Megan Israelsen-Augenstein, PhD, CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Human Performance - Communication Sciences and Disorders

Classification:

Faculty

• PhD, Utah State University, 2022
• MS, Utah State University, 2018
• BA, Utah State University, 2016

Background and Training: Bachelor of Arts Communication Disorders and Deaf Education, Utah State University 2016; Master of Science Speech Language Pathology, Utah State University 2018; PhD Disciplines and Implementation Science, Utah State University 2022

Dr. Israelsen-Augenstein specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children with language and reading disorders. 

Speech Language Pathology

Biography/Research Statement:

Dr. Megan Israelsen-Augenstein joined the faculty at West Virginia University in 2022. She specializes in implementation science. Her research interests include the effective implementation of evidence-based practices in the field of speech-language pathology, the development of assessments and interventions children with language disorders, children who have cognitive impairments, children with autism spectrum disorders, and Dual-Language Learners in their school-age years. She enjoys mentoring students in research. She has taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate level related to language development and diagnosis and treatment of developmental language disorders. She is a certified and licensed Speech-Language Pathologist.

Representative Scholarship

 

Refereed Journal Articles

 

Gillam, S.L., Vaughn, S., Robert, G., Capin, P., Fall, A.-M., Israelsen-Augenstein, M., Holbrook, S., Wada, R., Wada, R., Hancock, A., Fox, C., Dille, J., Magimairaj, B., & Gillam, R.B. (2022). Improving oral and written narration and reading comprehension of children at-risk for language-based reading disabilities: Results of a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Educational Psychology.

 

Fox, C.B., Jones, S., Gillam, S.L., Israelsen-Augenstein, M., Schwartz, S., & Gillam, R.B. (2022). Automated progress-monitoring through literate language us in narrative assessment (LLUNA). Frontiers in Psychology.

 

Fox, C.B., Israelsen-Augenstein, M., Jones, S., & Gillam, S.L. (2021). An evaluation of expedited transcription methods for school-age children’s narrative language: Automatic speech recognition & real-time transcription. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1-16.

 

Peterson, A.K., Fox, C.B., & Israelsen, M. (2020). A systematic review of academic discourse interventions for school-aged children with language-related learning disabilities. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 51, 866-881.

 

Holbrook, S., & Israelsen, M. (2020). Speech Prosody Interventions for Person with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 29(4), 2189-2205.

 

Israelsen, M. & Gillam, S., (2016). The relationship between narrative proficiency and syntactic complexity of story retells elicited from children with ASD spectrum disorders (ASD), Autism Open Access, 6:181.

 

Book Chapters

 

Gillam, S., Gillam, R., & Israelsen, M. (2019). Language Impairment in Children. In R. Gillam, T. Marquardt, & F. Martin (Eds.), Communication Sciences and Disorders: From Science to Clinical Practice. Boston, MA: Jones & Barlett.

 

Conference Proceedings

 

Anderson, T., Israelsen, M., Neilsen, A., Piccolotti, B., & Gillam, S. (April, 2016). Conference Proceedings, National Conference for Undergraduate Research: The relationship between narrative proficiency and syntactic complexity of story retells elicited from children with ASD. Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington.

 

Conference Presentations

 

Gillam, S.L., Israelsen-Augenstein, M., Fox, C., & Jones, S. (2021). The future of narrative language sample analysis for progress monitoring. Master Class presented at The American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

 

Israelsen-Augenstein, M., & Gillam, S.L. (2021). Improving personal and fictional narrative skills for children with Down Syndrome: A feasibility study. Poster presented at The American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

 

Israelsen-Augenstein, M., & Gillam, S.L. (2021). Narrative interventions for children with Down’s Syndrome. Poster presented at The American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

 

Peterson, A.K., Fox, C. & Israelsen-Augenstein, M. (2021). A systematic review of academic discourse interventions for school-aged children with language-related learning disabilities. Poster presented at The American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

 

Wada, R., Brandel, J., Israelsen-Augenstein, M., Fox, C., Barrett, T., Holbrooks, S., Brammer, L.A., & Gillam, S.L. (2021). The attitudes of speech-language pathologists and speech-language pathologist assistants toward evidence-based practice. Poster presented at The American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

 

Peterson, A.K., Israelsen-Augenstein, M., & Santhanam, S.P. (2021). A systematic review of narrative language interventions for children with multicultural backgrounds. Poster presented at The American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

Medical Specialties

• Speech Pathology

Special Training

• Other Speciality Training, Speech Language Pathology
  Utah State University, 2018

Dr. Israelsen-Augenstein specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children with language and reading disorders.