Faculty and Staff

Mark Pellowski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Associate Professor

Education and Certification

• Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University
• M.S. - Syracuse University
• B.A. - University of Maine
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology
• Licensed by the Maryland Board of Examiners

Courses Taught

• Fluency Disorders (SPPA 614)
• Research Design (SPPA 713)
• Phonology (SPPA 302)
• Clinical Practicum (SPPA 745)

Clinical Interests

• The assessment and treatment of stuttering (and other fluency disorders) in children, adolescents, and adults

Research Interests

• Linguistic processing abilities of children, adolescents, and adults who stutter
• Psychosocial characteristics of young children who stutter

Selected publications

• Pellowski, M.W., & Conture, E.G. (2005). Lexical priming in picture naming of young children who do and do not stutter. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 48, 278-294.
• Anderson, J.D., Pellowski, M.W., & Conture, E.G. (2005). Childhood stuttering and dissociations across linguistic domains. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 30, 219-253.
• Pellowski, M.W., & Conture, E.G. (2002). Characteristics of speech disfluency and stuttering behaviors in 3- and 4-year-old children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 45, 20-34.

Selected presentations

• Pellowski, M.W., & Jedlanek, E.S. (2006, July). Speech-Language Pathologists' Knowledge of Speech Rate and Stuttering. Poster session presented at the International Fluency Association Fifth World Congress on Fluency Disorders, Dublin, Ireland.
• Pellowski, M.W. (2005, November). Word Finding Abilities of Adults Who Stutter: Preliminary Findings. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA.
• Pellowski, M.W., & Conture, E.G. (2004, November). Vocabulary Ability and Speech Reaction Time in Children Who Stutter. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.