CURRICULUM VITAE

(KAREN GARRIDO-NAG)

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Karen Garrido-Nag
Address: 2223, Sorensen Language and Learning Center
E-mail: karen.garrido-nag@gallaudet.edu
Phone: (202) 448-6964 (Voice)
Department: Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences
School: Business, Education, and Human Service
Current Rank: Assistant Professor (2013)

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Degree Institution Year Major
Ph.D. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, 2012 Speech, Language and
The Graduate Center, City University of Hearing Sciences
New York
M.Phil. Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, 2007 Speech, Language, and
The Graduate Center, City University Hearing Sciences
of New York
M.S. Speech and Language Pathology, 1997 Speech and Language
Gallaudet University Pathology
B.S. with Thesis University of the Philippines 1993 Speech Pathology

EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND: PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Academic)

2016 Interim Program Director
Speech Language Pathology Program
Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences Department, Gallaudet University
2013 - Current Assistant Professor
Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences Department, Gallaudet University
2008 - 2013 Instructor
Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences Department, Gallaudet University
2004 - 2007 Lab Manager
Developmental Neurolinguistics Lab, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York
2002 - 2004 Research Assistant
Developmental Neurolinguistics Lab, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York
2001 - 2002 Research Assistant
Developmental Language Lab, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York
2005 Adjunct Instructor
University of Cincinnati, NY, NY (Language Disorders, on-line, summer semester),

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 Adjunct Instructor
Lehman College, City University of New York, NY (Diagnostic Practicum, spring
semester)
2004 Adjunct Instructor
Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY (Principles and Methods in
Diagnostics for Speech-Language Pathology, Fall semester)
2004-2006 Continuing Education
Developing Your Childs Communication Skills, holds series of lectures for parents
or other professionals with children ages 05 years on speech, language, and
communication development, The Graduate Center, New York, NY*

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Clinical)

2012-2013 Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Educator
Hearing and Speech Center, Gallaudet University, Washington DC
2008 Speech-Language Pathologist
Building Blocks Therapy Services, VA
2006-2007 Speech-Language Pathologist
Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA
1999-2004 Speech-Language Pathologist
TheraCare Rehabilitative Services, New York,
1998-1999 Speech-Language Pathologist
Los Angeles County of Education, Los Angeles, CA
1997-1998 Clinical Fellow
University of California at Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital,
Westwood Plaza, CA
1997-1998 Clinical Fellow
Therapy Associates, Inc. Glendora, CA
1997 Clinical Fellow
Gardner Manzella, Inc., Sherman Oaks, CA
1994-1995 Speech Pathologist
Elks Cerebral Palsy Foundation, Makati, Philippines
1993-1994 Speech Pathologist
University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines

Others
Guest Lecturer for topics on autism, attention and speech perception, and speech and language
development, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

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2. RESEARCH, SCHOLARLY, & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
Publications
Yan Helen Yu, Carol A. Tessel, Nancy Vidal-finnerty, Jennifer Gerometta, Karen Garrido-Nag, Hia
Datta, Valerie L Shafer (In revision). Neural indices of vowel discrimination in monolingual and
bilingual infants and children. Frontiers in Neuroscience.
Hisagi, M., Garrido-Nag, K., Datta, H. & Shafer, V. (2015). ERP indices of vowel processing in
Spanish- English Bilinguals. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1-19.
Koo, D., Pick, LH, & Garrido-Nag, K. (2016). Neurolinguistics: Cortex imaging. In G. Gertz & P.
Boudreault (Eds.), The SAGE Deaf Studies Encyclopedia (pp.712-715). Thousand Oaks, CA:
SAGE. DOI: 10.4135/9781483346489.n223

Shafer, V., Yu, Y., & Garrido-Nag, K. (2013). Neural mismatch indices of vowel discrimination in
monolingually and bilingually exposed infants: Does attention matter? Neuroscience Letters, 526,1,
10-14.
Shafer, V., Schwartz, R., Datta, H., Garrido-Nag, K., Hestvik, A., Hisagi, M., Yu, Y.,
(2009). Automaticiy of Second Language Speech Perception in Bilingual Children and Adults.
GURT, Implicit and Explicit Conditions, Processes, and Knowledge in SLA and Bilinguals.
Proceeding Manual.

Shafer, V., & Garrido, K. (December 2006). The Neurodevelopmental Bases of Language. Handbook
of Language Development, Erika Hoff and Marilyn Shatz (Eds.).
Invited Presentations
Garrido-Nag, K. (2015). The Effects of Attention on Speech Perception in Infants. Presented at Frontiers in
Hearing, Beyond Newborn Hearing Screening, July 19-21, 2015, Colorado
Garrido-Nag, K. (2016). Bimodal-Bilingual Context and Literacy. Gallaudet University Research
Expo, March 24, 2016, Washington DC
Conference Presentations
Pick, LH., Aldalur, A., Garrido-Nag, K., & Koo, D. (2016). American Sign Language story recall
among Deaf young adults. Poster presented at the 124th Annual Convention of the American
Psychological Association, Denver, Colorado. (poster presentation).
Guardino, D., Koo, D., Garrido-Nag, K., &Koo, L. (2015). Verbal Fluency Performance among Deaf
Readers. Presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting International Neuropsychological Society, February
4-7, 2015, Colorado (poster presentation).
Strasser, A., Koo, D., Garrido-Nag, K., &Koo, L. (2015). Paired Associate Learning in Deaf Readers.
Presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting International Neuropsychological Society, February 4-7, 2015,
Colorado (poster presentation)
Garrido-Nag, K., Strasser, A., & Pick, L. (2014). Phonological Access in Deaf Undergraduate Native
American Sign Language Users. ASHA Conference, Orlando, FL. November 2014
Ransom, M., Koo, D., Garrido-Nag, K., & Pick, L. (2014, April). Verbal fluency differences between
strong and weak deaf readers. Poster presented at the Psi Chi Diversity Research Conference,
Washington DC.

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Garrido-Nag, K. & Shafer, V. (2013). The Effects of Attention on the Mismatch Response of Infants.
5th Annual Symposium of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, San Diego, CA. (poster)
Yu, Y., Magaldi, N., Garrido-Nag, K., & Shafer, V. (2013). The neurophysiological and behavioral
responses to English vowel contrast in monolingual and bilingual infants: what leads to pMMR
versus nMMR?. 34th annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison,
Wisconsin. (poster)
Garrido-Nag, K. (2013). Multicultural Transformation: Language Development and Disorders. 1st Multicultural
Curriculum Transformation Gallaudet University Mini-Conference, Washington, DC. (talk and poster)
Garrido-Nag, K., Shafer, V., Schwartz, R., Martin, B. (2012). Attention and Speech Perception in
Infants. The Sixth Conference on Mismatch Negativity and its Scientific and Clinical Applications,
New York, NY. (poster)
Shafer, V., Datta., H. Garrido-Nag, K., & Yu, Ya (2011) Brain bases for first language lexical attrition
in Bengali-English speakers. The New Trends in Experimental Psycholinguistics Conference at
Madrid, Spain (poster)
Datta, H., Garrido-Nag, K., Tessel, C., Gerometa, J., Yu, Y., Schwartz, R., & Shafer, V., (2011).
Relationship between neurophysiology of speech perception and language skills in monolingual and
bilingual children. The New Trends in Experimental Psycholinguistics Conference (ERP) at Madrid,
Spain (talk)
Shafer, V., Yu, Yan, Tessel, C., Gerometa, J. & Garrido-Nag, K. (2011) A longitudinal study on the
neural development of English vowel processing: Comparing monolingual versus bilingual children.
Neurobiology of Language Conferences Society at Annapolis, MD (poster)
Shafer, V., Schwartz, R., Datta., H. Garrido-Nag, K., Hestvik, A., Tessel, C., Vidal-Finnerty, N., & Yu,
Y (2010). Automaticity of Second Language Speech Perception in Bilingual Children and Adults,
The Annual Conference of ASHA at Philadelphia (talk)
Shafer, V., Garrido-Nag, K., &Yu, Y (2010). Neurophysiological correlates of speech perception in
infants and young children: Development and language experience, International Clinical Phonetics
and Linguistics Association at Oslo, Norway, (talk)
Garrido-Nag, K., Schwartz, R. & Shafer, V.L. (2010). The Effects of Attention of the Speech Perception
of Infants, Annual Conference of Cognitive Neuroscience Society at Montreal, Canada (poster)
Garrido-Nag, K., Strange, W., Schwartz, R., & Shafer, V. (2009), Attention and Speech Processing in
Infants, The Annual Conference of ASHA at New Orleans (talk)
Shafer, V., Datta., H., Garrido-Nag, K., Hestvik, A., Hisagi, M., & Yu, Y (2009). Brain Bases of
Speech Discrimination in Monolinguals & Bilinguals: Developmental Perspectives, Georgetown
University Table at Washington, DC (talk)
Shafer, V. L., Schwartz, R. G., Yu, Y., Datta, H., Garrido-Nag, K., Vidal, N., Hestvik, A., Tessel, C.,
Wrobleskwi, M., & Hisagi, M. (2008). Brain indices of speech discrimination in monolinguals and
bilinguals: Developmental perspectives. International Association for the Study of Child Language
(IASCL), Edinburgh, UK. (talk)

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Garrido-Nag, K., Yan, Yu, & Shafer, V. (2007). ERP Indices of Speech Processing in Infants and
Toddlers: Maturational Changes from 3 months to 7 years of age, Annual Conference of Cognitive
Neuroscience Society at New York, NY. (poster)

Shafer V.L., Schwartz R.G., Garrido-Nag, K., Yu, Y., Vidal, N., Datta, H., Wroblewski, M., Hisagi,
M., & Tessel, C (2007). Brain bases of language acquisition in monolinguals and bilinguals.
Platform presentation at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention,
Boston, MA. (talk)
Garrido, K., Datta, H., Vidal, N. & Shafer, V. (2006). The Neurodevelopmental basis of speech
discrimination in infants, toddlers and children. Poster presentation to International Society for
Infant Study (ISIS), Kyoto, Japan. (poster)
Garrido, K., Schwartz, R.G., Strange, W. & Shafer, V. (2006). The effects of attention on the
mismatch response in infants. Poster presentation to International Society for Infant Study (ISIS),
Kyoto, Japan. (poster)
Garrido-Nag, K., Schwartz, R., Strage, W., & Shafer, V. (2006). The Effects of Attention on the
Mismatch Response in Infants. Presented a talk at the Annual Conference of ASHA, Miami, FL.
(talk)
Vidal, N., Garrido, K., Datta, H., Tessel, C. & Shafer, V.L. (2006). Can a language background
questionnaire predict language use and standard language scores? Poster presentation to
Language Acquisition and Bilingualism: Consequences for a Multilingual Society, Toronto,
Canada. (poster)
Datta, H., Hisagi, M., Wroblewski, M., Garrido, K., Vidal, N., & Shafer, V.L.(2006). Vowel
perception in bilingual adults & children: Electrophysiological measures. Poster presentation to
Language Acquisition and Bilingualism: Consequences for a Multilingual Society, Toronto,
Canada. (poster)
Datta, H., Wroblewski, M., Hisagi, M., Vidal, N., Garrido, K. & Shafer, V.L. (2006). The effects of
attentional resource allocation on speech processing. Poster presentation to 13th Annual Meeting
of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA. (poster)
Garrido, K., Hisagi, M. & Shafer, V.L. (2005). ERP Indices of Vowel Processing in Bilinguals. 5th
International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB5) at Barcelona, Spain. (talk)
Datta, H, Garrido, K., Morr, M. & Kurtzberg, D. (2005) Functional significance of the mismatch
response in infants. Poster presentation to 12th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience
Society, New York, New York. (poster)
Garrido, K., Hisagi., M., & Shafer, V.L. (2005). ERP indices of speech processing in Spanish-English
Bilinguals. The 12th Annual Cognitive Neurosciences Society (CNS). Meeting at New York, April
10-13. (poster)
Garrido, K. Hisagi M. & Shafer, V.L. (2004). Indices of vowel processing in bilinguals. Poster
presentation at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention,
Philadelphia, PA. (poster)
Garrido, K., Hisagi, M., & Shafer, V.L. (2004). ERP indices of speech processing in bilinguals. 147th
Meeting of the Acoustic Society of America, New York, New York. (poster)

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Garrido, K., Shafer, V.L., Schwartz, RG. Francis, A. (2003). Cantonese and English Speakers
Discrimination of Tone Contrast. Annual Conference of American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL (poster)
Shafer, V.L., Garrido, K., Datta, H., MacRoy, M. &MacDonald, Neumann, Y., Martin B. (2003).
Electrophysiological Methods: Future clinical application. Educational session to the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL (talk)
Garrido, K., Shafer, V.L., Schwartz, RG. Francis, A. (2003). ERP correlates of pitch discrimination
in English adults. 8th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York (poster)
Garrido, K., Shafer, V.L., Schwartz, R.G., & Francis, A. (2002). Neurophysiological Indices of Pitch
Rise and Fall Neurophysiological Indices of Tones. Annual Conference of ASHA, Atlanta, GA.
November. (poster)

Workshops and Conferences Attended

Participant in Faculty Learning Community (Fall 2016 - Spring 2017) to read and discuss the
principles in the book The Differentiated Classroom- Responding to the Needs of All Learners by
Carol Ann Tomlinson and apply these principles to own classroom.
Participant in the Foundations of Clinical Education and Supervision in CSD (September 2016)
Lilly Spring International Conference (2015): Series on College and University Teaching and
Learning (Evidenced Based Teaching and Learning)
Participant in the Multicultural Curriculum Transformation Institute (May 2013) with the goal that
Participants will develop a complex understanding of multicultural education theory and practice,
and learn how to apply both in the development and implementation of curricula specific to their
academic subject areas, especially for undergraduate and graduate core courses.

Grants
Co-Investigator (Co-PI: Brenda Seal, Larry Medwetsky).Improving Speech-Language-Hearing
Services for Children with Hearing Loss and Auditory Disorders. Office of Special Education
Programs Grant and Funding (in preparation)
Co-Investigator (Co-PI Brenda Seal, 2016). Effective Student-Clinical Educator Relationships.
Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences Disorders - Content Matter Experts
(Unfunded grant proposal)
Co-Investigator (Co-PI: Tadigadapa, S., Pick, L., Schiff, S., Sun, N., Sylvester, D., 2015). Magnetics
for Brain Interfaces, Imaging, and Stimulation (MBRAIIS), National Science
Foundation, Engineering Research Centers Grant, NSF 15-589. (Unfunded grant proposal)
Co-Investigator (Co-PI: Lawrence Pick, Daniel Koo). The Neurodevelopmental Basis of Literacy
Development in Deaf Children, Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers
Program, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Invited 5-year grant pre-
proposal (Unfunded proposal)
Co-Investigator (Co-PIs: Lawrence Pick, Daniel Koo). Neuropsychological and neurophysiological
correlates of phonological processes in deaf undergraduate readers. Gallaudet University Research
Institute, Priority Grant. October 1, 2011 October 1, 2014. $84,000 (funded)

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 Principal Investigator. The Effects of Attention on the Mismatch Response of Infants, 2005, National
Science Foundation (NSF) Dissertation Enhancement -Division of Behavioral & Cognitive Sciences.
(Unfunded grant proposal)

Fellowships, Prizes and Awards

University Fellowship, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2002 2008

Science Fellowship, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2002 2004
Academic Scholarship from the Graduate School Department, Gallaudet University, 1996 1997

3. TEACHING, MENTORING, AND ADVISING

a. Courses Taught
HSLS 765 Seminar in Diagnostics in Speech-Language Pathology (2)
HSLS 754 Seminar in Phonology and Articulation (3)
- renamed as Speech Sound Disorders
HSLS 895 Special Topics- Multicultural Issues in the Practice of Audiology (1)
HSLS 714 Advanced Topic in Speech Science (3)
HSLS 713 Advanced Topic in Normal Language Development (3)
- renamed as Language Development and Disorders I (3)
HSLS 764 Language Disorders (3)
- renamed as HSLS 723 Language Development and Disorders II (3)
HSLS 774 Clinical Practicum: Speech-Language Pathology (1) Supervision in the Hearing and
Speech Center of 1st and 2nd year SLP students
HSLS 794 Preparing a Research Proposal Speech-Language Pathology (1)
HSLS 883 Research Project in Audiology (1)
HSLS 896 Practicum in Higher Education Clinical Supervision (3)
HSLS 821 Informational Counseling and Multicultural Issues (3)
HSLS 897 Ph.D. Internship (2)
Guest Lecturers:
HSL 763 Clinical Procedures for Communication Disorders (1)
HSL 821 Informational Counseling and Multicultural Issues (1)
HSL 894 Presentation, Publication and Grant-writing (1)
b. Course or Curriculum Development
Co-chair: SLP Program Curriculum Revision Committee, Gallaudet University, 2009-2011
HSLS 765 Seminar in Diagnostics in Speech-Language Pathology (2)
HSLS 754 Speech Sound Disorders (3)
HSLS 895 Special Topics- Multicultural Issues in the Practice of Audiology (1)
HSLS 714 Advanced Topic in Speech Science (3)
HSLS 713 Language Development and Disorders I (3)
HSLS 723 Language Development and Disorders II (3)
HSLS 794 Preparing a Research Proposal Speech-Language Pathology (1)
HSLS 821 Informational Counseling and Multicultural Issues (3)
HSLS 897 Ph.D. Internship (2)
c. Academic Advising

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 i. Graduate Students
2016-2017 (4) 1st year SLP students, (4) 2nd year SLP students
2014-2015 (4) 1st year SLP students, (5) 2nd year SLP students
2013-2014 (5) 1st year SLP students, (4) 2nd year SLP students
2012-2013 (5) 1st year SLP students, (4) 2nd year SLP students
2011-2012 (7) 1 year SLP students, (6) 2nd year SLP students
st

2010-2011 (7) 1st year SLPstudents, (6) 2nd year SLP students
Student Advocacy Team (SAT) for a student on academic probation
2009-2010 (4) 1st year SLP students, (4) 2nd year SLP students
Student Advocacy Team (SAT) for a student on academic probation
2008-2009 (4) 2nd year SLP students
ii. Mentoring new faculty
2011 Sanyukta Jaiswal, Ph.D.
2013 Kristen Maul, Ph.D.
d. Research Mentoring/Advising
i. Masters SLP Thesis
Committee Chair: Kali Cika (2017)
Committee Chair: Emily Kubicek (2016)
Committee Chair: Lauren Chitwood Schauf (2015)
ii. Audiology (Au.D.) Capstone Project
Committee Member: Ellen Park (2015-2017)
Committee Chair: Carmen Jamis (2011-2012)
iii. Doctoral
Committee Member (Comprehensive Examination): Rebecca Stevener, HSLS (2017-)
Committee Member (Dissertation): James McCann, GWU Educational Neuroscience
Student (2015-)
Committee Member (Dissertation): Lucas Lancaster, HSLS (2014-)
Committee Member (Advising and Candidacy): Paul Twitchell, GU Educational
Neuroscience (2015)
Committee Member (Pre-Dissertation Research): Amanda Strasser, Psychology
Department (2014-2015)
Research Internship Supervisor: Rachel Walters Stout (2013)

4. SERVICE
a. Professional Affiliations
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS)
Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL)
International Society of Infant Studies
Philippine Association of Speech Pathologists (PASP)

b. Profession
Faculty Advisor, National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA), 2009-current

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 c. Campus
i. Department & Program
Coordinator: Graduate Admission to the SLP Program (2015-)
Coordinator: Clinical Hours of SLP graduate students (2010-)
Coordinator: Documentation for SLP Program Requirement for graduate students (2011-)
Coordinator: Department and Program Orientation for new students (2015-)
Coordinator: CALIPSO program implementation and transition (2016-)
Member: HSLS Strategic Planning Committee (2016-)
Member: Admissions Committee (2009-2015)
Member: SLP Candidacy/Comprehensive Exam Committee (2009-)
Member: Ph.D. Program Action Committee (2015-)
Served as Member of SLP Supervisor Search Committee (Fall 2013)
Search Committee: Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Educator, 2016
Search Committee: Speech-Language Pathology Faculty, (2010-2013)
ii. University
Member: Council on Graduate Education (CGE) (2014-)
Search Committee: Dean of the Graduate School and Continuing Studies, 2015
Search Committee: Faculty in Applied Statistics for Department of Science, Technology, &
Mathematics (Spring 2015)
Search Committee: Faculty in Educational Neuroscience (Spring, Summer 2013)
Member: Ph.D. in Educational Neuroscience formation committee (Spring 2013)

ASL Proficiency
ASLPI score: 1+ (May 2016);
Successful completion of ASL classes II-VI, 4 semesters of group tutoring

Notarization. I have read the above following and certify that this curriculum vitae is a current and
accurate statement of my professional record.

Signature ______________________________ Date ______2/1/2017___________

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