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Personal Summary

Jenna Griffin, PhD, CCC-SLP is an assistant professor in the school of Speech, Language, Hearing, and Occupational Sciences at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, and serves as co-director of the Big Sky Aphasia Program (BSAP). She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in the department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders in 2012, and graduated from the speech-language pathology graduate program at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ in 2014. Jenna returned for her PhD and graduated in 2024. Dr. Griffin utilizes evidence-based practice, individual client variables, and principles of neuroplasticity in a clinical setting. Jenna’s areas of research interest include evidence-based practice for acquired neurologic disorders, and investigation of principles of neuroplasticity such as intensity and dosage for aphasia rehabilitation. She is a member of the Montana Speech and Hearing Association (MSHA), and is certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA). 

Education

B.A. in Communicative Sciences and Disorders: Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ (2012)

M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology: Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ (2014)

• Clinical Fellowship: St. Vincent Healthcare, Traumatic Brain Injury Unit, Billings, MT

PhD in Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences: Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ (2024)

Courses Taught

Current Courses Taught:  

• SLP 535: Motor Speech Disorders
• SLP 566: Acquired Cognitive Communication Disorders
• SLP 594: Counseling
• SLP 694: PhD Seminar
• SLP 571 & 575: Clinical Practicum Experience

Previous Courses Taught: 

• CSD 109: SLPeeps- A First Year Guide to the Field of CSD
• CSD 110: Introduction to the Field of CSD
• CSD 365: Acquired Speech and Language Disorders
• CSD 480: Multicultural Issues
• CSD 565: Aphasia and Acquired Apraxia of Speech
• CSD 570: Clinical Procedures
• CSD 580: Diagnostics 

Teaching Experience

Courses Taught: 

• CSD 109: SLPeeps- A First Year Guide to the Field of CSD
• CSD 110: Introduction to the Field of CSD
• CSD 365: Acquired Speech and Language Disorders
• CSD 480: Multicultural Issues
• CSD 565: Aphasia and Acquired Apraxia of Speech
• CSD 570: Clinical Procedures I
• CSD 571: Clinical Practicum Experience
• CSD 575: Clinical Procedures II
• CSD 580: Diagnostics 

Research Interests

Aphasia

Acquired Neurologic Impairments

Stroke Rehabilitation

Language

Principles of Neuroplasticity

Apraxia of Speech

Traumatic Brain Injury

Field of Study

Speech-language Pathology 

Publications

Note: publications are also under married name of Griffin-Musick

Griffin-Musick, J., Harvey, S., Pierce, J.E., Fahey, D & Off, C.A. (2024). The “I” in ICAPs: examining treatment intensity under the microscope, Aphasiology, DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2024.231792. Invited paper.

Scharp, V.L., Off, C. A., & Griffin-Musick, J. (2024). Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programs (ICAPs): Launching the next decade of research and clinical implementation, Aphasiology, DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2024.2319906

Off, C.A., Scharp, V.L., & Griffin-Musick, J.R. (2023). Graduate student clinicians in healthcare professions as stakeholders in Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program (ICAP) implementation and research. Topics in Language Disorders, 43 (1), 30-42. Invited paper.

Off, C.A., Leyhe, A.A., Baylor, C.R., Griffin-Musick, J.R., & Murray, K. (2022). Patient perspectives of a university-based Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program (ICAP) for stroke survivors with aphasia, Aphasiology, DOI: https://10.1080/02687038.2022.2153327

Kincheloe, H., Off, C.A., Murphy, M., Griffin-Musick, J., Murray, K., Jakober, D. (accepted, under minor revision). “We all have coping and communication problems.” Student clinician and patient experiences of a telehealth interprofessional psychoeducation and wellness group for stroke survivors with aphasia. Accepted Aphasiology, October 14, 2021.

Rose, M.L., Pierce, J.E. ,Scharp, V.L., Off, C.A., Babbitt, E.M., Griffin-Musick, J.R., and Cherney, L.R. (2021). Developments in the application of Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programs: An international survey of practice. Disability and Rehabilitation. DOI: 

Griffin-Musick, J., Jakober, D., Sallay, A.,  Milman, L., and Off, C.A. (2021, ahead of print). Cognitive-linguistic outcomes from an intensive comprehensive aphasia program implemented by graduate student clinicians. Aphasiology. 

Griffin-Musick, J., Off, C.A., Milman, L., Kincheloe, H., & Kozlowski, A. (2020). The impact of a graduate student clinician-implemented Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program (ICAP) on psychosocial well-being in stroke survivors with aphasia. Aphasiology, 35 (10), 1363-1389. 

Off, C., Griffin, J., Murray, K., & Milman, L. (2019). Interprofessional education, training, and wellness in the context of a cohort model for aphasia rehabilitation. Topics in Language Disorders, 39(1).

Off, C. A., Griffin, J. R., Spencer, K. A., & Rogers, M. A. (2015). The impact of dose on naming accuracy with persons with aphasia. Aphasiology, 30(9), 983-1011. doi:10.1080/02687038.2015.1100705

Affiliations

American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA)

• Special Interest Group #2: Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders
• Special Interest Group #18: Telepractice

Aphasia Access 

Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists 

Co-founder of Mountain West Research Collaborative 

Montana Speech and Hearing Association (MSHA)

Lee Silverman Voice Therapy (LSVT) Certified Clinician

Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile (MBSImP)

Professional Experience

Previously employed as the lead speech pathologist on an interdisciplinary team in the Traumatic Brain Injury Unit at St. Vincent Healthcare, Billings, MT. 

Honors / Awards

2019: Bertha Morton Scholarship

2018: Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award (RMPTA) to attend the 28^th Annual Research Symposium at ASHA Convention on Advances in Neuroplasticity Research: Language Recovery in Aphasia 

2018: Award for Continuing Education (ACE), American Speech-Language Hearing Association

2014: Student Fellowship, NIDCD Research Symposium, Clinical Aphasiology Conference, St. Simon’s Island, Georgia

2013: Student Travel Award to attend the Academy of Neurologic Communication Sciences and Disorders Fall Conference, Academic Enrichment Program, Office of the Provost, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥

2013: Outstanding Graduate Poster Award, poster presentation at the Montana Speech and Hearing Association Fall Convention, Bozeman, Montana   

2013: George & Laurine Harris Scholarship, Phyllis J. Washington College of Education & Human Sciences, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, Missoula, Montana 

Hobbies

Baking, Hiking, Traveling, Reading, Petting dogs