Patrick Briley, PhD, CCC-SLP
Dr. Patrick Briley is a clinical researcher in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at East Carolina University. Dr. Briley is a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist. He specializes in the area of stuttering where his research is designed to understand contributors to overall impact of stuttering and improve overall quality of care for individuals who stutter. Dr. Briley is also the director of the Fluency Management Program of the Carolinas (FMPC). FMPC is an intensive fluency program, which teaches strategies to promote control of speech amidst the influence of stuttering, while also working to reduce avoidance behaviors commonly implemented by people who stutter.
Claire Brownlow
Claire is from Wilmington, North Carolina. She graduated from ECU’s Speech-Language Pathology master’s program in May of 2020. Her areas of interest are fluency disorders across the lifespan and aphasia/adult neurogenic communication disorders. In her free time, she loves to travel and spend time outside on the water, biking, or in the mountains. Claire was a graduate student clinician in FMPC in the summer of 2019, and she is assisting with the “Provision of Maintenance Therapy for People Who Stutter via Telepractice” project.
Mackenzie Lowman
Mackenzie is from Newton, North Carolina. Mackenzie completed her undergraduate degree at UNC Chapel Hill. She is currently a second-year graduate student in the Speech-Language Pathology master’s program at East Carolina University. Her areas of interest are aphasia and child language. In her free time she enjoys being outdoors, watching Netflix series, and spending time with her dogs. Mackenzie is assisting with Dr. Briley’s “Determinants of Referral: Public School Teachers’ Perceptions of Stuttering” research study.
Taylor Holland
Taylor is from Raeford, North Carolina. Taylor completed her undergraduate degree at East Carolina University. She is currently a first-year graduate student in the Speech-Language Pathology master’s program at East Carolina University. Her areas of interest include aphasia, stuttering, and cleft palate. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, spending time with family and friends, and spending time on the lake. Taylor is assisting with Dr. Briley’s “Determinants of Referral: Public School Teachers’ Perceptions of Stuttering” research study.
Erin Kokinda
Erin is a wife and mother of four children. She was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina and grew up in a military family, living in various parts of the United States and Central America. Erin is a senior in the Communication Science Disorders department at East Carolina University. She earned an Associates Degree from Coastal Carolina Community College and also attended Marshall University in West Virginia. Erin and her husband, Jason, were married in 1999. Erin homeschools her children and recently graduated the oldest two from high school. Erin is assisting with Dr. Briley’s “Determinants of Referral: Public School Teachers’ Perceptions of Stuttering” research study. Additionally, she is assisting two other ECU professors in their research.