Congratulations Dr. Lauren Calandruccio for three significant achievements this summer!

On May 27, 2021, Dr. Calandruccio received the Think Big Leadership Award, part of the Provost’s North Star and Pathways initiative at CWRU. This award was given in recognition for the year-long mentoring program for students of color she ran in collaboration with Hampton University (a Historically Black College and University) for students at both institutions.

On July 13, 2021, Dr. Calandruccio was elected a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). According to ASHA, “Fellowship is one of the highest forms of recognition given by ASHA of an individual’s accomplishments and is a public declaration of one’s outstanding professional achievements.”

July 30, 2021 – The editor-in-chief and editors of the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (JSLHR) —Hearing Section selected Dr. Calandruccio’s first-authored article, “The Clear-Speech Benefit for School-Age Children: Speech-in-Noise and Speech-in-Speech Recognition” as the winner of the 2020 Editor’s Award. According to JSLHR, an “Editor’s Award is truly a high honor, with selection limited to the most impactful works that meet the highest quality standards in research design and presentation.” The article will carry the “Editor’s Award” icon in perpetuity.