Assistant Professor
Phone: 817.257.4450
Email: R.Prezas@tcu.edu

Educational Background
B.M. (Trinity University)
B.A. (Trinity University)
M.A. (Wichita State University)
Ph.D. (Wichita State University)

Teaching Responsibilities
Bilingual Child Phonology Research Lab
Phonetics
Anatomy and Physiology
Voice Disorders

Research Interests
Phonological Development and Disorders
Bilingual Assessment and Intervention
Care of the Professional Voice

Selected Publications
Prezas, R. F. & Hodson, B. W. (in press). Enhancing children’s phonological systems with the cycles remediation approach. In L. Williams, S. McLeod, & R. McCauley (Eds.). Treatment of Speech Sound Disorders in Children. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Co.

Prezas, R. F., & Hodson, B. W. (2007). Diagnostic evaluation of children with speech sound disorders. Encyclopedia of Language and Literacy Development (pp. 1-8). London, ON: Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network. http://www.literacyencyclopedia.ca/pdfs/topic.php?topId=21

Recent Presentations
Prezas, R. (2008, November). Measuring intelligibility of bilingual (Spanish-English) children in both languages. Seminar presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.

Prezas, R. (2008, March). Assessing phonological skills of Spanish-speaking children. Invited Seminar Presentation at the annual Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Columbus, OH.

Prezas, R. F., & Hodson, B. W. (2007, November). Comparing picture and object naming responses by Spanish-speaking preschoolers. Poster session at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Prezas, R. F., Gluszek, A., & Self, T. (2007, November). Using the picture exchange communication system to treat selective mutism. Poster session at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Shaver, M., Carlson, T., Prezas, R., Taylor, S., & Scudder, R. (2007, November). Peer review of teaching: Internal, external, & emeriti rating differences. Poster session at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Rvachew, S., Hodson, B., Prezas, R., & Lewis, B. (2007, June). Encyclopedia of language and literacy development: Speech-sound disorders. Panel presentation at the annual Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network, Calgary, Alberta.

Prezas, R. F., & Hodson, B. (2006, November). Determining optimal Spanish words for assessing children’s speech-sound productions. Technical session at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Miami, FL.

Scherz, J., Kanekama, Y., Prezas, R. F., Taylor, J. S., & Tsai, M. J. (2006, November) Webquests for speech-language pathology and audiology: Four examples. Poster session at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Miami, FL.

Professional Affiliations
Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Member, ASHA SID 14, Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Populations
Member, ASHA SID 16, School-Based Issues
Member, ASHA Hispanic Caucus