Dr. McLoddy Kadyamusuma
Department Chairperson
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Biography
Dr. Kadyamusuma is an associate professor, ASHA Program Director, and Chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. He teaches Phonetics, Neurolinguistics, Multicultural Issues, and Neurogenic Language Disorders. His research is focused on 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
Grants and Contracts
CSD Achievement through Relationships and Empowerment (CARE Program)
Ciera Lorio, Shraddha Shende, McLoddy Kadyamusuma.
Provost's Office. June 2024 - June 2025
Innovative Recruitment to Reduce the Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Disparity Between the US Population and Students in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
McLoddy R Kadyamusuma, Antony R Joseph.
ISU. July 1 2023 - June 30 2024
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Society International Conference
McLoddy R Kadyamusuma.
College of Arts and Sciences International Travel Grant. July 1 2023 - July 6 2023
Standardization of the Bilingual Aphasia Assessment Test: Data Collection
McLoddy R Kadyamusuma.
College of Arts and Sciences International Travel Grant. December 18 2023 - January 17 2023
Innovative Recruitment to Reduce the Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Disparity Between the US Population and Students in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
McLoddy R Kadyamusuma, Antony R Joseph.
ISU: Provosts Innovation Enhancement Grant. September 30 2022 - June 30 2023
Journal Article
The Performance of Neurologically Intact Sequential Shona-English Bilingual Speakers on the Bilingual Aphasia Test
McLoddy Rutendo Kadyamusuma, Antony Ricardo Joseph.
Aphasiology, 1-19, (2025)
Grammaticality Judgements of Tense by Young Adult Speakers of Shona
McLoddy R Kadyamusuma.
South African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 1-10, (2024)
Presentations
The Shona-English Bilingual Aphasia Assessment Test
McLoddy R Kadyamusuma.
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, July, 2025
A Student-Led Initiative to Recruit and Engage Future Communication Sciences and Disorders Professionals.
Abigayle Larsen, Antony Ricardo Joseph, McLoddy R Kadyamusuma.
Illinois State University Research Symposium, Normal, April, 2025
Recruitment of Communication Sciences and Disorders Students: A Qualitative Analysis of Key Factors.
Abigayle Larsen, Antony Ricardo Joseph, McLoddy R Kadyamusuma.
Illinois State University Research Symposium, Normal, April, 2025
Grammaticality Judgements of Tense by Young Adult Speakers of Shona.
McLoddy R Kadyamusuma.
International Conference of the African Languages Association of Southern Africa, Durban Kwazulu Natal, July 8, 2024
Solution-Focused Dialogue: Supporting Faculty
McLoddy Kadyamusuma.
2024 Annual Conference CAPCSD, New Orleans, April 5, 2024
Innovative Strategies for Recruiting undergraduate Students
McLoddy Kadyamusuma.
CAPCSD 2024 Annual Conference, New Orleans, April 4, 2024
Using standardized tests: The case of Bilingual Aphasia Test
McLoddy R Kadyamusuma.
Lewis University National Student Speech Language Hearing Association, Online, November 9, 2023
The Potential Effect of non-tone marking on Homograph Processing in Shona
McLoddy Kadyamusuma.
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Linguistis Society Annual Conference, Umtata, East London, South Africa, July 5, 2023
Using Standardized Tests: The care of Bilingual Aphasia Assessment Test
McLoddy R Kadyamusuma.
Central Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association, Normal, Illinois, March 7, 2023