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Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty and Staff

Jennifer Thompson Tetnowski, PhD, CCC-SLP

Jennifer Thompson Tetnowski, PhD, CCC-SLP

  • Assistant Professor
  • Speech-Language Pathology Section Head
  • MA Speech-language Pathology Program Coordinator

(405) 271-4214, ext. 46078

Jennifer-Tetnowski@ouhsc.edu

Education:

  • Ph.D., Applied Language & Speech Sciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, 2014
  • M.S., Communication Disorders, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1990
  • B.S., Communication Disorders, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1988

Societies and Organizations:

  • Certificate of Clinical Competence (ASHA)
  • State of Oklahoma Licensure (5380)
  • Certification for Lee Silverman Voice Therapy
  • Certified administrator of the Porch Index of Communication Ability
  • Member of the American Speech–Language and Hearing Association
  • Member, ASHA Special Interest Group 2: Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders
  • Member of the Oklahoma Speech – Language and Hearing Association
  • Affiliate of the National Aphasia Association
  • Affiliate of Aphasia Access

Teaching:

  • CSD 4373: Introduction to Adult Neurological Communication Disorders
  • CSD 5453: Adult Neurolinguistic Disorders 
  • CSD 5510: Clinical Practicum
  • CSD 5553: Communication disorders with Right Hemisphere Impairment/ Traumatic Brain Injury

Research Interests:

  • Dr. Tetnowski’s research interests include aphasia, conversation analysis, traumatic brain injury, dementia, motor speech, and voice. 

Clinical Interests:

  • Dr. Tetnowski’s clinical expertise lies in the area of adult neurogenic communication disorders (Aphasia, Dementia, Traumatic Brain Injury, Dysarthria, Apraxia, and Dysphagia) as well as voice disorders.

Select Publications:

  • Tetnowski, J.A., Hughes, C., & Tetnowski, J.T. (2024). Making the case for case studies. Perspectives of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Special Interest Groups.
  • Tetnowski, J. T., Tetnowski, J. A., & Damico, J. S. (2023). Looking at gesture: The reciprocal influence between gesture and conversation. Journal of Communication Disorders, 106, 106379.
  • Archer, B., Azios, J. H., Gulick, N., & Tetnowski, J. (2021). Facilitating participation in conversation groups for aphasia. Aphasiology, 35(6), 764-782.
  • Tetnowski, J.T., Tetnowski, J.A., Damico, J.S. (2021). Patterns of Conversation Trouble Source and Repair as Indices of Improved Conversation in Aphasia: A Multiple Case Study Using Conversation Analysis (CA). American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1-18.
  • Cannito, M., Roussel, N., Tetnowski, J., Schiller, K., LeDoux, M., Buder, E., ... & Narayana, S. (2020, September). Effect of Combined Modality Treatment on Sustained Phonation in Parkinson's Disease. In Movement Disorders (Vol. 35, pp. S390-S391). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
  • Archer, B., Azios, J., Gulick, N., & Tetnowski, J.T. (2020). Facilitating participation in conversation groups for aphasia. Aphasiology, DOI: 10. 1080/02687038.2020.1812030
  • Archer, B., Azios, J., Tetnowski, J., Damico, J., Freer, J., Schmadeke, S., Christou-Franklin, E. (2019). Key wording practices in three aphasia conversation groups: a preliminary study. Aphasiology, DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2019.1630596
  • Tetnowski, J. (2019). Radiation therapy and communication disorders.  In Jack S. Damico & Martin J. Ball (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders.  London: Sage
  • Tetnowski, J. (2019).Depression.  In Jack S. Damico & Martin J. Ball (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders.  London: Sage
  • Tetnowski, J. (2019). Group Treatment.  In Jack S. Damico & Martin J. Ball (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders.  London: Sage
  • Tetnowski, J. (2019). Kinesics.  In Jack S. Damico & Martin J. Ball (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders.  London: Sage  
  • Tetnowski, J. (2019). Gaze.  In Jack S. Damico & Martin J. Ball (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders.  London: Sage 
  • Archer, B., Tetnowski, J., Freer, J., Schmadeke, S., & Christou-Franklin, E. (2018). Topic selection sequences in aphasia conversation groups. Aphasiology, 394-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2017.1413705
  • Tetnowski, J. (2015). Qualitative Case Study Research Design. SIG 4 Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders, 25(1), 39-45.
  • Damico, J., Tetnowski, J.T., Lynch, K., Hartwell, J., Weill, C. Heels, J., & Simmons-Mackie, N.  (2015). Facilitating authentic conversation: An intervention employing principles of constructivism and conversation analysis.  Aphasiology, 29 (3), 400-421. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2014.945388