Dr. Davis’ research interests are in Assessment and Treatment of Cognitive Impairments in individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury and Health Disparities in the Adult Neurogenic Population. She also conducts research in the area of return-to-learn for student athletes and supports them as they transition back into the classroom. Her work also addresses cognitive and communication styles of adults from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who have neurogenic communication disorders. Dr. Davis is published in professional journals and has co-authored chapters on TBI. She teaches graduate courses in neurogenic communication and swallowing disorders including Traumatic Brain Injury, Neurogenic Language Disorders, Neurogenic Speech Disorders, Dysphagia, Aging, and Medical Speech-Language Pathology.

Relevant publications  

Coelho, C., Davis, A. S., Key-DeLyria, S., Lindsey, A., Maruca, A., Myers, J., & Solomon, N. P. Traumatic brain injury in Special Populations. In Cultural  Competence in Adult Neurorehabilitation: A Community Based Rehabilitation Approach for Speech-Language Pathologists. G. Wallace (Ed.). San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing. (In press).  

Cifu, D. X., Uchima, O. K., Davis, A. S., Lower, A. E., Jin, J. L., & Lew, H. L. (2016).  Significance of concussions in Hawaii: From land to sea. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 75(9), 262-265. 

Davis, A. S., Wright-Harp, W., Lucker, J., Payne, J. C., & Campbell, A. (2016). Cultural familiarity of figurative expressions from three music genres in African American adults. Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders, 43, 238-254.          

Payne, J. C., Wright-Harp, W., & Davis, A. S. (2014). Traumatic brain injury. In J. C. Payne, Adult Neurogenic Language Disorders: Assessment and Treatment–An Ethnobiological Approach. 2nd Edition (pp. 175-264). San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing.