Victoria A. Diedrichs, PhD, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor & Speech-Language Pathologist
Michigan State University
Assistant Professor & Speech-Language Pathologist
Michigan State University
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at Michigan State University (MSU). I began my career as a speech-language pathologist (SLP) after graduating from Temple University with an M.A. in Speech, Language, and Hearing Science in 2015. After graduating, I worked as an SLP in skilled-nursing and inpatient rehabilitation settings. To shift my focus to improving outcomes for people with neurogenic communication impairments like the residents and patients I worked with, I joined the Aphasia Laboratory, directed by Dr. Stacy Harnish at The Ohio State University and graduated with my Ph.D. from the Speech and Hearing Science Department in August of 2023. Prior to starting at MSU in August of 2025, I completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, in the Center for Aphasia Research & Treatment, which is directed by Dr. Leora Cherney.
ASHA's Lessons for Success: Rockville, MD; April 7-9, 2025
Huppert Lab fNIRS Brain AnalyzIR Toolbox Summer Workshop: Pittsburgh, PA; August 6-8, 2025
ASHA Convention: Washington D.C.; November 20-22, 2025
Measuring dose in aphasia treatment: Lessons learned and clinical implications from script-training - ASHA Convention 2025
Brain Activation During Oral Reading for Language in Aphasia Using fNIRS - ASHA Convention 2025
Semantic and Phonological Networks in Older Adults: A Systematic Scoping Review - Society for the Neurobiology of Language 2023