Katlyn Nickels, PhD

Katlyn Nickels, PhD, is a post doctoral research fellow in the Language and Neuroimaging Research Laboratory with Dr. Aneta Kielar.

Dr. Nickel's primary research interests include the nature and treatment of neurogenic communication disorders in adults with a focus on the primary progressive aphasia (PPA) syndrome. Specifically, she studies the cognitive-linguistic processes that support language and explores how these processes can inform treatment development and outcomes for PPA. Dr. Nickel's dissertation project was focused on understanding the therapeutic potency of phonological intervention on spoken and written language performance in individuals with the logopenic and nonfluent/agrammatic variants of PPA.

Dr. Nickels completed her Certificate in College Teaching from the University of Arizona in Fall 2022.