Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences: Faculty

Speech-Language Pathology

Alana Mantie-Kozlowski
Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, CCC-SLP
Phone: (409) 880-8438
E-mail: alana.kozlowski@lamar.edu

  • Expertise: Neurologically-based speech-language and swallowing disorders. Assessment and treatment of medically fragile patient populations including those requiring mechanical ventilation.


  • Teaching: Dysphagia (graduate), Motor Speech Disorders (graduate), Neurology (undergraduate), Organically Based Communication Disorders (undergraduate), Clinical Practicum.


  • Funded Research

    • Research Enhancement Grant $5,000
      A comparison of discourse produced by individuals with dementia during and after participation in Montessori-based activities versus unstructured social activities (Fall, 2009)
    • Capital One Trust Grant $8,400
      PAL Project: Parkinson and Lamar (Fall, 2009)

  • Service Interests: Faculty Advisor of NSSLHA; Parkinson Support Group of Southeast Texas; Board member of the Youth Symphony of Southeast Texas


  • Personal Note: My interests include preparing graduate clinicians to work with clients from across the lifespan. I have worked as an early childhood interventionist, as an SLP in the SNF setting, in acute care, long-term care, and home health. I am particularly interested in establishing unique training opportunities for our graduate and undergraduate clinicians. Recently a team of graduate student and I began providing services at a residential facility for children with physical disabilities. This fall, I am excited about expanding our training opportunities to include an intensive voice program for individuals with Parkinson disease. This spring, our graduate clinician’s will join me in working intensively with individuals with language disorders secondary to dementia.


  • Peer Reviewed Publications/Presentations:
    Mantie-Kozlowski, A., & Hudler, K. (spring, 2010). Key concepts for the SLP who works with mechanically ventilated patients. To be presented at the Texas Speech Language and Hearing Association Conference, Fort Worth, TX.

    Mantie-Kozlowski, A., Trzupek, M., & Lowery, J. (2009). Treating young adults with cluttering-plus: Decisions regarding models of delivery. Research presented at the American Speech Language and Hearing Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.

    Bellon-Harn, M., Watson, G. & Mantie-Kozlowski, A. (2009). Explicit treatment of prosody with a child with Asperger Disorder. Research presented at the American Speech Language and Hearing Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.

    ?Bellon-Harn, M., Mantie-Kozlowski, A. (2009). ACT: Achievement through collaborative teaming. TEJAS.

    Mantie-Kozlowski, A., Lawrence, S., & Bellon-Harn, M. (2009). Addressing communicative competence in young adults who clutter. Research presented at the Texas Speech Language and Hearing Association Conference, Austin, TX.

    Bellon-Harn, M., Watson, G., Lewis, D., & Mantie-Kozlowski, A. (2009). Clinical management of prosody in individuals with high-functioning autism and Asperger Disorder. Research presented at the Texas Speech Language and Hearing Association Conference, Austin, TX.

    Mantie-Kozlowski, A., & Watson, G. (2009). Foreign Accent/Dialect Modification: Prioritizing for optimum intelligibility. Presented at the Texas Speech Language and Hearing Association Conference, Austin, TX.

    Watson, G., & Mantie-Kozlowski, A. (2008). Preparing Clinicians in Foreign Accent/Dialect Modification: A Collaborative Effort. Research presented at the American Speech Language and Hearing Association Conference, Chicago, IL.

    Bellon-Harn, M., Mantie-Kozlowski, A., & Watson, G. (2008). Rate of speech in patients diagnosed with HIV or AIDS. Research presented at the American Speech Language and Hearing Association Conference, Chicago, IL.

    Bellon-Harn, M., Mantie-Kozlowsi, A., Wallace, H., Breaux, A. (2008). ACT. Presentation at the Texas Speech and Hearing Association, San Antonio, TX.

    Müller, N., Mantie-Kozlowski, A. Wilson, B., & Ball, M.J. (2007). Systemic Functional Encounters with Dementia: A Focus on Skills. Presentation at the European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference and Workshop.

    Meline, T., Mantie-Kozlowski, A., & Sullivan, J. (2007). Infection Control Fact and Fiction: Best Practices 2007. Presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

    Harn, M. & Mantie-Kozlowski, A. (2007). ACT: Achievement Through Collaborative Teaming. Presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

    Harn, M., Mantie-Kozlowski, A., & Ireland, L. (2006). Management of an adult with HIV associated PML: A case study. Presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Miami, FL.

    Mantie-Kozlowski, A., Mueller, N., & Doody, M.P..(2006). A systemic functional approach to palilalia. Research presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Miami, FL.

    Damico, J., Wilson, B., & Mantie-Kozlowski, A. (2006). Spontaneous recovery and aphasia. Presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Miami, FL.

    Harn, M., Mantie-Kozlowski, A., & Harn, W. (2005). Clinical Implications for Speech Language Pathologists Serving Children Prenatally Exposed to Drugs. Presented at the Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention. Austin, TX.

    Book Chapter Müller, N., Mantie-Kozlowski, A., & Doody, M.P. (2007). Repetitive verbal behaviors in PML: An exploratory study of conversation. In Clinical Aphasiology Future Direction. Publisher Psychology Press.