Dr. Akers’ clinical and research interests include aphasia, conversation-based treatments for aphasia, discourse outcome measures, and the psychosocial effects of neurogenic communication disorders on families. Dr. Akers is a certified speech-language pathologist who has worked with adults in various healthcare settings. 

• Student Fellowship, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Research - Clinical Aphasiology Conference, May, 2021
• Meritorious Poster Submission. Boyle, M., Akers, C. & Elman, R. (2020, November). Informativeness of Structured Discourse Following Conversation Group Treatment in Chronic Aphasia. [Poster session]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, San Diego, CA, United States.  (Conference canceled.)
• Saffran Student Scholar Award, 14th Annual Eleanor M. Saffran Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience & Rehabilitation of Communication Disorders, September, 2019

Akers, C., Boyle, M., Armstrong, E. & Elman, R. J. (2022, June). Using Speech Function Analysis to Explore How Speakers with Aphasia Respond During Conversation Following Communication-Based Group Treatment. [Poster session]. International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Akers, C., Boyle, M., Armstrong, E., & Elman, R. J. (2022, May). Using Speech Function Analysis to Examine How Speakers with Chronic Aphasia Initiate Conversation Following Communication-Based Group Treatment. [Poster session]. Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Wrightsville Beach, NC, United States.

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP)
• State of Pennsylvania Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist
• State of New Jersey Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist