From age 12 to 17, Christine Abasi attended speech therapy to correct a stuttering disorder. Now as an undergraduate researcher at UTA, she is using her experience to help others.
Abasi, an Honors College student double-majoring in psychology and communication studies, is researching the psychological causes of stuttering to gain insight into effective therapies and develop methods to reduce its stigma. In late 2021, her paper on the topic, “The Psychology of Stuttering: Possible Causes and Treatments of Persistent Stuttering Disorder,” earned an invitation to Texas Undergraduate Research Day, where she presented her research to an audience of Texas legislators and members of the public.
