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				Ryan L. Nelson, Ph.D.
				Assistant Professor, Communicative Disorders
				B.A., Liberal Arts, Northern Arizona University, 1998 M.S., Clinical Speech-Language Pathology Northern Arizona University, 2001 Ph.D., Applied Language and Speech Sciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2004
				P.O. Box 43170 Lafayette, LA 70504 Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 246 Phone: 337-482-6726 Email: rnelson@louisiana.edu
				Research Interests: Childhood language disorders Literacy construction and usage Qualitative research methodologies Major/Principle Publications: Smith, S., Nelson, R.L., & Curtis, N. (2009). Investigating Dandy-Walker syndrome: Integrating conversation analysis and reading eye-movement. Asia-Pacific Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing, 12, 293-303. Herrera, C., Smith, S., Nelson, R.L., & Abendroth, K. (2009). Strategic use of finger-flapping while reading in an individual with Asperger Syndrome. Asia-Pacific Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing, 12, 253-261. Fjordback, B.S., Salvatore, A.P., Bene, E.R., Neal, M.R., Nelson, R., & Valles, B. (2008). Sports-related concussion and word fluency. Brain Injury, 22, 158. Nelson, R., Damico, J., & Smith, S. (2008). Applying eye movement miscue analysis to the reading patterns of children with language impairment. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 22, 293-303. Damico, J., Nelson, R., Damico, H., Abendroth, K., & Scott, J. (2008). Interactional changes across unsuccessful and successful reading performance. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 22, 283-291. Nelson, R., & Damico, J.S. (2006). Qualitative research in literacy acquisition: A framework for investigating rading in children with language impairment. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 20, 631-639. Damico, J.S., & Nelson, R. (2005). Interpreting problematic behavior: Systematic compensatory adaptations as emergent phenomena in Autism. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 19, 405-428. Nelson, R., & Hawley, H. (2004). Inner control as an operational mechanism in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Seminars in Speech and Language, 25, 255-261.

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