Caryn Herring M.S., CCC-SLP

Caryn Herring

Ph.D. Student

Department
  • Communicative Sciences & Disorders
caryn@msu.edu

Bio

Caryn Herring, M.S., CCC-SLP is a person who stutters, speech-language pathologist, and a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University. She received her B.A. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Pittsburgh with a certificate in American Sign Language, and her M.S. in Speech-Language Hearing Sciences from Purdue University.

Caryn has worked clinically with children and adults who stutter and was the SLP at SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young for 5 years. Caryn is the chairperson of the board of directors of Friends – The National Association of Young People Who Stutter and co-hosts the StutterTalk B-Team Podcast. She is also actively involved in the National Stuttering Association, serving as a chapter leader for 7 years, and currently serves as the president of the MSU student support organization, Spartan Stuttering Group.

Research and Teaching:

Caryn teaches the Introduction to CSD course and the Graduate Counseling course at MSU, and has previously taught at New York University, The University of Pittsburgh, and Duquesne University. Caryn has also served as a clinical supervisor at both MSU and Duquesne University. Caryn’s research interests include the process of desensitization and reducing the adverse cognitive and affective components of stuttering. She is interested in implementing systematic exposure therapy by using voluntary stuttering.

Research and Teaching

Caryn teaches the Introduction to CSD course at MSU and has previously taught at The University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University. Caryn has also served as a clinical supervisor at both MSU and Duquesne University. 

Caryn’s research interests include the process of desensitization and reducing the adverse cognitive and affective components of stuttering. She is interested in implementing systematic exposure therapy by using varying degrees of voluntary stuttering. 

Publications

Herring, C., & Yaruss, J. S., (2022). The importance of understanding the broader experience of stuttering. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 64(10), 1188-1189.

Yaruss, J. S., Coleman, C., Beilby, J., & Herring, C. (2022). Treatment of stuttering for school-age children. In P. M., Zebrowski, J. Anderson, & E. G. Conture (Eds.), Stuttering and Related Disorders of Fluency (4th ed.). Thieme Publishers.Tichenor, S. E.,

Herring, C., Yaruss, J. S. (2022). Understanding the speakers experience of stuttering can improve stuttering therapy. Topics of Language Disorders, 42(1), 57-75.

Herring, C., Millager, R., & Yaruss, J. S. (2022). Outcomes following participation in a support-based summer camp for children who stutter. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 53(1), 17-29.

Byrd, C., Herring, C., Croft, R., Frankford, S., Saad, S., Salvo, H., & Winters, K. (2020, June). New Frontiers in Stuttering Research: A Doctoral Student Panel Discussion. Invited online webinar for “The Stuttering Foundation of America.”

Yaruss, J. S., Reeves, N., & Herring, C. (2018). How speech–language pathologists can minimize bullying of children who stutter. Seminars in Speech and Language, 39(4), 342-355.

Herring, C., Tichenor, S., Constantino, C., Hertsberg Rodgers, N., Jackson, E. S., Boyle, M., & Palasik, S. (2018). Attempts to bridge the divide between stuttering therapy, self-help, and science: A panel discussion. Seminar presented at the annual conference of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Herring, C., Millager, R. A., & Yaruss, J. S. (2018) Longitudinal outcomes following participation in a summer camp for children who stutter. Poster presented at the Inaugural Joint World Congress of the International Cluttering Association (ICA), International Fluency Association (IFA) and International Stuttering Association (ISA), Hiroshima, Japan.

Contact Information

ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2404-852X