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Philip Curtis

Assistant Professor

Address:
77 Hatcher Hall

Email Address:
Philip.Curtis@lsu.edu

Office Phone:
TBA

College:
Humanities & Social Sciences

Department:
Communication Sciences & Disorders

Courses

 

 

Research Interests

Philip Curtis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Louisiana State University and the director of the Tiger Tot Lab. Dr. Curtis’ research focuses on the ways that young children learn to understand and use language, as well as why some children (often referred to as Late Talkers) are slower in learning these skills. He studies speech perception and production, as well as how children’s language skills influence their behavior. Dr. Curtis’ work uses a variety of methods, such as eye tracking, acoustic analyses, phonetic transcriptions, and network science to study these processes in toddlers and preschoolers.

Grants and Awards

  • NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellowship (awarded)
  • NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship (F31DC017631)
  • Council for Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CAPCSD) PhD Scholarship
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Graduate Student Scholarship
  • Northwestern Graduate Research Grant

Professional Memberships

  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Certificate of Clinical Competence
  • Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Association (2024-2026)

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D. Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University – Evanston, IL, 2021
  • M.A. Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University – Evanston, IL, 2018
  • B.A. Linguistics, Northwestern University – Evanston, IL, 2009

Representative Publications

  • Curtis, P. R., Estabrook, R., Roberts, M. Y., & Weisleder, A. (2023a). Specificity of phonological representations in U.S. English-speaking late talkers and typical talkers. Infancy, 28(4), 771-792. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12536
  • Curtis, P. R., Estabrook, R., Roberts, M. Y., & Weisleder, A. (2023b). Sensitivity to semantic relationships in U.S. monolingual English-speaking typical talkers and late talkers. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7), 2404-2420. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00563
  • Roberts, M. Y., Curtis, P. R., Sone, B. J., & Hampton, L. H. (2019). Association of parent training with child language development: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatrics, 173(7), 671-680. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1197
  • Hopkins-Rossabi, T., Curtis, P. R., Temenak, M., Miller, C., & Martin-Harris, B. (2019). Respiratory phase and lung volume patterns during swallowing in healthy adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(4), 868-882. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_JSLHR-S-18-0323
  • Hampton, L. H., Curtis, P. R., & Roberts, M. Y. (2019). Autism at a glance: A pilot study optimizing thin-slice observations. Autism, 23(4), 971-979. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361318792872
  • Curtis, P. R., Kaiser, A. P., Estabrook, R., & Roberts, M. Y. (2019). The longitudinal effects of early language intervention on children’s problem behaviors. Child Development, 90(2), 576-592. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12942
  • Curtis, P. R., Frey, J. R., Watson, C. D., Hampton, L. H., & Roberts, M. Y. (2018). Language disorders and problem behaviors: A meta-analysis. Pediatrics, 142(2), e20173551. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-3551
  • Roberts, M. Y., Curtis, P. R., Estabrook, R., Norton, E. S., Davis, M., Burns, J. L., Briggs-Gowan, M., Petitclerc, A., & Wakschlag, L. S. (2018). Talking tots and the terrible twos: Early language and disruptive behavior in toddlers. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 39(9), 709-714. https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000000615