone, Colorado.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
SHS 350: Brain, Memory and Language. Guest Lecturer: Applying the WernickeGeschwind model to aphasic language processing.
SHS 105: Introduction to Human Communication Disorders. Guest Lecturer: Aphasia
and Acquired Neurogenic Disorders.
SHS 575: Aphasia/Neurogenic Language Disorders. Assessment and treatment of
acquired neurolinguistic impairments using a Problem-Based Approach.
SHS 485: Acquired Speech and Language Disorders. Aphasia Lectures
Gerasimos Fergadiotis
Curriculum Vitae
Page 6
TEACHING TRAINING
Mentoring workshop: School of Life Sciences, ASU, (Spring, 2011)
SHS 790: Effective Course Development, (Fall, 2010)
SHS 793: Applied Project – Class Preparation and Instruction, (Fall, 2009)
Updated August 2012