Nichol Castro
@nicholcastro.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at University at Buffalo. Complexity of word retrieval and its rehabilitation. #aging #aphasia #dementia #netsci Cat mom of 2 🐈
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Nichol Castro
@nicholcastro.bsky.social
· Jul 24
We are hiring for a Clinical Faculty member in our CDS department at #UBuffalo
Support student supervision and education of MA SLP students #slpeeps
Focus area - motor speech and dysphagia
Start date in January
Come join us in Buffalo!
www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/59734
Support student supervision and education of MA SLP students #slpeeps
Focus area - motor speech and dysphagia
Start date in January
Come join us in Buffalo!
www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/59734
Clinical Assistant or Clinical Associate Professor, Communicative Disorders and Sciences
The Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences (CDS), University at Buffalo, The State University of New York invites applications to apply for a full-time, twelve-month, term position in Clin...
www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu
October 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We are hiring for a Clinical Faculty member in our CDS department at #UBuffalo
Support student supervision and education of MA SLP students #slpeeps
Focus area - motor speech and dysphagia
Start date in January
Come join us in Buffalo!
www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/59734
Support student supervision and education of MA SLP students #slpeeps
Focus area - motor speech and dysphagia
Start date in January
Come join us in Buffalo!
www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/59734
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It is the honor of my lifetime to share that @universitypress.cambridge.org will publish the @lingsocam.bsky.social's new Journal of Black Language & Culture. www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...
JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation on Black language & culture through a global, diasporic lens.
JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation on Black language & culture through a global, diasporic lens.
October 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It is the honor of my lifetime to share that @universitypress.cambridge.org will publish the @lingsocam.bsky.social's new Journal of Black Language & Culture. www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...
JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation on Black language & culture through a global, diasporic lens.
JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation on Black language & culture through a global, diasporic lens.
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Reposted by Nichol Castro
We live in an era of overproduction—AI, social media, megaphones everywhere. My new piece, “The Whisperers,” is about choosing a different path: words that don’t scream, but whisper.
open.substack.com/pub/arturoh/... #AI #SocialMedia #WritingCommunity #SubstackWriters
open.substack.com/pub/arturoh/... #AI #SocialMedia #WritingCommunity #SubstackWriters
The Whisperers
On bookstores, celebrity shelves, and what lingers beyond the noise
open.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We live in an era of overproduction—AI, social media, megaphones everywhere. My new piece, “The Whisperers,” is about choosing a different path: words that don’t scream, but whisper.
open.substack.com/pub/arturoh/... #AI #SocialMedia #WritingCommunity #SubstackWriters
open.substack.com/pub/arturoh/... #AI #SocialMedia #WritingCommunity #SubstackWriters
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Our department is hiring! We're looking for a cognitive/developmental psychologist who uses computational approaches to study human cognition and behavior to address learning, development, and education. Feel free to reach out with questions!
We are hiring!
Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The hire is focused on the study of human cognition and behavior to address gaps in learning, development, or education using AI.
Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The hire is focused on the study of human cognition and behavior to address gaps in learning, development, or education using AI.
August 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Our department is hiring! We're looking for a cognitive/developmental psychologist who uses computational approaches to study human cognition and behavior to address learning, development, and education. Feel free to reach out with questions!
New paper! This was a passion project for me. As first gen who received no career counseling, it took me a bit to find my through college & into the CSD field. When I taught our Intro course, I incorporated a lot of career counseling based on student feedback. Happy to put some data behind it!
Collaboration w/ career counselors may help expand recruitment efforts in CSD, particularly when recruiting students w/ historically marginalized backgrounds who have no direct connection to CSD. https://on.asha.org/4mEf3O9
@nicholcastro.bsky.social @nicholcastro @CSDisseminate
@nicholcastro.bsky.social @nicholcastro @CSDisseminate
Opening the Pipeline to the Field of Communication Sciences and Disorders Through Career Counseling
Purpose: The field of communication sciences and disorders (CSD) has increased its efforts to recruit more students, particularly students with h...
on.asha.org
August 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
New paper! This was a passion project for me. As first gen who received no career counseling, it took me a bit to find my through college & into the CSD field. When I taught our Intro course, I incorporated a lot of career counseling based on student feedback. Happy to put some data behind it!
#UBuffalo Dept of Psychology is hiring as part of SUNY's Empire Innovation program
Assoc or Full Prof at the intersection of behavioral development and AI models of detection and intervention
Job ad: www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58513
Buffalo is a great place to work and live!
Assoc or Full Prof at the intersection of behavioral development and AI models of detection and intervention
Job ad: www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58513
Buffalo is a great place to work and live!
Professor OR Associate Professor, Psychology
The Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo (UB). The State University of New York, is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Professor or Associate Professo...
www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu
August 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#UBuffalo Dept of Psychology is hiring as part of SUNY's Empire Innovation program
Assoc or Full Prof at the intersection of behavioral development and AI models of detection and intervention
Job ad: www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58513
Buffalo is a great place to work and live!
Assoc or Full Prof at the intersection of behavioral development and AI models of detection and intervention
Job ad: www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58513
Buffalo is a great place to work and live!
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Important to check out if you're interested in discrete vs. gradient representations and notions like 'cascading activation' in speech production
I’m happy to share that my paper with Jeff Heinz on “the blueprint model of production” is finally published online in Phonology: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The blueprint model of production | Phonology | Cambridge Core
The blueprint model of production - Volume 42
www.cambridge.org
August 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Important to check out if you're interested in discrete vs. gradient representations and notions like 'cascading activation' in speech production
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New semantic network paper in @plosone.org with @ruimata.bsky.social at @unibas.ch and @dirkwulff.bsky.social at @arc-mpib.bsky.social!
We ran large-scale simulations to test how well common behavioral tasks measure a person's semantic network.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We ran large-scale simulations to test how well common behavioral tasks measure a person's semantic network.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Measuring individual semantic networks: A simulation study
Accurately capturing individual differences in semantic networks is fundamental to advancing our mechanistic understanding of semantic memory. Past empirical attempts to construct individual-level sem...
doi.org
August 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
New semantic network paper in @plosone.org with @ruimata.bsky.social at @unibas.ch and @dirkwulff.bsky.social at @arc-mpib.bsky.social!
We ran large-scale simulations to test how well common behavioral tasks measure a person's semantic network.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We ran large-scale simulations to test how well common behavioral tasks measure a person's semantic network.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Check out our new paper on #phonological treatments for #anomia in #aphasia. Lots of good data to support phonological treatment but more work needed for maximizing treatment generalization, expanding outcome measures, and assessing treatment ingredients for patient matching.
Treatment characteristics, participant demographic characteristics, and outcomes in the research literature for phonological treatment for anomia are summarized in this new #AJSLP scoping review.
on.asha.org/3HahgRY
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
on.asha.org/3HahgRY
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
Phonological Treatment for Anomia: A Scoping Review
Purpose: The aim of this scoping review was to summarize treatment characteristics
(with a focus on treatment ingredients), participant demograph...
on.asha.org
August 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Check out our new paper on #phonological treatments for #anomia in #aphasia. Lots of good data to support phonological treatment but more work needed for maximizing treatment generalization, expanding outcome measures, and assessing treatment ingredients for patient matching.
Reposted by Nichol Castro
Treatment characteristics, participant demographic characteristics, and outcomes in the research literature for phonological treatment for anomia are summarized in this new #AJSLP scoping review.
on.asha.org/3HahgRY
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
on.asha.org/3HahgRY
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
Phonological Treatment for Anomia: A Scoping Review
Purpose: The aim of this scoping review was to summarize treatment characteristics
(with a focus on treatment ingredients), participant demograph...
on.asha.org
August 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Treatment characteristics, participant demographic characteristics, and outcomes in the research literature for phonological treatment for anomia are summarized in this new #AJSLP scoping review.
on.asha.org/3HahgRY
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
on.asha.org/3HahgRY
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
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I'm delighted to share my picture book written for young kids who are experiencing a loved one with #aphasia. Filled with inclusive language as well as resources, it's made for young kids (3 - 10 years old).
More info & how to buy: www.neuralresearchlab.com/childrens-book
More info & how to buy: www.neuralresearchlab.com/childrens-book
Children's Book — NEURAL Research Lab
www.neuralresearchlab.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I'm delighted to share my picture book written for young kids who are experiencing a loved one with #aphasia. Filled with inclusive language as well as resources, it's made for young kids (3 - 10 years old).
More info & how to buy: www.neuralresearchlab.com/childrens-book
More info & how to buy: www.neuralresearchlab.com/childrens-book
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First paper from my lab out @commspsychol.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00275-w
Latent factor models are popular for mental representation of people, e.g. warmth & competence
But we show in naturalistic contexts, more complex representations are needed: high-dimensional networks
www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00275-w
Latent factor models are popular for mental representation of people, e.g. warmth & competence
But we show in naturalistic contexts, more complex representations are needed: high-dimensional networks
www.nature.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
First paper from my lab out @commspsychol.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00275-w
Latent factor models are popular for mental representation of people, e.g. warmth & competence
But we show in naturalistic contexts, more complex representations are needed: high-dimensional networks
www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00275-w
Latent factor models are popular for mental representation of people, e.g. warmth & competence
But we show in naturalistic contexts, more complex representations are needed: high-dimensional networks
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Happy to report that the @sparksociety.bsky.social NSF grant has been reinstated!
June 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Happy to report that the @sparksociety.bsky.social NSF grant has been reinstated!
I received the Human Resources' Pillars of Pride Employee Recognition Award for Inclusion! #UBuffalo #UBTrueBlue @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social @ubuffalo.bsky.social
Thank you to Jon Chirico for the nomination, my department for engaging in DEI work, and my mentors for guiding me on this path!
Thank you to Jon Chirico for the nomination, my department for engaging in DEI work, and my mentors for guiding me on this path!
June 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I received the Human Resources' Pillars of Pride Employee Recognition Award for Inclusion! #UBuffalo #UBTrueBlue @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social @ubuffalo.bsky.social
Thank you to Jon Chirico for the nomination, my department for engaging in DEI work, and my mentors for guiding me on this path!
Thank you to Jon Chirico for the nomination, my department for engaging in DEI work, and my mentors for guiding me on this path!
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Important update about local impacts of funding cuts.
Depressing but compelling...
Thanks to @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and his team for putting this together.
scienceimpacts.org
Depressing but compelling...
Thanks to @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and his team for putting this together.
scienceimpacts.org
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
scienceimpacts.org
June 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Important update about local impacts of funding cuts.
Depressing but compelling...
Thanks to @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and his team for putting this together.
scienceimpacts.org
Depressing but compelling...
Thanks to @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and his team for putting this together.
scienceimpacts.org
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🆓🔓in @sigperspectives.bsky.social Adithya Chandregowda writes, "speech-language pathologist" represents our role as diagnosticians (pathologists). "We need a title that emphasizes on our role in promoting communication regardless of one's “diagnosis.”" pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist: Time to Revise Our Titles?
pubs.asha.org
June 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
🆓🔓in @sigperspectives.bsky.social Adithya Chandregowda writes, "speech-language pathologist" represents our role as diagnosticians (pathologists). "We need a title that emphasizes on our role in promoting communication regardless of one's “diagnosis.”" pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
Brian is living with #aphasia and is a research participant in my lab. Learn about Brian and why he participates:
stream.asha.org/ashfoundatio...
Brian and all our participants with aphasia inspire me to persist, no matter the obstacles!
@ubuffalo.bsky.social
@ubartsandsciences.bsky.social
stream.asha.org/ashfoundatio...
Brian and all our participants with aphasia inspire me to persist, no matter the obstacles!
@ubuffalo.bsky.social
@ubartsandsciences.bsky.social
ASHFoundation Impact: Brian Paterson
In 2017, Brian Paterson suffered a hemorrhagic stroke, leaving him with aphasia—a condition that...
stream.asha.org
June 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Brian is living with #aphasia and is a research participant in my lab. Learn about Brian and why he participates:
stream.asha.org/ashfoundatio...
Brian and all our participants with aphasia inspire me to persist, no matter the obstacles!
@ubuffalo.bsky.social
@ubartsandsciences.bsky.social
stream.asha.org/ashfoundatio...
Brian and all our participants with aphasia inspire me to persist, no matter the obstacles!
@ubuffalo.bsky.social
@ubartsandsciences.bsky.social
Super excited for our annual Aphasia Health Fair at #UBuffalo on June 14th in Buffalo, NY!
This is a FREE event, open to the public
✅Learn about aphasia from two people living with aphasia
✅Receive health and wellness resources
✅Get a hearing check-up
This is a FREE event, open to the public
✅Learn about aphasia from two people living with aphasia
✅Receive health and wellness resources
✅Get a hearing check-up
We're celebrating #aphasia awareness month with our annual Aphasia Health Fair 🗣️💬 at #UBuffalo
Save the date!
📆Saturday, June 14 | 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
📍 403 Hayes Hall, University at Buffalo South Campus, Buffalo, NY
@ubuffalo.bsky.social @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social
Save the date!
📆Saturday, June 14 | 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
📍 403 Hayes Hall, University at Buffalo South Campus, Buffalo, NY
@ubuffalo.bsky.social @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Super excited for our annual Aphasia Health Fair at #UBuffalo on June 14th in Buffalo, NY!
This is a FREE event, open to the public
✅Learn about aphasia from two people living with aphasia
✅Receive health and wellness resources
✅Get a hearing check-up
This is a FREE event, open to the public
✅Learn about aphasia from two people living with aphasia
✅Receive health and wellness resources
✅Get a hearing check-up
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After you review >5 times for a journal ask the EIC to add you to their editorial review board. You can indeed self nominate your way to the excellence.
May 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
After you review >5 times for a journal ask the EIC to add you to their editorial review board. You can indeed self nominate your way to the excellence.
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Proud of Gabi and Peyton for their hardwork this semester providing Phonomotor Treatment to a person with aphasia as a part of a larger clinic-research partnership.
They gave a phenomenal poster presentation last week!
They gave a phenomenal poster presentation last week!
May 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Proud of Gabi and Peyton for their hardwork this semester providing Phonomotor Treatment to a person with aphasia as a part of a larger clinic-research partnership.
They gave a phenomenal poster presentation last week!
They gave a phenomenal poster presentation last week!
Reposted by Nichol Castro
Language matters: training care staff to minimize elderspeak in assisted living/nursing homes led to reductions in non-compliance and use of antipsychotics among patients.
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak (Gift Article)
A new training program teaches aides to stop baby talk and address older people as adults.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Language matters: training care staff to minimize elderspeak in assisted living/nursing homes led to reductions in non-compliance and use of antipsychotics among patients.
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
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We’ve got some exciting news: OpenCSD and CSDisseminate are joining forces and becoming 1 working group! Our mission is still the same: to spread the word about #OpenScience in communication sciences and disorders. But now we’re doing it together.
www.csdisseminate.com/Announcement...
#SLP #AuD #CSD
www.csdisseminate.com/Announcement...
#SLP #AuD #CSD
April 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We’ve got some exciting news: OpenCSD and CSDisseminate are joining forces and becoming 1 working group! Our mission is still the same: to spread the word about #OpenScience in communication sciences and disorders. But now we’re doing it together.
www.csdisseminate.com/Announcement...
#SLP #AuD #CSD
www.csdisseminate.com/Announcement...
#SLP #AuD #CSD