Associate Professor

Coordinator Emphasis in Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology

Phone: 817.257.6887

Email: M.Munoz@tcu.edu

 

Educational Background

B.A. (University of California, Santa Barbara)

M.A. (University of Texas, Austin)

Ph.D. (University of Texas, Austin)

 

Teaching Responsibilities

Adult Neurogenic Laboratory

Adult Neurolinguistics

Bilingualism and Children

Bilingualism and Adults

 

Research Interests

Bilingual aphasia

Treatment outcomes and Broca’s aphasia

 

Selected Publications

Muñoz, C., Juarez, G., Muñoz, M.L., et al (in press). The Quality of Life of Patients with Malignant Gliomas and their Caregivers. Social Work in Health Care.

 

Horton-Ikard, R., Muñoz, M.L., Thomas-Tate, S., and Keller-Bell, Y. (in press).  Establishing a Pedagogical Framework for the Multicultural Course in Communication Disorders. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

 

Muñoz, M.L. and Marquardt, T.P. (2008).  The performance of neurologically normal bilingual speakers of English and Spanish on the Bilingual Aphasia Test. Aphasiology, 22, 1, p 3-19.

 

Muñoz, M.L. (2007).  Semantic organization and lexical retrieval. In A. Ardila and E. Ramos, Speech and Language Disorders in Bilinguals. Nova Science Publishers, Inc, New York.

 

Youmans, G., Holland, A., Muñoz, M.L., and Bourgeois, M. (2005). Script training and automaticity in two individuals with aphasia. Aphasiology, 19(3-5), p. 435-450.

 

Muñoz, M.L., and Qualls, C.D., (2005). Consideration of the monolingual –bilingual continuum in research and clinical practice in neurogenic communication disorders. ECHO, vol. 1.

 

Qualls, C.D., and Muñoz, M.L., (2005). Socioeconomic Status as a Proxy for Race-Ethnicity: A Proposed Framework for Studying Cultural Variables in Individuals with Neurogenic Communication Disorders. ECHO, vol. 1.

 

Muñoz, M.L. and Marquardt, T.P. (2004). The Influence of Language Context on Lexical Retrieval in the Discourse of Bilingual Speakers with Aphasia. Journal of Multilingual Communication Disorders, 2(1), 1-17.

 

Muñoz, M.L. and Marquardt, T.P. (2003).  Picture Naming and Identification in Bilingual Speakers of Spanish and English: Interpretation of Performance in Aphasia Compared to a Normative Reference Group. Aphasiology,17(12), 1115-1132.

 

Recent Presentations

Muñoz, M.L., Muñoz, C., Farrell, B., et al (2008). Impact of cognitive-linguistic functioning on quality of life for patients with brain tumors. Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Jackson Hole, WY.

 

Muñoz, M.L. (2008). Treating aphasia in bilingual and Spanish speakers. National Aphasia Association, Speaking Out! Conference, New York, NY.

 

Muñoz, M.L. (2008). Aphasia in Spanish speakers: Implications for assessment and treatment. Kentucky Speech and Hearing Association 2008 Convention. Covington, KY.

 

Muñoz, M.L. (2007) A comparison of treatment outcomes following whole-task and part-task methods for training scripts. Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.

 

Muñoz, M.L. (2007). Manifestation of aphasia in Spanish speakers: Implications for assessment. Presentation at the Innovations in Clinical Communication Sciences 2007. Harrisonburg, VA.

 

Muñoz, M.L. and Burchfield, M. (2006). An Activation based treatment for aphasic perseveration. Poster presented at the ASHA convention, Miami, FL.

 

Horton-Ikard, R., Muñoz, M.L., Tomas-Tate, S., and Keller-Bell, Y. (2006). Establishing a pedagogical framework for the multicultural course in communication disorders. Seminar presented at the ASHA convention, Miami, FL.

 

Muñoz, M.L. (2005). Lexical Retrieval in Bilinguals: Implications for assessing and treating anomia. Seminar presented at the ASHA convention, San Diego, CA.

 

Professional Affiliations

Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Member, The Academy of Neurogenic Communication Disorders

Member, ASHA SID 14, Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Populations

Member, ASHA SID 2, Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders

Member, Texas Organization of Multilingual Multicultural Audiologists and Speech Pathologists