Margaret Greenwald

Margaret Greenwald

Associate Professor and Ph.D. Coordinator
Speech-Language Pathology

313-577-0608

mgreenwald@wayne.edu

103 Prentis Building

Department

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Margaret Greenwald

Dr. Greenwald is associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) at Wayne State University. She conducts research in aphasia and other adult acquired neurocognitive disorders, and supervises student research. She teaches graduate courses on aphasia and related neurocognitive disorders, neuromuscular speech disorders, research methods and doctoral seminar, and an undergraduate course in speech-language pathology. She served as the CSD department chair from 2014-2020, and she currently serves as the Ph.D. coordinator for the department. In 2022, she was recognized at Wayne State University as outstanding graduate mentor in the health sciences.

Research interest(s)/area of expertise

  • Adult neurogenic communication disorders
  • Cognitive neuropsychology
  • Stroke rehabilitation

Research

Dr. Greenwald studies acquired cognitive-linguistic disorders, rehabilitation of communication in aphasia and traumatic brain injury and brain-behavior relationships. View a list of her works at ORCID.

Education

  • M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology, The University of Florida
  • Ph.D. in Communicative Sciences and Disorders, The University of Florida
  • Post Doctoral Research Training in Cognitive Neuropsychology, The University of Maryland (Department of Neurology)
  • Licensed and Certified Speech-Language Pathologist (CCC-SLP)
  • Member, American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
  • Member, Academy of Aphasia
  • Member, International Neuropsychological Society

Selected publications

  • Greenwald, M.L. & McCarney, C. (2016). Assessment and management of aphasia. In A. Johnson and B. Jacobson (Eds), Medical Speech-Language Pathology: A Practitioner’s Guide, 3rd Edition, Thieme
  • Rangamani, G., Coppens, P., Greenwald, M.L., & Keintz, C. (2016). Collaborative methods for training evidence-based practice: the Triad model. Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders, 43, 139-153
  • Lu, C., & Greenwald, M. (2016). Reading and working memory in adults with or without formal musical training: Musical and lexical tone. Psychology of Music, 44(3), 369-387. DOI: 10.1177/0305735614568881. 
  • Greenwald, M.L. (2018). Wernicke’s aphasia: Auditory processing and comprehension. In A.M. Raymer & L.J.G. Rothi (Eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Aphasia and Language Disorders. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199772391.013.5. 
  • Bowyer S.M., Biondo A., Funk B., Greenwald M., Lajiness-O’Neill R., Zillgitt A. (2019) Presurgical Localization of Language Regions and Their Networks. In: Supek S., Aine C. (eds) Magnetoencephalography. Springer, Cham
  • Lu, C., Greenwald, M.L., Lin, Y., and Bowyer, S.M (2019). Reading musical notation versus English letters: Mapping brain activation with MEG. Psychology of Music, Volume 47 (2), 255-269. doi.org/10.1177/0305735617744886
  • Bowyer, S., Zillgitt, A., Greenwald, M.L. and Lajiness-O’Neill, R. (2020). Language mapping with MEG: An update on the current state of clinical research and practice with considerations for practical guidelines. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 37: 554–563
  • Greenwald, M.L. and Naperala, N. (2021). Research, Evidenced-Based Practice and Tests and Measurements. In G.L. Lof and A.F. Johnson (Ed.), National Speech Language Pathology Examination Review & Study Guide, 2nd Edition (pp. 109-117). Evanston, IL: TherapyEd
  • Lu, C., Greenwald, M.L., Lin, Y., and Bowyer, S.M. (2021). Musical transposing versus sight-reading: Mapping brain activation with Magnetoencephalography (MEG). Psychology of Music, 49(3) 581–599. doi.org/10.1177/0305735619883692
  • Lu, C., Greenwald, M.L., Lin, Y., and Bowyer, S.M. (2022). Music, math and working memory: Magnetoencephalography mapping of brain activation in musicians. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,16:866256. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.866256
  • Neal, J.W. and Greenwald, M.L. (2022). Self-awareness and therapeutic alliance in speech-language treatment of traumatic brain injury. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, DOI: 10.1080/17549507.2022.2123041
  • Squires, E. and Greenwald, M.L. (2023). Telepractice in speech-language pathology: Assessing remote speech discrimination. Journal of Communication Disorders, 105, 106350. doi:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2023.106350
  • Greenwald, M.L. and Daniels, D. (in press). When adults with speech-language impairment meet law enforcement: A qualitative analysis of client experiences. Journal of Communication Disorders.

 

Courses taught by Margaret Greenwald

Winter Term 2025 (future)

Fall Term 2024 (current)

Winter Term 2024

Fall Term 2023

Winter Term 2023

Fall Term 2022

Winter Term 2022