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Christine Holyfield
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Federal Grant PI
Associate Professor
Also affiliated: Pennsylvania State University (2016–2019); Temple University (2024)
16 h-index
56 pubs
786 cited
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Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Christine Holyfield's research focuses on the development and application of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technologies, particularly for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities. Her work investigates the effectiveness of mobile applications and speech-generating devices, exploring how features like visual scene displays and just-in-time programming can enhance communication skills.
Holyfield has led and collaborated on studies examining various aspects of AAC intervention, including systematic reviews of existing research and investigations into specific instructional methods. Her publications address topics such as the impact of dynamic text on sight word reading for individuals with ASD and the participation of typical toddlers in vocabulary programming for AAC apps. She is also a principal investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant focused on developing AI-powered next-generation AAC technology.
Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 16 and over 770 citations across 54 publications. Holyfield has a significant collaborative network within the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, working closely with researchers such as Elizabeth R. Lorah and Nicolette Caldwell.
Metrics
- h-index: 16
- Publications: 56
- Citations: 786
Positions
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Associate Professor 2023–presentUniversity of Arkansas Department of Communication Disorders and Occupational Therapy ORCID
Selected Publications
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Integrating an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Literacy Feature Into Shared Storybook Reading for Autistic Children Who Need or Rely on AAC (2026)
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The Use of a Visual Scene Display for the Acquisition of Manding in Young Children with Complex Communication Needs (2026)
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R2/R1-Integrating an AAC Literacy Feature into Shared Storybook Reading for Autistic Children Who Need or Rely on AAC (2026)
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R2/R1-Integrating an AAC Literacy Feature into Shared Storybook Reading for Autistic Children Who Need or Rely on AAC (2026)
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Evaluating Peer-Mediated Instruction for Children with Extensive Support Needs (2026)
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A Comparison of Visual Scene and Grid Displays during a Naturally Occurring Song Routine (2026)
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An Examination of Context-Aware Augmentative and Alternative Communication with Automated Response Options for Academic Communication From Autistic Children (2026)
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Helping or Homogenizing? GenAI as a Design Partner to Pre-Service SLPs for Just-in-Time Programming of AAC (2025)
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“It's a Lot of Collaboration”: Related Service Providers Supporting Literacy Instruction for Learners Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (2025)
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Effect of AAC intervention on communication within social routines from preschool-age emerging symbolic communicators with developmental disabilities (2025)
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Future of AAC technologies: priorities for inclusive innovation (2025)
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External challenges for individuals who need or use AAC who are learning language: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions (2025)
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Overcoming barriers to literacy for individuals who need or use AAC: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions (2025)
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Effect of AAC technology with embedded literacy supports on the participation of children who are emerging symbolic communicators during shared reading (2025)
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Effect of explicit literacy instruction on letter-sound correspondence acquisition for a child with cerebral palsy who uses AAC eye gaze (2025)
Federal Grants 1 $749,960 total
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Elizabeth R. Lorah
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
19 shared publications
In database
- A Systematic Review of Research Comparing Mobile Technology Speech-Generating Devices to Other AAC Modes with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- A Systematic Review of Evidence-based Instruction for Individuals with Autism Using Mobile Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology
- Effects of High-tech Versus Low-tech AAC on Indices of Happiness for School-aged Children with Multiple Disabilities
- Leveraging Communication Partner Speech to Automate Augmented Input for Children on the Autism Spectrum Who Are Minimally Verbal: Prototype Development and Preliminary Efficacy Investigation
- Typical preschoolers’ perceptions of augmentative and alternative communication modes of a preschooler with autism spectrum disorder
Showing 5 of 19 shared publications
Janice Light
Pennsylvania State University (US)
12 shared publications
- Systematic review of AAC intervention research for adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder
- Effect of mobile technology featuring visual scene displays and just-in-time programming on communication turns by preadolescent and adolescent beginning communicators
- Programing AAC just-in-time for beginning communicators: the process
- Effect of AAC partner training using video on peers’ interpretation of the behaviors of presymbolic middle-schoolers with multiple disabilities*
- “What Have You Been Doing?”: Supporting Displaced Talk Through Augmentative and Alternative Communication Video Visual Scene Display Technology
Showing 5 of 12 shared publications
Jessica Caron
Pennsylvania State University (US)
10 shared publications
- Effect of mobile technology featuring visual scene displays and just-in-time programming on communication turns by preadolescent and adolescent beginning communicators
- Programing AAC just-in-time for beginning communicators: the process
- “What Have You Been Doing?”: Supporting Displaced Talk Through Augmentative and Alternative Communication Video Visual Scene Display Technology
- Effect of AAC technology with dynamic text on the single-word recognition of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Effect of Video Embedded with Hotspots with Dynamic Text on Single-Word Recognition by Children with Multiple Disabilities
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
Nicolette Caldwell
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
10 shared publications
In database
- A Systematic Review of Evidence-based Instruction for Individuals with Autism Using Mobile Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology
- Leveraging Communication Partner Speech to Automate Augmented Input for Children on the Autism Spectrum Who Are Minimally Verbal: Prototype Development and Preliminary Efficacy Investigation
- Effects of Interaction Approaches and Added High-Tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication on Prelinguistic and Linguistic Communication from School-Age Beginning Communicators
- Reducing linguistic profiling of individuals with communication disabilities to enhance careers: avoiding assumptions based on speech, language and communication mode
- Increasing linguistic and prelinguistic communication for social closeness during naturalistic AAC instruction with young children on the autism spectrum
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
Stephen MacNeil
Temple University (US)
9 shared publications
- Leveraging Communication Partner Speech to Automate Augmented Input for Children on the Autism Spectrum Who Are Minimally Verbal: Prototype Development and Preliminary Efficacy Investigation
- Exploring the use of Generative AI to Support Automated Just-in-Time Programming for Visual Scene Displays
- Spurring Innovation in AAC Technology through Collaborative Dreaming and Needs Finding with Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Who Use AAC
- Helping or Homogenizing? GenAI as a Design Partner to Pre-Service SLPs for Just-in-Time Programming of AAC
- Preliminary Investigation of Context-Aware Augmentative and Alternative Communication with Automated Just-in-Time Cloze Phrase Response Options for Social Participation from Children on the Autism Spectrum
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Brenna Griffen
Louisiana State University in Shreveport (US)
8 shared publications
- A Systematic Review of Research Comparing Mobile Technology Speech-Generating Devices to Other AAC Modes with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- A Systematic Review of Evidence-based Instruction for Individuals with Autism Using Mobile Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology
- Increasing linguistic and prelinguistic communication for social closeness during naturalistic AAC instruction with young children on the autism spectrum
- Preliminary Investigation of Context-Aware Augmentative and Alternative Communication with Automated Just-in-Time Cloze Phrase Response Options for Social Participation from Children on the Autism Spectrum
- Evaluating Artificial Intelligence on the Efficacy of Preference Assessments for Preservice Speech-Language Pathologists
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
David McNaughton
Pennsylvania State University (US)
7 shared publications
- Effect of AAC partner training using video on peers’ interpretation of the behaviors of presymbolic middle-schoolers with multiple disabilities*
- “What Have You Been Doing?”: Supporting Displaced Talk Through Augmentative and Alternative Communication Video Visual Scene Display Technology
- Effect of AAC technology with dynamic text on the single-word recognition of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Effect of Video Embedded with Hotspots with Dynamic Text on Single-Word Recognition by Children with Multiple Disabilities
- Effects of an AAC feature on decoding and encoding skills of adults with Down syndrome
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Kathryn D. R. Drager
Pennsylvania State University (US)
6 shared publications
- Systematic review of AAC intervention research for adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder
- Effect of mobile technology featuring visual scene displays and just-in-time programming on communication turns by preadolescent and adolescent beginning communicators
- Effect of AAC partner training using video on peers’ interpretation of the behaviors of presymbolic middle-schoolers with multiple disabilities*
- Effect of AAC technology with dynamic text on the single-word recognition of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Integrating familiar listeners and speech recognition technologies into augmentative and alternative communication intervention for adults with down syndrome: Descriptive exploration
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Lauramarie Pope
Auburn University (US)
4 shared publications
- Effect of AAC technology with dynamic text on the single-word recognition of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Effects of an AAC feature on decoding and encoding skills of adults with Down syndrome
- Effects of an Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology Decoding Feature on Single-Word Reading by Individuals With Down Syndrome and Limited Functional Speech
- Effect of AAC technology with embedded literacy supports on the participation of children who are emerging symbolic communicators during shared reading
Tara O’Neill Zimmerman
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
4 shared publications
- Leveraging Communication Partner Speech to Automate Augmented Input for Children on the Autism Spectrum Who Are Minimally Verbal: Prototype Development and Preliminary Efficacy Investigation
- Effects of Interaction Approaches and Added High-Tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication on Prelinguistic and Linguistic Communication from School-Age Beginning Communicators
- A Scoping Review of Research Evaluating Physiological Information for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities: Augmentative and Alternative Communication Research Considerations
- Preliminary Investigation of Context-Aware Augmentative and Alternative Communication with Automated Just-in-Time Cloze Phrase Response Options for Social Participation from Children on the Autism Spectrum
Slobodan Vučetić
Temple University (US)
4 shared publications
- Leveraging Communication Partner Speech to Automate Augmented Input for Children on the Autism Spectrum Who Are Minimally Verbal: Prototype Development and Preliminary Efficacy Investigation
- Spurring Innovation in AAC Technology through Collaborative Dreaming and Needs Finding with Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Who Use AAC
- Preliminary Investigation of Context-Aware Augmentative and Alternative Communication with Automated Just-in-Time Cloze Phrase Response Options for Social Participation from Children on the Autism Spectrum
- Exploring Engagement Opportunities for Autistic Children: Using AAC as a Controller in a Wizard-of-Oz Coloring Game
Cynthia Zastudil
Temple University (US)
4 shared publications
- Exploring the use of Generative AI to Support Automated Just-in-Time Programming for Visual Scene Displays
- Helping or Homogenizing? GenAI as a Design Partner to Pre-Service SLPs for Just-in-Time Programming of AAC
- Predictive Anchoring: A Novel Interaction to Support Contextualized Suggestions for Grid Displays
- The Use of a Visual Scene Display for the Acquisition of Manding in Young Children with Complex Communication Needs
Erik Jakobs
Pennsylvania State University (US)
3 shared publications
- Effects of an AAC feature on decoding and encoding skills of adults with Down syndrome
- Effects of an Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology Decoding Feature on Single-Word Reading by Individuals With Down Syndrome and Limited Functional Speech
- Effect of AAC technology with embedded literacy supports on the participation of children who are emerging symbolic communicators during shared reading
Eduard Dragut
Temple University (US)
3 shared publications
- Leveraging Communication Partner Speech to Automate Augmented Input for Children on the Autism Spectrum Who Are Minimally Verbal: Prototype Development and Preliminary Efficacy Investigation
- Spurring Innovation in AAC Technology through Collaborative Dreaming and Needs Finding with Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Who Use AAC
- Preliminary Investigation of Context-Aware Augmentative and Alternative Communication with Automated Just-in-Time Cloze Phrase Response Options for Social Participation from Children on the Autism Spectrum
Sheida K. Raley
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 shared publications
In database
- A Comparison of Visual Scene and Grid Displays during a Naturally Occurring Song Routine
- An Examination of Context-Aware Augmentative and Alternative Communication with Automated Response Options for Academic Communication From Autistic Children
- The Use of a Visual Scene Display for the Acquisition of Manding in Young Children with Complex Communication Needs
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