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College of Arts and Sciences

Dr. McLoddy Kadyamusuma

Department Chairperson
Communication Sci & Disorders
Office
Fairchild Hall - FH 204A
Office Phone
(309) 438-8643office
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Email
mrkadya@ilstu.eduemail
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Biography

Dr. McLoddy Kadyamusuma joined ISU in the Summer of 2022. He earned his PhD from Potsdam University in Germany and a Post Doc from Witwatersrand University in South Africa. Prior to joining ISU, Dr. Kadyamusuma was a Departmental Chair and Program Director at SUNY Fredonia. His research focuses on how Stroke, TBI & Dementia affect the processing of Language in Neurologically Impaired Individuals.

Current Courses

215.001Clinical Phonetics

215.002Clinical Phonetics

291.009Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Communication Sciences Disorders

Teaching Interests & Areas

Dr. Kadyamusuma teaches courses in Phonetics, Introduction to Language, Neurolinguistics, Multicultural Issues, Speech Language Pathology and Neurogenic Language Disorders

Research Interests & Areas

Dr. Kadyamusuma's primary interests are in Multilingualism, Language Processing in healthy and neurologically impaired speakers, Language Assessment and Aphasia . He is also interested in the processing of Prosody in native and non-native speakers

Post-Doc Neurolinguistics

University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa

PhD Neurolinguistics

University of Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany

MA General Linguistics

University of Groningen
Groningen, The Netherlands

MS Clinical Linguistics

University of Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany

BA Honors in Linguistics & French

University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe

Journal Article

Kadyamusuma, M. Grammaticality Judgements of Tense by Young Adult Speakers of Shona. South African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

Presentations

Grammaticality Judgements of Tense by Young Adult Speakers of Shona.. International Conference of the African Languages Association of Southern Africa. International Conference of the African Languages Association of Southern Africa. (2024)
Innovative Strategies for Recruiting undergraduate Students. CAPCSD 2024 Annual Conference. Council of Academic Program in Communication Sciences and Disorders CAPCSD. (2024)
Solution-Focused Dialogue: Supporting Faculty. 2024 Annual Conference CAPCSD. Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders. (2024)
The Effect of Musical or Linguistic Experience on the perception of lexical tones.. South African Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Society SALALS Conference. South African Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Society SALALS Conference. (2024)
The Potential Effect of non-tone marking on Homograph Processing in Shona. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Linguistis Society Annual Conference. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Society. (2023)
Using Standardized Tests: The care of Bilingual Aphasia Assessment Test. Central Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association. Central Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association (CISHA). (2023)
Using standardized tests: The case of Bilingual Aphasia Test. Lewis University National Student Speech Language Hearing Association. Lewis University National Student Speech Language Hearing Association. (2023)

Grants & Contracts

Innovative Recruitment to Reduce the Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Disparity Between the US Population and Students in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. ISU. Illinois State University. (2023)
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Society International Conference. College of Arts and Sciences International Travel Grant. Illinois State University. (2023)
Standardization of the Bilingual Aphasia Assessment Test: Data Collection. College of Arts and Sciences International Travel Grant. Illinois State University. (2023)
Innovative Recruitment to Reduce the Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Disparity Between the US Population and Students in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. ISU: Provosts Innovation Enhancement Grant. Illinois State University. (2022)