Education -
Doctor of Philosophy
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
Minor: General Linguistics
Advisor: Tessa Bent, Ph.D.
2021 - Present
Master of Arts
Ball State University
Muncie, IN
Speech-Language Pathology
Thesis: Graduate and Undergraduate Perspectives of the Graduate Admissions Process in Speech-Language Pathology
Thesis Advisor: Barry T. Wagner, Ph.D.
2018 - 2020
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science, Speech-Language Pathology
Ball State University, 2018
2014 - 2018
Technical Proficiencies -
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Programming Languages Known:
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R**
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Matlab**
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Python
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Java/JavaScript
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Praat
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Statistical Analysis Tools:
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RStudio**
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Python (Pandas, NumPy, MatPlotLib)
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MATLAB
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Experimental Design Tools:
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jsPsych**​
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PsychoPy
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MATLAB
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**preferred tools/platforms
Memberships, Licenses, & Certifications -
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Licensee, Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Board of Indiana | 2021 - Present
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Member CCC-SLP, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association | 2021 - Present
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Member, Indiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association | 2020 - Present
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Student Member, Acoustical Society of America | 2021 - Present
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Student Member, American Association for Applied Linguistics | 2023 - Present
Awards & Honors -
May 2024 – James E. West Graduate Fellowship, Acoustical Society of America ($62,000 over 2 yrs.)
February 2024 – Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Dept. Research Grant ($500)
October 2023 – Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Dept. Research Grant ($500)
April 2023 – 2022 Fred W. Householder Best Student Paper Award in Linguistics ($700)
April 2023 – Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Dept. Research Grant ($500)
April 2023 – Groups STEM Summer Research Experience Program Grant ($1000)
April 2022 – Larry and Marty Humes Student Research Travel Award ($600)
April 2022 – Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences Travel Award ($600)
Nov. 2019 – Speech Pathology and Audiology Departmental Travel Award ($1,500)
Sep. 2018 – Speech Pathology and Audiology Departmental Travel Award ($1,500)
May 2018 – Ball State University Keys/Litten/Smith Award for Excellence in Research ($250)
Nov. 2017 – Speech Pathology and Audiology Departmental Travel Award ($1,500)
Publications -
Henry, M., Bent, T., & Holt, R. F. (2024). “They sure aren’t from around here”: Children’s perception of accent distance in L1 and L2 varieties of English. Journal of Child Language, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000924000138
2024
Bent, T., Henry, M., Holt, R. F., & Lind-Combs, H. (2024). Relating pronunciation distance metrics to intelligibility across English accents. Journal of Phonetics, 107, 101357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2024.101357
2024
Talks -
Henry, M., Dickerson, J., Lind-Combs, H., Bent, T., Holt, R. F., & (2024, November). Linguistic complexity and noise influence intelligibility for L1- and L2-accented English. [Platform Presentation]. American Speech-Language & Hearing Association Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, USA.
2024
Henry, M., & Bent, T. (2024, October). Exploring Dynamic Changes in Vowel Measures for Children with Speech Sound Disorders. [Poster presentation]. 29th Mid-Continental Phonetics and Phonology Conference, Champaign, IL, USA.
2024
Morrisette, M., Henry, M. & Bent, T. (2024, April). Practical prompting: AI solutions for evidence-based phonological intervention. [Platform presentation]. Indiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
2024
Henry, M. & Bent, T. (2024, March). Examining the effect of disordered speech on social judgments in children. [Individual paper presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Houston, TX, USA.
2024
Wagner, B., Henry, M., & Shaffer, L. (2018, September) Multiple symbol production
abilities: Does linear symbol reconstruction impact performance? [Platform
presentation] AAC Institute Annual Clinical Research Conference, St. Louis, MO, USA.
2018
Posters -
Henry, M., Bent, T., Holt R. F., & Lind-Combs, H. (2024, May). The contribution of suprasegmental cues to perceived L1 and L2 accent distance. [Poster presentation]. Joint Meeting - 186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America/Acoustics Week in Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2024
Lind-Combs, H., Holt, R. F., Bent, T., & Henry, M. (2024, May) How rhythmic cues influence perception of accent distance across L1 and L2 English speakers. [Poster presentation]. Joint Meeting - 186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America/Acoustics Week in Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2024
Henry, M., Branson, S., Kilaras, G., & Bent, T. (2024, April) Does sentence type affect the perception of accent distance? [Platform presentation]. Annual Convention of the Indiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
2024
Henry, M., Morrisette, M., & Morris, K. G., (2023, November) Solving the problem: A scoping review of problem-based learning in speech-language pathology graduate programs. [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language & Hearing Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA, USA.
2023
Henry, M., Diekhoff, M., & Lulich, S. M. (2023, October). Speech acoustics in preschool-aged children with and without speech sound disorders. [Poster presentation]. 28th Mid-Continental Phonetics and Phonology Conference, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
2023
Henry, M., Robinson, A., Dong, X., Miller, J., Miller-Broomfield, C., Sosa, E., & Nesbitt, M. (2023). Rhoticity in Black Boston: Examining the effects of ethnicity and ethnic orientation. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(3_supplement), A368. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0019192
2023
Henry, M., Bent, T., & Holt, R. F. (2022, October). Children’s sensitivity to accent strength of native and nonnative varieties. [Poster presentation]. 27th Mid-Continental Phonetics and Phonology Conference, St Louis, MO.
2022
Henry, M., Bent, T., & Holt, R. F. (2022, May). Children’s perception of accent distance
for native and nonnative varieties. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,
151(4), A276–A276. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0011325
2022
Henry, M. & Wagner, B. (2019, November) Assessing visuospatial & temporal working
memory during direct selection & visual-linear scanning with pictographic displays.
[Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language & Hearing Association Annual
Convention, Orlando, FL, USA.
2019
Wagner, B., Henry, M., & Shaffer, L. (2017, November) Sequential production abilities
with multiple-symbol utterances: Implications for redesigning speech generating devices
(SGDs) for children. [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-
Language & Hearing Association, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
2017
Service -
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Subcommittee Member, Graduate Student Council, American Association of Applied Linguistics
2024 - Present
Recruitment and Retention Subcommittee, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University
2023 - Present
Mentor, IU Groups STEM Summer Research Experience Program
2023
Member, SPHS PhD Organization Colloquium Planning Committee
2022 - Present
Treasurer, Indiana University SPHS PhD Organization
2022 - 2023
Member, Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Consumer Advisory Council