Eshan Schleif

4th Year Doctoral Student
Contact: schleife15@students.ecu.edu

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Eshan Schleif is a fourth year PhD student and a bilingual Mandarin-English speech language pathologist skilled in treating speech and resonance disorders related to velopharyngeal dysfunction. She received her B.A. from Butler University and her M.S. from East Carolina University. She completed a craniofacial speech fellowship in the Center for Craniofacial Disorders at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Her research interests include using MRI to study anatomy, speech, and surgical outcomes related to craniofacial anomalies.

Education

• East Carolina University, Greenville, North CarolinaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Communication Sciences & Disorders
  2018- Present
• East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
  Master in Science (M.S.), Communication Sciences & Disorders
  2016-2017
• Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana
  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication Sciences & Disorders
  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Chinese Language & Culture
  Minor: Chemistry
  2011-2015
• Clinical Fellowship: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia

Publications

• Pua, E., Holt, Y., Kollara, L., Rangarathnam, B., Fang, X., & Perry, J. L. (2018). Evaluating Nasalance Values Among Bilingual Mandarin–English Speakers. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 1055665618791942.
• Mason, K. N., Pua, E., & Perry, J. L. (2018). Effect of motor‐based speech intervention on articulatory placement in the treatment of a posterior nasal fricative: a preliminary MRI study on a single subject. International journal of language & communication disorders, 53(4), 852-863.