Pei-Tzu Tsai, PhD
Associate Professor & Interim Chair, Communicative Disorders & Sciences
Pei-Tzu's research focuses on underlying factors and clinical management of stuttering, gender diverse voice and communication services, and graduate training of cultural-linguistic diversity in speech-language pathology. She teaches fluency disorders and voice disorders, and provides clinical education and services in stuttering and voice.
Education
- Ph.D., Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland - College Park
- M.A., Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland - College Park
- B.A., English, National Chengchi University
Recent Publications
- Shefcik, G. & Tsai, P.-T. (In press). Voice-related Experiences of Nonbinary Individuals (VENI): Development and content validity. Journal of Voice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2020.12.037
- Tsai, P.-T. (2018). Phonological neighborhood effect in spontaneous speech in adults who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2018.08.005
- Quach, W., & Tsai, P.-T. (2017). Preparing future SLPs for the clinical world of cultural-linguistic diversity. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2, 82-102.
- Tsai, P.-T., & Bernstein Ratner, N. (2016). Involvement of central cognitive mechanism in word production in adults who stutter. Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research, 59, 1269-1282.
Recent Presentations
- Tsai, P.-T., Arboleda, M., Costa, K., &. Busty, C., (2021, January). Stuttering camp effects: Intensive camp for children who stutter and their caregivers [Poster presentation]. Oxford Dysfluency Conference, Oxford, UK.
- Mahendra, N., Tsai, P.-T., Brym, J., Dessenberger, M., Park, T., & Tadokoro, A. (2020,
November). Adults with aphasia and children with stuttering sing together: An intergenerational
study [Poster presentation].
American Speech, Language and Hearing Association Annual Convention, San Diego, CA. (Conference canceled)
- Shefcik, G. & Tsai, P.-T. (2020, November). Assessment of non-binary individuals'
self-perception of voice: Development and validation of a pilot questionnaire [Poster
presentation]. American Speech, Language and
Hearing Association Annual Convention, San Diego, CA. (Conference canceled)
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Mahendra, N., Tsai, P.-T., Brym, J., Dessenberger, M., Park, T., & Tadokoro, A. (2020, March). Adults with aphasia and children with stuttering sing together: An intergenerational study [Poster presentation].
California Speech Language Hearing Association Annual State Convention, Anaheim, CA. (Conference canceled) - Arboleda, M., Moriarty, K., Tam, H., Herrera M., Busy, C., Costa, K., & Tsai, P.-T. (2019, March). Stuttering camp effects: Intensive camp for children who stutter and their caregivers. Poster presented at the 2019 California Speech Language Hearing Association Annual State Convention, Pasadena, CA.
Noteworthy Grants and Awards
- Reassigned Time Program Award, SJSU, 2019-2023
- Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Grant, SJSU, 2018-2019
Online Resources
- Dr. Pei-Tzu Tsai presented "Learning from Stuttering: A Path from Disorder to Diversity" as part of the SJSU University Scholar Series. Dr. Tsai discussed underlying factors of stuttering and stuttering therapy to develop culturally and linguistically responsive services for individuals who stutter and advocated for acceptance and diversity in communication.
Areas of Research Interest
- Cognitive demand
- Cultural diversity
- Linguistic processing
- Phonological factor
- Stuttering
- Transgender voice
Recommended Reading
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
- Out With It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice by Katherine Preston
- Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth
Personality Playlist
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