NATALIE COVINGTON (née Vanderveen)

PUBLICATIONS

Morrow, E. L, Hereford, A. P., Covington, N.V., & Duff, M. C. (in press). Traumatic brain injury in the acute care setting: Assessment and management practices of speech-language pathologists. Brain Injury.

Duff, M.C., Covington, N.V., Hilverman, C., & Cohen, N.J. (2020). Semantic memory and the hippocampus: Revisiting, reaffirming, and extending the reach of their critical relationship. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, 471.

Warren, D.E., Roembke, T.C., Covington, N.V., McMurray, B. and Duff, M.C. (2020). Cross-situational statistical learning of new words despite bilateral hippocampal damage and severe amnesia. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, 448.

Covington, N. V., Kurczek, J., Duff, M. C., & Brown-Schmidt, S. (2019). The effect of repetition on pronoun resolution in patients with memory impairment. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 1-14.

Gordan, R., Rigon, A., Covington, N.V., Voss, M., & Duff, M. (2019). Higher resting state functional connectivity between the vmPFC and rTPJ in individuals who display conversational synchrony. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 51, 212-220.

Covington, N.V., & Duff, M.C. (2018). Amnesia and the multiple memory systems of the brain. Frontiers for Young Minds, 6(45).

Ryskin, R., Qi, Z., Covington, N.V., Duff, M.C., & Brown-Schmidt, S. (2018). Knowledge and learning of verb biases in amnesia. Brain and Language, 182, 62-83.

Covington, N.V., Brown-Schmidt, S., & Duff, M.C. (2018). The necessity of the hippocampus for statistical learning. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 30(5), 680-697.

Covington, N.V. & Duff, M.C. (2016). Expanding the language network: Direct contributions from the hippocampus. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 20(12), 869-870.

Covington, N.V. & Duff, M.C. (2016) Intact reported speech use in traumatic brain injury: How to think about ‘intact’ performance in the context of heterogeneity. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 7(1), 79-100.

Kurczek, J., Vanderveen, N., Duff, M. (2014) Multiple Memory Systems and Their Support of Language. Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders. 24(2), 31-73.

FUNDED GRANTS

2019 ASHFoundation Clinical Research Grant: Mentored $50,000

2018 Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research $6,000

2015 University of Iowa Graduate & Professional Student Government $1,250

PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS

Covington, N.V., Cohen, N.J., & Duff, M.C. (2020, May). The spatial reconstruction task is a sensitive measure of declarative memory in adults with traumatic brain injury. Virtual poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting.

Covington, N.V. & Duff, M.C. (2020, January). Towards a clinically feasible measure of procedural memory in TBI. Oral presentation at the International Cognitive-Communication Disorders Conference, Orange, CA.

Morrow, E., Hereford, A., Covington, N.V., & Duff, M.C. (2020, January). Acute cognitive-communication assessment for TBI. Oral presentation at the International Cognitive-Communication Disorders Conference, Orange, CA.

Covington, N.V., & Duff, M.C. (2019, November). Cognitive Skill Learning in Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury. Oral presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Orlando, FL.

Covington, N.V., & Duff, M.C. (2019, September). Measurement of Procedural Memory in Rehabilitation. Poster presentation at the Eleanor M. Saffran Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience & Rehabilitation of Communication Disorders, Philadelphia, PA.

Morrow, E. & Covington, N.V. (2019, August). Pediatric TBI and Return-to-Learn. Oral presentation at the School Speech-Language Pathology Conference at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN.

Dulas, M. R., Schwarb, H., Covington, N.V., Cohen, N., & Duff, M.C. (2019, March). Traumatic brain injury impairs both spatial and temporal relational memory. International Brain Injury Association World Congress, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Covington, N.V., de Riesthal, M., & Duff, M.C. (2018, November). Memory Intervention for Adults with TBI: A Systematic Review and Application to Clinical Practice. Oral presentation accepted to American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston, MA.

Covington, N.V., Kurczek, J., & Duff, M.C. (2017, November). Metaphor Generation and Comprehension in Individuals with Hippocampal Amnesia. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Los Angeles, California.

Covington, N.V., Kurczek, J., Brown-Schmidt, S., & Duff, M. (2017, September). Repetition Does Not Improve Pronoun Comprehension in Amnesia. 12th Annual Eleanor M. Saffran Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience & Rehabilitation of Communication Disorders, Philadelphia, PA.

Covington, N.V., & Duff, M.C. (2017, May). Impaired Collocation Knowledge in Amnesia: Evidence for hippocampal contributions to statistical learning. Clinical Aphasiology Conference Research Symposium, Snowbird, Utah.

Ryskin, R., Qi, Z., Covington, N.V., Duff, M., & Brown-Schmidt, S. (2017, March). Knowledge and Learning of Verb Bias in Amnesia. CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, Boston, MA.

Covington, N.V. Memory and Language Research at Iowa. Presentation at the University of Iowa CSD Proseminar, Iowa City, IA, March 11, 2016. (Invited).

Covington, N.V., Brown-Schmidt, S., & Duff, M.C. (2015, October). Statistical learning in patients with focal hippocampal damage. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Covington, N. V., Brown-Schmidt, S. & Duff, M.C. (2015, June). Preserved statistical learning despite focal bilateral hippocampal damage. International Conference on Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning, San Sebastian, Spain.

Covington, N.V., & Duff, M.C. (2015, May). Impact of Discourse Elicitation Procedures on Use of Reported Speech. Clinical Aphasiology Conference Research Symposium, Monterey, CA.

Covington, N.V. The Role of the Medial Temporal Lobe in Statistical Learning. Presentation at the University of Iowa CSD Proseminar, Iowa City, IA, December 12, 2014.

Wolter, J.A., Farquharson, K., Covington, N.V., Wang, J., & Hogan, T. (2014, July). Orthographic probability and neighborhood density across development using the child orthographic probability calculator (COPcalc). Society for Scientific Studies of Reading Annual Convention, Santa Fe, NM.

Vanderveen, N., Ternus, M., & Duff, M.C. (2013, November). Use of Reported Speech in the Interactions of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.

Alper, R., Bergevin, M., Cornilsen, C., Delsandro, E., Devore, K., Dowdy, L., Tieskoetter, A., Vanderveen, N., Van Winkle, L., Werle, D. The China Project: International Service. Presentation at the University of Iowa CSD Proseminar, Iowa City, IA, November 1, 2013.

Schussler, K., Hogan, T.P., Wolter, J., Vanderveen, N. Innovations in Orthographic and Morphologic Learning: Beyond Phonological Awareness. Presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, November 18, 2011.

ACADEMIC HONORS, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS

2019 Saffran Student Scholar Award

2019 ASHA Pathways Program participant

2018 ASHF New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship $10,000

2018 ANCDS Student Fellowship Recipient $160

2018 ASHA Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award $750

2018 BOLD Teaching Fellowship $1,000

2017 Saffran Student Scholar Award

2017 Kavli Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience Fellowship

2017 NIDCD Student Fellowship Recipient $1,600

2015 ASHFoundation Graduate Student Scholarship $5,000

2015 NIDCD Student Fellowship Recipient $1,500

2015 Graduate Student Senate Travel Funds Award $400

2015 GPSG Travel Grant $300

2013 University of Iowa Departmental Scholarship $1,500

2013 Sertoma Communication Disorders Scholarship $1,000

2013 AfterCollege Speech Pathology Scholarship $500

2012 U Iowa Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship (4 years)

2012 ASHA Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award $750

2012 ANCDS Student Scholarship $125

TEACHING

2019 Center for Teaching Course Design Institute

2018 Blended & Online Learning Design (BOLD) Teaching Fellow

2017 Certificate in College Teaching

2017 Practicum in College Teaching

2017 Seminar in College Teaching

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

2017 Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP)

2016-2017 Clinical Fellowship: Vanderbilt Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute, Supervisor: Michael de Riesthal, PhD CCC-SLP

2014-2016 Clinical Fellowship: Wendell Johnson Speech & Hearing Center, Supervisor: Karen Bryant, PhD CCC-SLP

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Phi Beta Kappa 2012-present

ASHA member 2017-present

Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders & Sciences 2018-present