Dr. Jamie Mahurin Smith
Professor, PhD, CCC-SLP, IBCLC
- About
- Education
- Selected Research
Biography
Dr. Jamie Mahurin Smith is a professor in CSD. She is also a speech-language pathologist and a board-certified lactation consultant. She studies short- and long-term outcomes for children who have experienced early medical challenges, such as prematurity.
Current Courses
CSD 403.001 Cognition, Language, and Literacy in Adults (15-100+)
CSD 299.001 Independent Honor Study
CSD 287.010 Independent Study
CSD 400.007 Independent Study
CSD 211.001 Phonetics
CSD 315.001 Speech Sound Disorders
CSD 291.008 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Communication Sciences Disorders
Teaching Interests & Areas
language development and disorders, causal factors, pediatric feeding challenges
Research Interests & Areas
Environmental variables that influence communication skills, with a particular interest in short-term and long-term outcomes for children who experienced adverse perinatal events like prematurity. Effective strategies for feeding intervention with compromised infants. School-aged language outcomes for children born prematurely, with an emphasis on automated assessment tools for conversations and narratives.
Ph D Speech and Hearing Science
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL
MA Speech-Language Pathology
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL
BA English/Comparative Literature
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Grants and Contracts
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning travel grant
Jamie Smith.
Cross Chair. November 2016 - November 2016
Transitions out of early intervention
Jamie Smith.
College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University. July 1 2016 - June 30 2017
New Faculty Initiative Grant
Jamie Smith.
College of Arts and Sciences. July 1 2014 - June 30 2015
Journal Article
Early intervention providers’ perspectives on the use of telepractice during the COVID-19 pandemic
Jamie Mahurin Smith, Ciera M Lorio.
Perspectives, (2025)
Longitudinal effects of gestational age on academic performance in children born preterm
Jamie Mahurin-Smith, Stephen A. Petrill.
Early Human Development, 209, (2025)
Self-compassion: A guide for lactation personnel
Jamie Mahurin-Smith.
Clinical Lactation, 16, 217-220, (2025)
Challenges with Breastfeeding: Pain, Nipple Trauma, and Perceived Insufficient Milk Supply
Jamie Smith.
MCN: The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing, (2023)
“It was never resolved”: A qualitative investigation of long-term breastfeeding-related distress
Jamie Smith, Grace Watson.
Breastfeeding Review, (2023)
Transition class: A bridge between early intervention and early childhood special education
Jamie Smith, Ciera Lorio.
Education 3-13, (2023), http://10.1080/03004279.2023.2233983
Self-compassion may protect against postpartum depression and anxiety
Jamie Smith, Ann R Beck.
Breastfeeding Review, (2022)
Transitions out of Early Intervention: A Qualitative Investigation of Families’ Experiences
Jamie Smith.
Infants and Young Children, (2022)
Caregivers’ Experiences of Infant Feeding Problems: The Role of Self-Compassion and Stress Management
Jamie Smith, Ann R Beck.
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30 (4), 1856-1865, (2021)
Children Born Prematurely May Demonstrate Catch-Up Growth in Pre-Adolescence
Jamie Mahurin-Smith, Laura S DeThorne, Stephen A Petrill.
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, (2021)
Rare vocabulary production in school-age narrators from low-income communities
Jamie Mahurin-Smith, Monique Mills, Rong Yang.
Language, Speech, & Hearing Services in Schools, (2021)
Improvement in recurrent dysphonia associated with the regular use of a robot vacuum: A case study
Jamie Mahurin-Smith, Lisa Vinney.
(2020)
Assessing the breastfeeding dyad: A guide for speech-language pathologists
Jamie Mahurin-Smith, Catherine Watson Genna.
(2019)
Assisting the breastfeeding dyad: A guide for speech-language pathologists
Jamie Mahurin-Smith, Catherine Watson Genna.
Perspectives, (2018)
Changes in speech-language pathology students' attitudes toward breastfeeding during a pediatric dysphagia course
Jamie Mahurin-Smith.
Journal of Human Lactation, 34, 721-727, (2018), 10.1177/0890334417740830
Does rare vocabulary use distinguish giftedness from typical development? A study of school-age African-American narrators.
Monique Mills, Jamie Smith, Sara C Steele.
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, (2017), doi:10.1044/2016_AJSLP-15-0157
Longitudinal associations across prematurity, attention, and language in school-age children
Jamie Mahurin-Smith, Laura DeThorne, Steve Petrill.
Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research, 60, 3601-3608, (2017)
Math anxiety among speech-language pathology graduate students
Jamie Smith.
Gauisus, (2017)
Longitudinal effects on early adolescent language: A twin study
Nicole Harlaar, Laura S DeThorne, Jamie Smith, Mariana A Betancourt, Stephen A Petrill.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, (2016)
Mothers' perspectives on effective assistance with breastfeeding problems.
Jamie Smith.
Clinical Lactation, (2016)
Breastfeeding and language outcomes: A review of the literature
Jamie Smith.
Journal of Communication Disorders, (2015), doi:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2015.04.002
From aardvark to ziggurats: A new tool for assessing children's use of rare vocabulary
Jamie Smith, Laura Segebart DeThorne, Stephen A. Petrill.
Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, (2015)
The impact of prematurity on language skills at school age
Jamie Smith, Laura Segebart DeThorne, Jessica A.R. Logan, Ron W. Channell, Stephen A. Petrill.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 57, 901-916, (2014), doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2013/12-0347
Breastfeeding may protect against persistent stuttering
Jamie Smith, Nicoline G Ambrose.
Journal of Communication Disorders, 46, 351-360, (2013)
Presentations
Eating behaviors and attitudes toward food in young adults with disabilities
Jamie Mahurin-Smith, Laura DeThorne, Nicolette Barth.
American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Washington DC, November, 2025
More than a meal: The impact of feeding therapy on eating habits in young adults
Nicolette Barth, Jamie Mahurin-Smith.
Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association, Rosemont IL, February, 2025
Maternal Self-Compassion May Protect Against Postpartum Depression and Anxiety
Jamie Smith.
Inland Empire Breastfeeding Coalition Webinar, Online, October, 2024
Skilled breastfeeding support: An interdisciplinary approach to assessment and treatment of breastfeeding challenges.
Jamie Smith.
Rethinking Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing, online, December, 2023
Provider perceptions of early intervention telepractice
Jamie Smith, Ciera Lorio.
American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans LA, November, 2022
Assessing and treating the breastfeeding dyad
Jamie Smith, Catherine Watson Genna.
Indiana Speech-Language Hearing Association Fall Conference, Online, October, 2021
Impact of tongue-tie on infant feeding experiences
Kayla Gettemy, Grace Watson, Nicol Musielak, Brianna Szambelan, Julia Pianko, Jamie Smith.
Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Online due to COVID-19, February, 2021
We Gave Our Courses a Makeover; You Can Too!
Claire Lamonica, Adena Meyers, Amy Robillard, Jamie Smith, Julie Ann Webber.
CTLT Teaching and Learning Symposium, Normal IL, January 8, 2020
Skilled Breastfeeding Support: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Assessment & Treatment of Breastfeeding
Jamie Mahurin-Smith, Catherine Watson Genna, Allegra Gast.
American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Orlando FL, November 22, 2019
Concussion Awareness: Knowledge and Prevention in Adolescents
Natalie Carlisle, Lauren Gregory, Jamie Mahurin-Smith.
Student Research Symposium, Normal IL, April 5, 2019
Rare Vocabulary Use in the Narratives of African-American Children
Gianna Delia, Jamie Mahurin-Smith.
Student Research Symposium, Normal IL, April 5, 2019
Self-Compassion & Perceived Stress Among the Parents\ of Children With Feeding Challenges.
Jamie Smith, Ann R Beck.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA, November, 2018
An open-source assessment tool for evaluating growth in expressive vocabulary
Jamie Smith, Monique T Mills.
DEVSEC Conference on the Use of Secondary and Open Source Data in Developmental Science, Phoenix AZ, October 6, 2018
Ankyloglossia assessment and treatment: Investigating controversial topics in the medical community
Elena Pivek, Jamie Smith.
Student Research Symposium, Normal IL, April 6, 2018
Transitions out of early intervention: A qualitative study
Kylsea Cox, Megan Smith, Jamie Smith.
Student Research Symposium, Normal IL, April 6, 2018
Experiences of families exiting early intervention
Jamie Smith.
Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Rosemont IL, February 10, 2018
Does rare vocabulary production distinguish risk for language impairment from typical development?
Monique Mills, Jamie Smith.
American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Los Angeles CA, November 11, 2017
Changes in student knowledge and attitudes in a pediatric dysphagia course
Jamie Smith.
Teaching and Learning Symposium, Normal, IL, January 12, 2017
The impact of prematurity on language skills in pre-adolescents
Jamie Smith, Laura S DeThorne.
American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Philadelphia PA, November 18, 2016
Changes in student knowledge and attitudes in a pediatric dysphagia course
Jamie Smith.
American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Philadelphia PA, November 17, 2016
Syntactic complexity in conversations and narratives
Jamie Smith, Cynthia J Johnson, Laura S DeThorne.
American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Philadelphia PA, November 17, 2016
Does Rare Vocabulary Production Distinguish Giftedness from Typical Development in School-age African American Narrators?
Monique Mills, Jamie Smith, Sara C Steele.
Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison WI, June 17, 2016
Long-term impact of developmental care on children born prematurely
Jamie Smith, Elena Pivek.
Student Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 8, 2016
Supports for parents and families of children with disabilities
Jamie Smith, Kiley Weigt.
Student Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 8, 2016
The influence of education and media in healthcare settings
Jamie Smith, Victoria Berto, Amanda Burdick, Alexandra Mineau, Paige Nitz.
Student Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 8, 2016