Education

Biography

Bijoyaa Mohapatra, PhD.  is an Assistant Professor in Communication Disorders at the New Mexico State University. Earlier she received her Ph.D. degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Georgia. Currently her research interest includes psychophysiological measurement of cognitive behavior, biofeedback training, and complementary-alternative practices in aphasia rehabilitation. She has disseminated research findings via journal publications and conference presentations. Dr. Mohapatra also holds the Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in University Teaching.

Research Interest

• Exploring cognitive, communicative, and affective processes in aphasia and healthy aging
• Investigating psychophysiological concomitants of cognitive functioning in healthy and adult neurogenic communication disorders, and the efficacy of biofeedback training
• Exploring complementary and alternative treatment practices for adults with communication disorders following acquired brain injury

Scientific Activities

Positions and Honors

Publications

1. Marshall, R. S., & Mohapatra, B. (2016). Integrative intervention: a new perspective and brief review in aphasia. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-11.
2. Mohapatra, B., Marshall, R.S. &Laures-Gore, J (2014). Yogic Breathing and Ayurveda in Aphasia: A Case Study. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 21(3), 272-280
3. Kumar, S. & Mohapatra, B. (2011). Status of Newborn Hearing Screening Program in India. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 75(1), 20-26
4. Rout, N., Mohapatra, B., & Mishra, S. (2010). Hearing Loss in the Elderly. An Indian Perspective. Journal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, 29(2), 253-261

 Conference Proceedings (full paper)

5. Mohapatra, B., Tharakan, L. M., &Shyamala, K.C. Conversational and Graphemic Output Analysis in Subcortical Bilingual Aphasia- A Case Study,  In the Proceedings of  the International Symposium on Bilingual aphasia, Mysore, India,  2010
6. Mohapatra, B., Prema, K. S. Rao &Sunita, S. The Nuances of Gender in Discourse, In Proceedings of Second Annual National Women’s Science Congress, Hyderabad, India, 2009
7. Mohapatra, B. &  Chatterjee, I. Effect of Plurilingualism on Bengali vowel Formants, In the Proceedings of the Frontiers of Research on Speech and Music, Kolkata, India 2008

Presentations (Oral and Poster)

8. Mohapatra, B. (2016, March). Inhibitory Deficits in Aphasia: Role of Neurovisceral Integration. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Scientific Research day of Graduate Students and Postdocs in Science, UGA, Athens, GA
9. Mohapatra, B., & Marshall, R. S. (2015, November). Contrasting attentional profiles from two psychological tests in Aphasia. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association, Denver, CO.
10. Mohapatra, B., & Marshall, R. S. (2014, November). Healthy Aging and Aphasia: Fractionation of the Executive Function. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association, Orlando, FL.
11. McCardel, B., Smith, V., Nathan, M., Ernst, B., Mohapatra, B., & Marshall, R. S. (2014, November). Executive Function Assessment in Healthy Aging: Performance, Test Order, Within- test Difficulty. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association, Orlando, FL.
12. Mohapatra, B. (2014, February). Improving Clinical Competence through Inquiry-based learning in Speech-language pathology students. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Georgia Speech, Language Hearing Association, and Atlanta, GA.
13. Mohapatra, B., & Marshall, R. S. (2014, February). Attending to attention in Aphasia: A comparison of two assessments. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Georgia Speech, Language Hearing Association, and Atlanta, GA.
14. Mohapatra, B., Marshall, R.S., &Laures-Gore, J. (2013, November). Ayurvedic Medicine and Aphasia:  A Case Study. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.
15. Mohapatra, B., Marshall, R.S., &Basilakos, A. B. (2013, August). Assessment of executive functions in healthy adults and individuals with aphasia. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Scientific Research day of Graduate Students and Postdocs in Science, UGA, and Athens, GA.
16. Mohapatra, B., &Prema, K. S. R. (2010, January). SALT- An effective tool for language documentation? Paper presented at the 42nd National Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Association, Bengaluru, India.
17. Mohapatra, B., Tharakan, L. M., &Shyamala, K. C. (2010, January). Conversational and Graphemic Output Analysis in Subcortical Bilingual Aphasia- A Case Study. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Bilingual Aphasia, Mysore, India.
18. Mohapatra, B., Prema, K. S. R., &Sunita, S. (2009, December). Corpus Linguistics-a lens into cognitive linguistics. Paper presented at the 31st All-India Conference of Linguists (AICL-2009), Hyderabad, India.
19. Mohapatra, B., Prema, K. S. R., &Sunita, S. (2009, November).The Nuances of Gender in Discourse. Presented at the 2nd National Women’s Science Congress, Mysore, India.
20. Mohapatra, B., & Kumar, S. (2009, January). Status of Newborn Hearing Screening Program in India. Paper presented at the 41st National Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Association, Mumbai, India.
21. Mohapatra, B., & Rout, N. (2009, February). Dysarthria consequent to cervical spinal cord injury following C4 Corpectomy (with isolated respiratory disturbances). Paper presented at the 40th National Conference of India Speech and Hearing Association, Mangalore, India. 
22. Mohapatra, B., & Chatterjee, I. (2008, January). Effect of amplification strategies on tinnitus. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Audiological Medicine, Bhubaneswar, India.
23. Mohapatra, B., Mishra, S., & Rout, N. (2008, January). An Audiological profile of Indians with age related hearing loss. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Audiological Medicine, Bhubaneswar, India.
24. Mohapatra, B. (2007, March). Auditory Verbal Therapy for the Hearing Impaired. Paper presented at the Cross Disability Convention on ‘Summit of Mind’, Bhubaneswar, India.
25. Mohapatra, B., Mishra, S., & Rout, N. (2006, February). Presbycusis: 151 Case Studies. Paper presented at the 38th National Conference of the Indian Speech and Hearing Association, Ahmedabad, India.