Siva priya Santhanam, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Awards

2024 - Clyde R. Willis Faculty Development Award, College of Health and Human Services, Bowling Green State University, Ohio

2022 - Outstanding Scholarship Award, College of Health and Applied Sciences, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Colorado

2020 - Outstanding Mentor for Undergraduate Research, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Colorado

Grants

2020 - Advancing Academic and Research Careers Award (AARC), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

2021 - Provost Mini-Grant, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Colorado

2018 – College of Letters Arts & Sciences Professional Development Grant, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Colorado

2013 - Graduate Research Grant, Organization for Autism Research

2013 - Katzner Graduate Student Research Award, Bowling Green State University, Ohio

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Santhanam, S. & Wilson, K. (2024). Autistic and Non-autistic College Students’ Perceived Challenges and Engagement in Self-advocacy. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 33(3), 1471-1484. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-22-00381

Santhanam, S. (2023). An Interactive and Neurodiversity Affirming Approach to Communication Supports for Autistic Students through Videogaming. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. 54(1), 120 - 139. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_LSHSS-22-00027

Waisman, TC., Williams, Z.J., Cage, E., Santhanam, S., Magiati, I., Dwyer, P., Stockwell, K.M., Brown, H., Kofner, B., Davidson, D., Herrell, J., Shore, S., Caudel, D., Gurbuz, E., & Gillespie-Lynch, K. (2022). Learning‌ ‌from‌ ‌the‌ ‌Experts: ‌ Evaluating‌ ‌a‌ ‌Participatory‌ ‌Autism‌ ‌and‌ ‌Universal‌ ‌Design‌ ‌Training‌ ‌for‌ ‌University‌ ‌Teaching‌ ‌Staff. Autism. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221097207

Santhanam, S. & Bellon-Harn, M. (2022). Speech-Language Pathologist’s Role in Understanding and Promoting Self-Advocacy in Autistic Adults. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00223

Parveen, S. & Santhanam, S. (2020). Personal Self-Efficacy of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologists Working with Linguistically Diverse Clients: A Nationwide Survey Study. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 1 – 11, https://doi.org/10.1177/1525740120915205

Santhanam, S. & Hewitt, L. (2020). Perspectives of Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders on Social Communication Intervention. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 1 – 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525740120905501

Santhanam, S. & Parveen, S. (2018). Serving Culturally and Linguistically Different Clients: Changing trends in Speech-language pathologists’ Self-efficacy and Implications for Stakeholders, Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders, 3(3), 165 – 177. http://dx.doi.org/10.21849/cacd.2018.00395

Santhanam, S., Gilbert, C., & Parveen, S. (2018). Speech-Language Pathologists’ Use of Language Interpreters: A Nationwide Survey Study, Communication Disorders Quarterly, 40(3), 131 – 141, https://doi.org/10.1177/1525740118779975

Santhanam, S. & Hewitt, L. (2015). Evidence-based assessment and autism spectrum disorders: A scoping review, Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention, 9(4), 140-181. https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2016.1153814

Santhanam, S. (2014). Social communication intervention for an adult with Asperger syndrome: Experiences, Perspectives, and Challenges, ASHA SIG 1 Perspectives on Language Learning and Education, 21, 29-37. https://doi.org/10.1044/lle21.1.29