Emily Lund

• Articles & Essays

  • Lund, E., Hoopes, N. B., Amis, E., Chow, J., McDaniel, J. (Online ahead of print, 2026). Comparing and characterizing trauma-informed behavior management decisions of SLPs with trauma informed perspectives. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. https://doi.org/10.1044/2026_PERSP-25-00188

  • Lund, E., Johnson, B., & Werfel, K. L. (2025). Derivational morphology performance of children who are deaf and hard of hearing who use cochlear implants or hearing aids. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 34, 3251-3262.

  • Trevino, C., & Lund, E. (2025). Taxonomic knowledge in children with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities who use augmentative and alternative communication. Journal of Communication Disorders, 118, 106579.

  • Cowan, T., Lund, E., & Werfel, K. L. (2025). The effect of language sample elicitation context on complex syntax use and productivity in preschool-age children who are deaf and hard of hearing. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 68, 4865-4877.

  • Grey, B., Brooks, M., Lund, E.& Werfel, K. L. (2025). The insufficiency of norm-referenced writing assessment for identifying writing weaknesses in children who are deaf and hard of hearing. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_LSHSS-25-0000

  • King, A., Lund, E., & Werfel, K. L. (2025). Balance performance in children who are deaf and

    hard of hearing. Audiology and Neurotology, https://doi.org/10.1159/000545482.

  • Evans, L., Lund, E., Werfel, K. L. (2025). Is Knowing Words Enough? Assessing Vocabulary in Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 56, 252-266. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_LSHSS-24-00046

  • Lund, E. & Werfel, K. L. (2025). Influence of child-level factors and lexical characteristics on vocabulary knowledge of children with cochlear implants and hearing aids. Developmental Science, 28, e70007

  • Trevino, C., *Harper, L., Werfel, K. L., & Lund, E. (2025). Concept vocabulary in children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 30, 396-404. https://doi.org/10.1093/jdsade/enaf013

Ibarra, D., Werfel, K. L., & Lund, E. (2026, June). Working memory predictors of receptive and expressive vocabulary in children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Hoopes, N., & Lund, E. (2026, June). The difference in strategies speech-language pathologists consider using with elementary versus high-school aged clients who exhibit challenging behavior. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Ibarra, D., & Lund, E. (2026, March). Mind the gap: Understanding how a speech-language pathologist’s grammar knowledge affects assessment. Poster presented for Council for Exception Children Convention, Salt Lake City, UT.

Hoopes, N., & Lund, E. (2026, March). The impact of an introductory dose of Neurosequential Model concepts on speech-language pathologist trauma-informed perspectives and practices during language therapy. Poster presented for Council for Exception Children Convention, Salt Lake City, UT.

Lund, E., Strassfeld, N., Rodriguez, S., & Mason, C. (October, 2025). Advancing special education equity: Navigating foster care, juvenile justice, and immigration systems. Invited panel for the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness in Chicago, IL.  

Lund, E. (2025, June). Contributions of early vocabulary knowledge to literacy growth in children with cochlear implants and hearing aids. Keynote presentation at AG Bell Global Listening and Spoken Language Virtual Symposium.

Ibarra, D., & Lund, E. (2025, June). Mind the gap: Understanding how a speech-language pathologist’s grammar knowledge affects assessment. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI. Student recipient of NIH Student Travel Award.

Hoopes, N., & Lund, E. (2025, June). The impact of an introductory dos of Neurosequential Model concepts on speech-language pathologist trauma-informed perspectives and practices during language therapy. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Regalado-Lee, A., Ibarra, D., Werfel, K. L., & Lund, E. (2025, June). Examining morphosyntax performance in children with cochlear implants, hearing aids, and typical hearing. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI. Student recipient of NIH Student Travel Award.

Garcia, K., Regalado-Lee, A., Rivera-Pérez, J-F., & Lund, E. (2025, June). Promoting English and Spanish with computer-assisted bilingual vocabulary instruction. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI. Student recipient of NIH Student Travel Award.

Trevino, C., & Lund, E. (2025, June). Evaluating taxonomic knowledge of children with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities who use Augmentative or Alternative Communication. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Mattingly, J., Werfel., K., & Lund, E. (2025, June). Interrelationships of language, executive function, and physical activity in children who are deaf and hard of hearing. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Mattingly, J., & Lund, E. (2025, March). The effects of physical activity on the language and executive functioning of children with Down syndrome. Presentation at the Down Syndrome Research Forum, online.

Ibarra, D., Hoopes, N., Werfel, K. L., & Lund, E. (2025, February). Protective factors among children who are deaf and hard of hearing. Poster at the Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, CA.

Lund, E., & Werfel, K. L. (2024, February). Lexical effects on vocabulary of children who are deaf/ hard of hearing. Poster presented at the Pacific Coast Research Conference.

• Recipient, Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Teaching and Scholarship, Texas Christian University, 2026.
• Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2026.

• Recipient, Deans’ Research and Creative Activity Award, Texas Christian University, 2025.

• United States Department of Education (2023-2028, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services). Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities – Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention and Related Services Leadership Personnel. Project INTERSECT - Intersection of Research and practice in Special Education and Communication disorders to Train the next generation of school-based SLPs. Role: Project Director and TCU site director.

• American-Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation New Investigator Research Grant (2015 – 2016), The Effects of Parent Responsiveness Training on Vocabulary Knowledge of Young Children with Hearing Loss. Role: Principal Investigator
• Editor’s Award, American Speech Language Hearing Association Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2021 (for articles published in 2020)
• Harris College Nominee, Deans’ Research and Creativity Award, Texas Christian University, 2019
• Nominee, Wassenich Award, Texas Christian University, 2019.
• Health Care Hero Award, Fort Worth Business Press, 2017.