Meet the Team
Suzanne Adlof, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Dr. Suzanne Adlof is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of South Carolina, and the director of the SCROLL Lab. Her research focuses broadly on improving the identification and treatment of children with, or at risk for, language or reading difficulties, including developmental language disorder (DLD) and dyslexia. She is interested in understanding the nature of these disorders when they occur separately vs. together, as well as developing and implementing effective interventions to facilitate successful reading comprehension. Her research has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Institute of Education Sciences, and private foundations including the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation and the Central Carolina Community Foundation. Dr. Adlof recently served as an Editor for Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools (2022-2023) and as a member of the Governing Board for the IES Regional Education Laboratory Southeast (2019-present). In 2019, she was awarded the the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by the United States Government. She is also a past recipient of American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Early Career Contributions in Research Award and the Rebecca L. Sandak Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. She and her husband are parents to three children. When she's not working, Suzanne enjoys reading, home improvement projects, and spending time with her family, preferably outdoors.
Alexis Mitchell, M.S., CCC-SLP
Research Associate
Alexis Mitchell, M.S., CCC-SLP, has been a Research Associate with COMD at the University of South Carolina since July 2018. She is currently Project Coordinator and Lab Manager in the SCROLL Lab. Alexis previously worked as an SLP in public schools with early childhood through middle school aged students. She is from the Chicago area and earned her degrees from Eastern Illinois University. When she can find some free time, she enjoys traveling, cooking, photography and being outdoors enjoying the warm southern climate.
Amy Cavenaugh, M.S., CCC-SLP
Doctoral Student
Supraja Srikumar, M.S., SLP
Doctoral Student
Supraja is from Bangalore, India, and she is pursuing her doctoral program in Communication Sciences and Disorders (COMD) at the University of South Carolina. She did her undergraduate and postgraduate degree in Speech Language Pathology in India. She also worked at the Infant Toddler Language Development and Intervention Lab (LiL’) at NIMHANS, Bangalore, India for a short period of time. She enjoys learning more about language and literacy development, especially in the multilingual context. In her free time, she loves to paint, listen to Indian music, and learn new languages. She is thrilled to be a part of SCROLL and learn new things!
Emily Perry, B.S.
Research Specialist
Emily is originally from Greenville, SC. She graduated from USC with a Bachelor’s in Neuroscience in May 2026. Over the past year, she has worked in the Applied Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab, where she focused on developmental dyslexia research. Emily is deeply interested in how neurodevelopmental disorders affect cognition and behavior. She plans to pursue a PhD to become a neuropsychologist. She grateful for the opportunity to work in the SCROLL Lab and dive deeper into language and literacy development in children!
Graduate Students
Madeline Keller
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Madeline graduated from the College of Charleston in May of 2025 with a B.S. in Psychology and a B.A. in Biology. This past year, she worked as a preschool associate teacher. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, working out, and spending time with her pets. She is excited to start the COMD graduate program at USC and be a part of the SCROLL lab!
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Jessica Regenwether
Jessica graduated from the University of Iowa with her B.A. in Speech and Hearing Sciences. During her undergrad, she worked as a research assistant in the Psycholinguistics Lab. She is excited to be a graduate student in the COMD department at USC! In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with friends, working out, and traveling when the opportunity arises.
Kayla Townsend
Kayla graduated with a degree in Elementary Education from the University of South Carolina Beaufort. She has spent the last year and a half working in a public school on Hilton Head as a 3rd-grade teacher. She is particularly interested in working in early intervention, pediatric clinics, or school-based settings. Outside of work, Kayla enjoys working out, going for runs, traveling, organizing craft activities with friends, and reading thriller novels.
Grayson Moss
Grayson is a graduate student in the Speech-Language Pathology program here at University of South Carolina. She is from Columbia, South Carolina and attended the University of South Carolina, earning a B.A. in Public Health. After grad school, she hopes to work in pediatrics. In her free time she loves reading, painting/drawing, and hanging out with friends and family. "I am Looking forward to an amazing year in the SCROLL lab!!"
Undergraduate Students
Sara Holden
Undergraduate Magellan Journey and Mini-Grant awardee
Tatum Cocker
Caroline Gilliam
Samantha Hines
Anna Grey Houser
Julia Nye
Our Recent Alumni
Thank you to our recent graduates for their many contributions to our SCROLL Lab!
Taylor Bryant, Ph. D.
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Taylor Bryant completed her Ph.D. in the summer of 2026. Prior to returning for her Ph.D., she obtained her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and subsequently worked in the pediatric private practice setting. Her research interests focus on the emotional impact of developmental language disorder and dyslexia and effective interventions to support academic outcomes and emotional well-being. She now works as a faculty member at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Keandra Warren, M.S., SLP
Graduate Research Assistant
May 2026
Katy Kirsch, M.S., SLP
Graduate Research Assistant
May 2026
Annie Tanner, M.S., SLP
Graduate Research Assistant
May 2025
Mariam El Amin, Ph. D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Mariam completed her work as a postdoctoral research scholar at the SCROLL Lab. She is a speech-language pathologist from Lebanon. She was previously awarded the Fulbright scholarship to pursue her master's degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2023, she received her doctorate degree from the University of Georgia. Her research interests include identifying DLD and Dyslexia in monolingual and multilingual children. Additionally, she is interested in the use of open science practices to diversify the study of child language disorders.