Emma Allamian, a Communication Sciences and Disorders MS major from Whitewater, WI, was recognized on February 5-6 at the 2026 Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology [SLP] and Audiology Association (WSHA) annual convention in Pewaukee.

Allamian earned second place in the Knowledge Bowl Competition

The convention is a gathering of speech-language pathologists, audiologists and speech, language and hearing scientists in Wisconsin.

Five students from UW-Whitewater’s communication sciences and disorders undergraduate and graduate programs won awards and/or presented at the convention.

Professor Lynn Gilbertson, associate professor Michael Hammer, and assistant professor Cody Busch served as mentors to the students on their presentations.

UW-Whitewater’s communication sciences and disorders program, housed in the College of Education and Professional Studies, includes undergraduate and graduate programs. The department also operates the UW-Whitewater Center for Communicative Disorders. For more information, visit uww.edu/coeps/comdis.