Faculty Profile for Dr. Maria D Gonzales

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Dr. Maria D Gonzales
Professor — Communication Disorders
WILW 259
phone: (512) 716-2629
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Maria Diana Gonzales, Ph.D., CCC/SLP, earned a doctoral degree from Ohio University in Speech-Language Pathology in 1997. She is a bilingual speech-language pathologist who holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is licensed to practice in the state of Texas. Dr. Gonzales has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in normal language development, childhood language disorders, assessment and intervention with culturally and linguistically diverse populations and second language acquisition. She has co-authored several manuscripts, edited a textbook, written a four book chapters, and presented numerous papers at state and national conferences.

Research Interests

 Dr. Gonzales' research interests include the developmental outcomes of infants discharged from Neonatal Intensive Care units. Additional research interests include the parent-child interaction skills exhibited by bilingual parents with typically developing and language disordered infants as well as the emergent literacy skills of typically developing and language disordered bilingual preschoolers. Dr. Gonzales is also interested in grammatically of narratives of bilingual preschoolers and treatment efficacy of an intensive language program.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Schwarz, A. L., Resendiz, M. D., Herrera, L. C., & Gonzales, M. D. (2021). A novel approach to assessing language proficiency in adults: A pre-pilot classification accuracy study. International Journal of Bilingualism, 25(3), 812–832. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367006921999452
  • Resendiz, M. D., Gonzales, M. D., Belasco, E. M., Alanis, M., Hernandez, G., & Ambrocio, K. (2022). Monolingual and bilingual language input: Does the type of input influence complex syntax in Latinx preschoolers? Journal of the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing, 17(1).
  • Ramirez, M. P., & Gonzales, M. D. (2020). El Patio de Recreo de Muchos Colores/Cuento y Actividades (pp. 1–11). Teachers Pay Teachers. Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/El-Patio-De-Recreo-De-Muchos-ColoresCuento-Y-Actividades-5603090
  • Ramirez, M. P., & Gonzales, M. D. (2020). Diario Para Estudiantes Secundarios (pp. 1–10). Teachers Pay Teachers. Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Diario-Para-Estudiantes-Secundarios-5068768
  • Ramirez, M. P., & Gonzales, M. D. (2019). Dia de las Brujas (pp. 1–18). Teachers Pay Teachers. Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Spanish-english-Activity-Gallery

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Nominee: College of Health Professions Service Award, College of Health Professions, Texas State University. 2023 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Life Member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. June 30, 2023 - Present
  • Award / Honor Nominee: College of Health Professions Service Award, Texas State University. April 2022 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: CAPCSD IPE/IPP Learning Community, Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences & Disorders. September 15, 2023 - May 31, 2024
  • Award / Honor Nominee: College of Health Professions Teaching Award, College of Health Professions. 2021

Selected Grants

  • Felderhoff, Jeffrey (Principal), Gonzales, Maria D (Co-Principal). Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Research Grant, Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $1000. (Submitted: March 1, 2001, Funded: 2001). Grant.
  • Gonzales, Maria D (Principal). Hispanic Maternal Interactions with Their Typically Developing and Language Disordered Children, Faculty Research Enhancement Program at Texas State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $6014. (Submitted: 2000, Funded: 2000). Grant.
  • Gonzales, Maria (Principal). Faculty Research Grant for Conference and Performance Travel, Submitted to the Office of Research Affairs. University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Institutional (Higher Ed), $300. (Submitted: 1998, Funded: 1998). Grant.
  • Ezell, H. K (Principal), Gonzales, Maria D (Principal). Emergent Literacy Skills of Migrant Mexican-American Preschoolers, College of Health and Human Services Scholarly Activity Awards, Ohio University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $5000. (Submitted: 1996, Funded: 1997). Grant.
  • Gonzales, Maria D (Principal). NIDCD/ORMH Minority Dissertation Grants: Predictors of Language Development of At Risk Hispanic Infants, National Institute of Health, Federal, $25000. (Submitted: 1996, Funded: 1997). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
CHP Research Enhancement Committee
September 2023-Present
Co-Chair
Taskforce for Different Prgram Service Delivery
August 21, 2023-Present
Member
CDIS Diversity Event Committee
August 2022-Present
Mentoring Academic-Research Careers: ASHA MARC Program
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2021-Present
Volunteer
Project Platicar
November 2018-Present