Kelly Bridges
Clinical Associate Professor; Director of Distance Education
Communicative Sciences and Disorders
Kelly Bridges, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a Clinical Associate Professor and the Director of Distance Education in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at New York University. Integrating both clinical and research experience in her pedagogy, Dr. Bridges has taught undergraduate and graduate students on campus and online through Speech@NYU, our online modality of the MS program.
Specific areas of clinical and teaching interest include neuroanatomy and physiology, adult neurogenic communication disorders, anatomy and physiology of speech and swallowing, and dysphagia. Her research focuses on pragmatic communication in adults with psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. As a member of the Brain and Behavior Laboratory, her doctoral work investigated familiar phrases in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, with her dissertation examining formulaic language and prosody in people with treatment-resistant depression who underwent deep brain stimulation of the subcallosal cingulate.
With an interest in international engagement, Dr. Bridges chairs the Department's Global Committee and serves on Steinhardt's Dean's Global Advisory Committee. As a member of the International Association for Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP), Dr. Bridges mentors early career professionals in majority world countries and serves on the Education Committee for Speech Language Pathology.
Selected Publications
- Bridges, K. A., Mayberg, H., Van Lancker Sidtis, D. & Sidtis, J. J. (2023). Familiar phrases in treatment-resistant depression: Effects of deep brain stimulation of the subcallosal cingulate. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 75. doi:10.1016/j.jneuroling.2022.101110
- Bridges, K. A. (2019). Aphasia and dysphagia in a skilled nursing facility resident. In R. Branski and S. Molfenter (Eds.) Speech-language pathology casebook. New York: Thieme.
- Van Lancker Sidtis, D., Cameron, K., Bridges, K. A.,Sidtis, J. J. (2015). The formulaic schema in the minds of two generations of native speakers. Ampersand, 2, 39-48.doi:10.1016/j.amper.2015.02.001
- Bridges, K. & Hoff, E. (2014). Older sibling influences on the language environment and language development of toddlers in bilingual homes. Applied Psycholinguistics, 35, 225-241. doi:10.1017/S0142716412000379
- Bridges, K., Van Lancker Sidtis, D., & Sidtis, J. J. (2013). The role of subcortical structures in recited speech: Studies in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 26, 591-601. doi:10.1016/j.jneuroling.2013.04.001
- Bridges, K.& Van Lancker Sidtis, D. (2013). Formulaic language in Alzheimer’s disease. Aphasiology, 27, 799-810. doi:10.1080/02687038.2012.757760
- Hoff, E., Laursen, B., & Bridges, K.(2012). Measurement and model building in studying the influence of socioeconomic status on child development. In L. C. Mayes & M. Lewis (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of environment in human development(pp. 590-606). New York: Cambridge University Press.