Hayley Olson

Hayley is a doctoral student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders department, studying under the mentorship of Dr. Haley Dresang. Hayley earned her B.S. in neuroscience with a minor in linguistics from the University of Kansas in 2020. Following graduation, she worked as a research coordinator at Northwestern University in the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease on a Primary Progressive Aphasia project. Her research utilizes aphasiology, neuroimaging and speech samples to investigate language organization in the brain. Hayley is also interested in increasing access to research in underrepresented groups and diversifying Aphasia research.