Office Hours
By Appointment
Education
PhD, Penn State University
MS, Penn State University
BA, UCLA
Research Interests
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system design and intervention; AAC for people on the autism spectrum; naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions (NDBIs); literacy for people who use AAC; equitable access to AAC systems and services
Publications
Pope, L., Light, J., & Franklin, A. (2022). Black children with developmental disabilities receive less augmentative and alternative communication intervention than their white peers: Preliminary evidence of racial disparities from a secondary data analysis. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(5), 2159-2174.
Holyfield, C., Light, J., McNaughton, D., Caron, J., Drager, K., & Pope, L. (2020). Effect of AAC technology with dynamic text on the single-word recognition of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22(2), 129-140.
O'Neill, T., Light, J., & Pope, L. (2018). Effects of interventions that include aided augmentative and alternative communication input on the communication of individuals with complex communication needs: A meta-analysis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61(7), 1743-1765.
Therrien, M. C., Light, J., & Pope, L. (2016). Systematic review of the effects of interventions to promote peer interactions for children who use aided AAC. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 32(2), 81-93.
Recent Presentations
Pope, L., & Holyfield, C. (2023, July). AAC symbol representation for individuals on the autism spectrum: Is there fault in the default? [Short session]. International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Conference, Cancún, Mexico.
Holyfield, C., Pope, L., Brittlebank-Douglas, S., Jakobs, E., Laubscher, E., Zimmerman, T., Pfaff, O., Atiyeh, H., McNaughton, D., & Light, J. (2023, July). Infusing individualized opportunities for incidental literacy learning into AAC technology. Oral Presentation at the Biennial Conference of the International Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Cancun, Mexico.
Pope, L., Light, J., & Laubscher, E. (2023, May). Naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions and augmentative and alternative communication for children on the autism spectrum with minimal speech [Poster presentation]. International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden.
McCarty, T., Pope, L., & Brittlebank, S. (2023, February). Four simple strategies to promote social inclusion for students who use AAC [Poster presentation]. Assistive Technology Industry Association Conference, Orlando, FL.
Pope, L., & Light, J. (2022, November). Comparison of text vs. picture symbol AAC systems to maximize outcomes for children with ASD [Technical session]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Pope, L., Light, J., & Laubscher (2022, November). Naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions and AAC for children with ASD: A systematic Review [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Holyfield, C., Pope, L., Light, J., Fager, S., Jakobs, E., Koester, H., & McNaughton, D. (2022, January). RERC on AAC: Progress on research, development, and training activities [Education session]. Assistive Technology Industry Association Conference, Orlando, FL.
Holyfield, C., Pope, L., & Jakobs, E. (2022, January). Toward AAC optimized for literacy development through feature innovation [Poster presentation]. Assistive Technology Industry Association Conference, Orlando, FL.
Pope, L. & Light, J. (2021, November). Preliminary evidence for racial disparities in augmentative and alternative communication services [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Washington, DC.
Holyfield, C., Pope, L., Light, J., Jakobs, E., McNaughton, D., Laubscher, E., & Pfaff, O. (2021, November). Effects of an AAC app feature on decoding by individuals with Down syndrome [Technical session]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Washington, DC.
Courses Taught
SLHS 3100: Linguistics in SLHS
SLHS 7570: Evaluation of Research in Speech Pathology
SLHS 7840: Augmentative and Alternative Communication