12/01/2011
Brenda M. Ryals (Ph.D. ‘81) is the recipient of the 2012 Jerger Career Award for Research in Audiology presented by the American Academy of Audiology. In presenting the award, the Academy noted her innovative research, her dedicated support of the science of audiology, and her generous and expert mentoring of the research careers of her students and colleagues.
Dr. Ryals is a professor of communication sciences and disorders and director of the auditory research laboratory at James Madison University, as well as an adjunct professor of psychology and of speech and hearing at the University of Maryland.
